i5-6600k OC - What's now?
i5-6600k OC - What's now?
Hey, I ran OC on my i5-6600k using Asrock Z170 Fatal1ty K4 Gaming and Fortis 3 v2. At the start, I set the clock to 4.2GHz and voltage to 1.25V. The temperatures from the Prime95 test (small FFTs around 15 minutes) look normal. Are these temperatures acceptable now? Should I adjust the voltage or the multiplier on the clock next? If adjusting voltage, by how much—maybe 0.1 or more? Any advice would be appreciated.
So far, everything is fine.
Some recommendations include a more practical stress test than prime95 or IBT.
They rely on instructions that don’t match real-world scenarios.
I recommend OCCT, though there are alternatives available.
Your temperatures remain within normal ranges.
100°C marks the threshold where the CPU may throttle or shut down to avoid damage.
On a stress test, 85°C could indicate your maximum limit.
Under typical usage, it should be lower—around 70°C.
The voltage required for a specific multiplier is what raises the temperature.
There’s no need for exotic liquid cooling; standard solutions suffice.
A temperature around 1.4 is likely the upper bound.
I suggest keeping all voltages on auto and gradually increasing the multiplier while watching the Vcore.
Once you hit your limit, apply speedstep and adaptive voltage to lower Vcore and multiplier during low activity.
As of October 11, 2016, some users achieved overclocking at a reasonable 1.40V Vcore on an I5-6600K.
Scores: 4.9 with 14%, 4.8 with 38%, 4.7 with 67%, 4.6 with 87%.