i5 8600k overclock
i5 8600k overclock
Hey everyone, just starting out with all this stuff but following a few guides on overclocking. I watched that video you linked and followed it closely. After adjusting the settings to 4.8 and applying a -3 negative offset, I still saw temperatures reaching the high 80s on Prime95. Then I ran a standard test and it jumped to 76°C. My concern is whether this level of heat is normal for the stock configuration or if I'm not powerful enough to handle it. Since I mainly use this machine for gaming, I know Prime95 is quite demanding, but I just want to avoid stressing out my hardware. Any advice would be great! Thanks a lot.
You seem uncertain about the details. Your rating is 4.8 on your 8600k, and you're experiencing heat in stock mode. When you increase the overclocking, temperatures rise due to increased switching losses and higher voltage. The Hyper 212 isn't a top-tier cooler; it's suitable for light overclocks like older 4-core i5s or the stock cooling for i7 models. For better results, you'd need a more powerful air cooler with multiple heat pipes and dual fans, or a liquid cooler with a high flow rate to maintain stable temperatures at that level.
You seem uncertain about the details. Your rating is 4.8 on your 8600k, and you're experiencing heat in stock mode. When you increase the overclocking, temperatures rise due to increased switching losses and higher voltage. The Hyper 212 isn't a top-tier cooler; it's suitable for light overclocks like older 4-core i5s or the stock cooling for i7 models. For better results at that overclock, you'd need a more powerful air cooler with multiple heat pipes and dual fans, or a liquid cooler with a high flow rate.
I'm still trying to understand what you're talking about. You mentioned a 4.8 OC on your 8600k and getting hot in stock mode. When you increase the overclock, temperatures will rise due to more switching losses and higher voltage. The Hyper 212 isn't a top-tier cooler; it's suitable for light overclocks like older 4-core i5s or the stock cooling for i7 models. For better performance, you'd need a stronger air cooler with multiple heat pipes and a dual fan setup, or a liquid cooler with a high flow rate to maintain stable temperatures at that OC level. What you're saying is that the Evo cooler isn't very effective.
zyh1987 :
I'm a bit confused,
you just mentioned at you have a 4.8 oc on your 8600k, and you mentioned getting hot in stock setting.
when you oc, your temp will go up, as there is more switching loss in the transistors, and also higher voltage.
hyper 212 is not a high performance cpu cooler, it's decent for light oc such as old 4core i5s, or stock cooling the stock i7s.
you would need a beefier air cooler with 6-8 heat pipes with dual fan (hyper evo is a 4 heat pipe single fan design) or a liquid cooler with 240 rads to have a decent temps at that oc.
So in the video he oc to 5ghz with negative offset of 3 for atx, i followed everything he did but only went to 4.8, so with the offset of 3 i was only hitting 4.5 ghz in prime95, but i was getting high 80 spikes. so i then went back to default settings in the bios and ran the test again, and i hit 76c. So do you think if i upgraded my cooler and repaste with arctic, would i be able to lower my heat and maintain a decent oc? im really not looking to push anything to the limit, just want to get some more performace out of my setup. also could you guys suggest a cooler in the 100 dollar price range?
thanks again!