Need assistance with overclocking? Any help would be appreciated.
Need assistance with overclocking? Any help would be appreciated.
I recently increased the clock speed of my I7 4770K CPU to boost performance. Although I’m not an expert, I’ve successfully kept it running at around 4.3GHz with a full liquid cooler and upgraded the thermal paste to Artic MX2. Right now, it’s stable at 1.118V, with temperatures between 59°C and 65°C while playing BF4. The peak temps during gameplay are 59–65°C, which seems acceptable, but I’m worried about sudden drops to low usage levels and frequent rebounds—especially in most games, not just BF4. This could be a problem and might even risk damaging the system. My mainboard temperature is currently at 251°C.
Some people have advised me not to worry since such high temps wouldn’t fry anything, but I also heard that motherboard temperatures can’t always be measured accurately, and possibly the CPU needs more voltage. I’m hoping for some guidance from someone experienced in overclocking to help identify where I went wrong. I’ll share my full system details below.
Usually as I've read, those CPU's needed like 1.3V for stable 4.6@.
You're safe to overclock till 80
C~ (around 80
C to under 85*C is good).
Well CPU drop seems like unstable voltage, try increasing voltage.
Now I saw that you use B85M motherboard, which may not be suitable for good overclocking tho.
I would not overclock too much on B85 chipset , no heatsinks on VRM's, it has 3 of them and 4pin connector which is kinda not good.
My final answer is, mild overclock=yes, just watch your temps, you can put your finger on them to feel the temps if software does not read correctly the temps , just make sure your finger is dry without any oil or etc.