Just a basic question about overclocking potential on this absolute furnace of a CPU.
Current set up I have is a 7700k, delidded (thermal grizzly conductonaut liquid metal on inside, Kryonaut paste on outside), with a Noctua NH-D15. A very premium cooling set up, and this will drive everyone crazy, but I've never overclocked this CPU before. I actually got all this stuff to make the computer quieter, haha. I even have this thing inside a bequiet! Silent Base 801 case for ultimate silence, but the case is very well known for being choked for airflow if you don't have a lot of fans, which I do. Before the delid and NH-D15, I had a Corsair H115i 280mm AIO. I remember it being a furnace even with the water cooler, but those temperature problems went away when I had it delidded and got to NH-D15. I was just happy my computer didn't sound like a jet engine anymore!
bequiet! recently made a new Silent Base model with a backwards compatible ventilated front panel (old front panel was almost completely closed off). I got that too, so my system is well ventilated!
I can't tell if this chip ran hot because that's just how it is or if I lost the silicon lottery. Though, with my current set up, it takes a considerable amount of stress to push temperatures past 60 degrees, and usually for long gaming sessions on demanding games like Battlefield 1. Assuming bad luck on the silicon lottery, what is my overclocking headroom here?
All Specs:
i7 7700k (delidded, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut liquid metal on inside, Kryonaut on outside)
Noctua NH-D15
bequiet! Silent Base 801, with AIRFLOW front panel
3, 140mm front intake fans
1, 140mm bottom intake fan
1, 120mm rear exhaust fan
2, 140mm top exhaust fans.
Radeon VEGA 64
16GB 3200mhz RAM
Basic trash Toshiba HDD because I spend all my money on fun cooling solutions
MSI z170a Mpower Gaming Titanium Motherboard, not to be confused with similarly named Xpower
I also happen to know my voltages. My board came with a little overzealous voltages on the CPU. Current voltage is 1.28. When I first bought the board it defaulted to 1.4 😵
I think that's it. Thanks!!
Current set up I have is a 7700k, delidded (thermal grizzly conductonaut liquid metal on inside, Kryonaut paste on outside), with a Noctua NH-D15. A very premium cooling set up, and this will drive everyone crazy, but I've never overclocked this CPU before. I actually got all this stuff to make the computer quieter, haha. I even have this thing inside a bequiet! Silent Base 801 case for ultimate silence, but the case is very well known for being choked for airflow if you don't have a lot of fans, which I do. Before the delid and NH-D15, I had a Corsair H115i 280mm AIO. I remember it being a furnace even with the water cooler, but those temperature problems went away when I had it delidded and got to NH-D15. I was just happy my computer didn't sound like a jet engine anymore!
bequiet! recently made a new Silent Base model with a backwards compatible ventilated front panel (old front panel was almost completely closed off). I got that too, so my system is well ventilated!
I can't tell if this chip ran hot because that's just how it is or if I lost the silicon lottery. Though, with my current set up, it takes a considerable amount of stress to push temperatures past 60 degrees, and usually for long gaming sessions on demanding games like Battlefield 1. Assuming bad luck on the silicon lottery, what is my overclocking headroom here?
All Specs:
i7 7700k (delidded, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut liquid metal on inside, Kryonaut on outside)
Noctua NH-D15
bequiet! Silent Base 801, with AIRFLOW front panel
3, 140mm front intake fans
1, 140mm bottom intake fan
1, 120mm rear exhaust fan
2, 140mm top exhaust fans.
Radeon VEGA 64
16GB 3200mhz RAM
Basic trash Toshiba HDD because I spend all my money on fun cooling solutions
MSI z170a Mpower Gaming Titanium Motherboard, not to be confused with similarly named Xpower
I also happen to know my voltages. My board came with a little overzealous voltages on the CPU. Current voltage is 1.28. When I first bought the board it defaulted to 1.4 😵
I think that's it. Thanks!!
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