i5 6600K overclocking advice
i5 6600K overclocking advice
Hello everyone!
After waiting a while to reach this spot for advice, I’ve chosen to join the community now.
Today, I’m excited to share my recent overclock and to hear what others think about it.
My setup includes an i5 6600K, cooled by a Hyper 212X, and also has a GTX 1070.
I decided to proceed carefully with this overclock (to ensure the CPU lasts longer), so I set it to 4.4 GHz across all four cores and 1.27 V.
After two hours of testing on prime95, the highest temperature recorded by Core Temp was 62ºC (average around 57ºC). Then I ran 25 cycles of Intel Burn Test on Very High, reaching a peak of 70ºC.
Tomorrow I’ll run prime95 for 12 hours to check stability, but I’m confident my system is holding up well.
I noticed the CPU never hit 1.27V, but it stayed around 1.18–1.2 all the time.
Idle temps are 30ºC, while during intense gaming (with ultra settings and high textures/effects), it stays near 45ºC.
I’ve seen some noticeable improvements. For instance, in The Witcher 3 I enabled v-sync at 60fps on a 1080p 60Hz monitor, but sometimes under heavy load—like running a giant forest with rain and sunshine while fighting—I saw fps drop to 50 or 55. After my overclock, I’m now getting stable 60fps, which is exactly what I wanted.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and any advice you have on this overclock. Do you think the voltages and temperatures are fine? Personally, I think I could push it a bit higher to 4.5 or even 4.6 with this voltage, but I always prefer to be cautious and avoid risking my CPU.
Thanks for your time!
It would be simple to reach 4.6ghz without harming your CPU, but I'd rekon... but your system seems quite stable.
Nevertheless, if possible, try running OCCT—it's one of the top tools for error detection, even surpassing prime95 in some cases.
It's easy to reach 4.6ghz without harming your CPU—I'd rekon... but your system seems very stable. However, if you can, try running OCCT; it's one of the top tools for error detection, even things prime95 misses. I'll attempt it today! If I encounter any issues or adjust OC to 4.5 or 4.6 later, I'll share it, which could assist others trying to optimize their 6600K.
Well, I have some news.
OCCT gave me an error already at minute five so even though other programs seemed to mark my system as stable this one clearly did not. Soo I raised voltages little by little and finally
I got stable results at 4.4 gHz and 1.285 V.
I did not see the cpu reach that voltage but OCCT did gave me an error at 1.28 so...
Temperatures are only a couple degrees hotter (33-35 idle, approx 50 while hardcore gaming, 65 as OCCT max peak) but less than expected, taking into account the higher voltage.
I may push it in a couple of years to 4.6 and 1.3 but I wanna see the long term result with this settings first.
Thank you for your attention!