Low Voltage Overclocking

[obeysanic420]

Hi first post, so i recently bought myself a intel core i5 4690k. Btw i came from a pentium g3258 which was overclocked to 4.2ghz at 1.260 volts. When i got the i5 i oced it to 4ghz but the deafualt v core for that i5 before i overclocked was 1.030 which i think is incredibly low and weird. I got 4.2 ghz with 1.040v running stable with fine temps. Why is my v core so loq and is it safe?

 

[nikita787]

Run LinX for 50 runs max memory. Here's a link - http://linx.en.lo4d.com/
run the latest version of prime95 for 2 hours aswell. Then you'll know you're relatively stable. If you don't crash your vcore is fine.

 

[obeysanic420]

I have ran p95 before and temps are fine no crashes nut why does it use such less volts compared to my g3258 and other youtubers with i5 4690ks? nice pc btw

 

[CountMike]

Good old silicone lottery !!!