max overclock for core i5 4670k?

[themason2011]

Hi guys,
I got a core i5 4670k and i want to know how high i can overclock it safely with an aftermarket heat sink. Also, can someone recommend a heat sink that will let me overclock to the amount you're talking about?

Thanks, themason2011

 

[Zac Lloyd-Jones]

Every chip is different. You will only find out by trying.

And if you want to get the 'max' out of it, that will only come with really good cooling like proper liquid cooling. Max safe overclock on one cheap cooler will be less than max on a really good one.

 

[airplanegeek]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1722630/intel-god-quick-dirty-guide-4ghz-haswell.html
The hyper 212 EVO is a great cooler

 

[Bonecrushrr]

3 choices for you Thermalright silver arrow, Noctua NH-D14, or Swiftech h220 if you want to try an all in one water cooler. All 3 are very good coolers and should help you get a nice overclock.

 

[airplanegeek]

3 choices for you Thermalright silver arrow, Noctua NH-D14, or Swiftech h220 if you want to try an all in one water cooler. All 3 are very good coolers and should help you get a nice overclock.

I thought the swiftech is banned in US. But the H100i is what everyone gets.

 

[Y0GI]

I got the Noctua NH D14 SE 2011 cooler and it is awesome! Highly recommended! I would also highly recommend the thread by Intel God, referenced above. Full of very useful Haswell OC info.

I OC my i5 4670 to 4.6 without any problems. YMMV.

Yogi

 

[themason2011]

I got the Noctua NH D14 SE 2011 cooler and it is awesome! Highly recommended! I would also highly recommend the thread by Intel God, referenced above. Full of very useful Haswell OC info.

I OC my i5 4670 to 4.6 without any problems. YMMV.

Yogi

i thought that the nh d14 se2011 doesn't fit lga 1150 or 4670k.

 

[Y0GI]

i thought that the nh d14 se2011 doesn't fit lga 1150 or 4670k.

You're right - it doesn't - but with a $9 mounting kit it will fit and then you have an NH D14 with PWM fans which are near silent 90% of the time.

Yogi

 

[airplanegeek]

why dont you just get the standard version then?

 

[themason2011]

i thought that the nh d14 se2011 doesn't fit lga 1150 or 4670k.

You're right - it doesn't - but with a $9 mounting kit it will fit and then you have an NH D14 with PWM fans which are near silent 90% of the time.

Yogi

can you direct me to where i can buy the kit please? and also will this fit on an asus z87-a with corsair vengance and a cooler master storm enforcer case? does it make a diff in perf or temp if i remove heat sink on my ram?

 

[Y0GI]

why dont you just get the standard version then?

Because they use constant speed fans and the only way to reduce speed is to install an adapter cable that contains resistors to lower the speed to another lower constant speed. With PWM the speed is variable and runs at 300 rpm most of the time and ramps up to 1360 rpm under high load conditions.

Yogi

 

[Y0GI]

can you direct me to where i can buy the kit please? and also will this fit on an asus z87-a with corsair vengance and a cooler master storm enforcer case? does it make a diff in perf or temp if i remove heat sink on my ram?

I had the price wrong. It is only $7.99: http://www.amazon.com/noctua-NM-i115x-Noctua-Mounting-Kit/dp/B00BLS3YYO

According to Noctua's site, the NH D14 will not fit with Corsair Vengeance: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_ram_gen&products_id=34&lng=en#DDR3_Corsair
Sorry.

Yogi

 

[themason2011]

can you direct me to where i can buy the kit please? and also will this fit on an asus z87-a with corsair vengance and a cooler master storm enforcer case? does it make a diff in perf or temp if i remove heat sink on my ram?

I had the price wrong. It is only $7.99: http://www.amazon.com/noctua-NM-i115x-Noctua-Mounting-Kit/dp/B00BLS3YYO

According to Noctua's site, the NH D14 will not fit with Corsair Vengeance: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_ram_gen&products_id=34&lng=en#DDR3_Corsair
Sorry.

Yogi

are there any other quality heat sinks you can recommend that could help me get 4ghz +?
would Thermalright Silver Arrow or hyper 212 evo be good? people are saying evo's good but im concerned about large price diff
also what thermal compound should i get?

 

[Y0GI]

Next best is the Phantek's PH TC14PE: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/LGA-2011-i7-3960X-Air-Overclocking,3130-11.html

Yogi

 

[themason2011]

Next best is the Phantek's PH TC14PE: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/LGA-2011-i7-3960X-Air-Overclocking,3130-11.html

Yogi

do you think i could get that performance with a hyper 212 evo?

 

[Y0GI]

do you think i could get that performance with a hyper 212 evo?

Check the results in the review that I posted above. The CM Evo is also in there.

Yogi

 

[airplanegeek]

CM EVO is definitely good enough

 

[themason2011]

CM EVO is definitely good enough

how high do you think it could go with an average 4670k?

 

[Bonecrushrr]

3 choices for you Thermalright silver arrow, Noctua NH-D14, or Swiftech h220 if you want to try an all in one water cooler. All 3 are very good coolers and should help you get a nice overclock.

I thought the swiftech is banned in US. But the H100i is what everyone gets.

My bad, I am from Canada and we still have them here. I didn't realize... that's a big loss for the US.

 

[Bonecrushrr]

I got the Noctua NH D14 SE 2011 cooler and it is awesome! Highly recommended! I would also highly recommend the thread by Intel God, referenced above. Full of very useful Haswell OC info.

I OC my i5 4670 to 4.6 without any problems. YMMV.

Yogi

i thought that the nh d14 se2011 doesn't fit lga 1150 or 4670k.

I have the
NH-D14 on my socket 1150 4770K, it fits fine

 

[Bonecrushrr]

CM EVO is definitely good enough

how high do you think it could go with an average 4670k?

4.3 to 4.5 ghz should be pretty easy

 

[airplanegeek]

On one of Tomshardware's post they said that really big cpu coolers weren't much more effective than medium sized ones because the size of the Haswell heat spreaders was too small

 

[Bonecrushrr]

On one of Tomshardware's post they said that really big cpu coolers weren't much more effective than medium sized ones because the size of the Haswell heat spreaders was too small

The problem with haswell heat spreaders is the fact they are epoxied on with thermal paste under them instead of being soldered to the cores like previous generations they have the same size heat spreader as any other CPU.

 

[airplanegeek]

they looks smaller than Ivy bridge cpus and are definitely smaller than AMD. Changing the TIM under the heat spreader reduced 10 C for me

 

[Bonecrushrr]

I remember back in the day when the coolers sat right on the top of the core... heat spreaders seem like a waste of time to me... just one more place for the thermal transfer to fail.