Is it okay to have a little?
Is it okay to have a little?
I am currently making an i9-10850k and it runs stable at 5ghz with a 1.36V power setting while the temperature hits 73C. It feels okay that I'm pushing to 5.1ghz, but honestly I don't know exactly where the limit is in terms of voltage. After running a real stress test for 15 minutes using 8gb of RAM and no AVX offsets, my temperature peaked at 73C. Since those temps feel normal, I'm thinking about going faster to see how high it can go. Any idea what voltage level would be too much just for regular use? I am not trying to overclock this machine into a benchmark queen.
You should read this guide, but the section on Overclocking and Voltage is probably what you need. Here are some key specs for a new CPU: Comet Lake All Core SSE Frequency All Core AVX2 Frequency Per Core Frequency All Core Die Sense Vcore Power Limit % Capable 10850K 4.80GHz 4.70GHz 6C+100MHz 3C+200MHz 1.130V 210W 100% 10850K 4.90GHz 4.80GHz 6C+100MHz 3C+200MHz 1.150V 220W Top 57%
Too much happens when something doesn't run smoothly anymore and lasts longer than fifteen minutes.