[SOLVED] Wattage usage of i7-5820K when overclocked?

[rcald2000]

My i7-5820K is stock, even though I have a EKWB Predator 360 AIO water cooler. According to my Kill-A-Watt meter, the my system almost precisely consumes 100 watts while it's sitting idle. I previously disabled standby and hibernation modes because I like my computer to be ready in an instant. If I were to overclock my CPU from stock to 4.6 GHz, what would the wattage go up to approximately? I'm just seeking a rough estimate. I'm personally debating between upgrading to a new platform or sticking with what I currently have.

 

[Eximo]

Well, I found some numbers for the 5960X, 8 cores rather than 6. But should be a rough approximation. They are basically saying worst case about 400W, but you'll probably start running into stability issues well before that.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/8426...view-core-i7-5960x-i7-5930k-i7-5820k-tested/3

Tom's has a similar opinion, roughly 300W board input at the voltage they tested.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e-cpu,3918-12.html

You can overclock without going overboard, if you aim for a more modest 4.3Ghz at 1.25 volts you might draw 180-200W.

Keep in mind those are numbers under load. No one really bothers to measure overclocked idle power consumption.

 

[rcald2000]

I've decided to move from LGA 2011v3 to AM4, for higher IPC and lower wattage & heat. Thank you for your input.

 

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My i7 5960x 4.5Ghz base and 4.3Ghz catch dit’s at 101watt on idle if I turn power saving on in AI will drop it to 25watts