Got an 115w power supply and trying to do a 4790k overclock on my B85 mobo but I don't have the right tools for it.
Got an 115w power supply and trying to do a 4790k overclock on my B85 mobo but I don't have the right tools for it.
I just recently upgraded my cooler so I can get more out of my 4790K's speed. The new setup is working great and temps stay well below 68 when I run an overclocked 4.6Ghz clock with 1.225 volts on the CPU. Before, this same combo used to make it singe up to 75-80 degrees in just ten minutes of playing Mafia 3. So now I'm wondering if I can go even faster and hit a 4.7Ghz OC with 1.27 volts on the motherboard. Is there any chance that will damage anything or shorten its life? Thanks guys, and one last thing: fixed a spelling mistake in my original post.
You are running at a nice 68 degrees Celsius so I'm guessing it's actually 75 or even higher right now with that 1.27 volt setup. Personally, I wouldn't touch this. There is no real performance boost in gaming for your CPU when it hits those speeds. Pushing it to 4.7Ghz just adds more voltage but you won't notice any difference because of the extra hundred megahertz. So just stick with what you already have which is a low-voltage overclock that works well. What about trying to go to 4.7Ghz even if you insist? There would be no damage or shortened lifespan as long as your inside stays cool with good intake and exhaust fans, keeping everything cool the whole time. Honestly, it doesn't matter much if the CPU hits 85 degrees Celsius while playing games because it will still survive. But if you crank that up to 85 all day and night then yes, the life might be shorter, just how much is nobody sure so I'll leave you alone with your cool setup.
You have a 68C socket so I think it's getting close to 75C or more with that 1.27V ... Personally I wouldn't do it. There is no performance gain in gaming with that CPU at 4.6 or 4.7Ghz. By taking it to 4.7Ghz the amount you have to take up the voltage is not worth the 100Mhz which I promise you wont notice lol. So ya stick with your great low voltage OC you have now. As for going 4.7GHz and you insist no there will be no damage or shortened life of mobo or CPU as long as you keep the inside of the case cool with intake and exhaust fans and that will keep the mobo cool as for CPU honestly it doesn't matter if it goes to 85C when gaming. It will survive. However if you go 85C 24/7 then ya the life will be shorter, by how much who knows.
Rusty, did you use a specific guide to make 4790 OCs before? I got one turned up by .2 with the Gigabyte auto-tune feature, but at .3 the voltage starts getting way too high for me. I'd prefer doing it myself, but I haven't found any tutorial that feels completely safe to follow yet.
I never used one, really. Most guides give wayy too much voltage, which changes depending on the processor, so I figured it out on my own.
I notice a big change when my games go up to 4.7Ghz instead of the usual 4.6Ghz. This started happening last week too. When I play and get hot, temps hit around 67-68 degrees Celsius, so it slows down to base clock speeds. I tried raising the allowed TDP, switching from Thermal Balance to Current Balance, and turning off EPU power saving, but the problem is still there. What could be causing this?
The temperatures are nice, but I have no idea why they're so high. The computer isn't running at full speed anyway; it's just using up way too much power for the processor to handle properly.
The issue isn't the heat itself, but that when temperatures rise, the system drops its speed to avoid reaching those dangerous highs. I already changed my cooler and took out the CPU to clean the thermal paste from it. I've tried every setting I could think of, but nothing has worked so far. The PC is just dropping down to a lower base clock or even all the way back to 800MHz while playing games.
It sounds like your old cooler worked well, so maybe the issue is just that new cooling pad touching the processor, or maybe you didn't put enough thermal glue on.
Why would the CPU get so hot? That is what I'm worried about. It seems to slow down, yet the temperatures are actually okay.