8700k OC without deliding?
8700k OC without deliding?
EpIckFa1LJoN:
Just updated my previous post several times... I’m planning to redo it just in case. But even the Arctic site video seems to use more than what I did, so I might try again to see how it goes.
I don’t work for Artic SIlver, so I can’t comment on their content. I’ve built a lot of PCs—hundreds, probably over a thousand—and used way too much CPU power at first. Only later did I realize that less is better. You know, using the lease amount to cover the gaps makes sense too.
If you’re interested, you can follow what I did years ago and rebuilt a PC on the bench to test my idea.
Arctic won't be Arctic Silver anymore, that's for sure. But I'm definitely going to give the rice grain and spreading a try once I'm back. Thanks a bunch! I'll let you know after I reapply and start testing.
So initially I was lazy about reapplying the paste. But apparently something changed. I’m not sure what caused it—maybe the BIOS update after the clean install, or perhaps the clean install itself, or even just the stock fan profile. I’ve updated the temperatures and values.
My idle temps are now a bit higher than before, possibly due to the paste, though the stress temps have dropped significantly.
Idle: Around 28C, which is about 5-6°C higher than yesterday—no one knows why. I’ll keep looking into it after this.
Gaming loads: Between 40-50C, but never reached 50C on any core. The real max was probably around 48C.
Stress: I couldn’t find the Prime95 v26.6, so I just used the latest version. It peaked at 78C after about two minutes. RealBench (recommended by an Intel employee) hit 66C!
V-core maxed out at 1.28v.
So everything seems to have changed—probably due to the BIOS or other software updates.
In any case, my temperatures are much lower now, and I’m confident about moving forward with a modest overclock.
Hopefully reapplying the paste will bring things down even more. I also got 136k on RealBench, which is roughly 34% faster than my 6700k with XMP and @4.7GHz. I’m really happy now.
Nice, glad it worked out for you and at least you have some room to push the overclock higher.
Prime95 V26.6:
http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=15504