Quick question about OCing i7-4770k
Quick question about OCing i7-4770k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811129021
I'm pretty sure it won't fit a bigger radiator than a 120. I don't want to take apart my board just to install the EVO, but if it offers better cooling, I'll accept the trade-off.
Regarding my previous questions, if I'm pushing my CPU to see if it freezes, do I just increase the vcore, right? - until it's stable? (if heat limits are met)
Here’s the revised version:
I wanted to share my situation with you. I’m looking at this product here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811129021. I think it won’t fit a larger radiator than 120, and I don’t want to take the hassle of removing my board just to install the EVO. But if it offers better cooling, I’ll accept the trade-off.
Regarding my previous concerns, if I’m pushing my CPU to see if it freezes, I usually just increase the vcore until it stabilizes—provided the heat limits are met.
Maybe fitting a 240 closed loop in the front intake would help, and relying on the top vent and side openings for GPU cooling? As for the other point, I believe it’s accurate. If the system crashes or freezes, you’d need to raise the voltage slightly (in a reasonable way) to a maximum of 1.4 volts, but it’s better to keep it at 1.35 or lower. Alternatively, lowering the clock speed so it stays under 80°C during stress tests and remains stable would be safer. Always double-check that when testing with Prime 95 and version 26.6, you’re using features that don’t trigger AVX, which can cause overheating in older Intel generations.
Thanks everyone. I've followed everyone's advice.
I opened up my pc and cleaned it all out properly to install my new GTX 1070. While I was at it, I removed the heat sink, cleaned all the old thermal paste and applied a new glob. What a difference!
I was idling at 45c-50c and now idle at 35c-38c. When I run Intel's XTU stress test and I have 100% load on all cores, temps are 65c-75c - but mostly staying in high 60s.
As for the OC'ing - I am stable at 4.2ghz @ 1.22 vcore. I've tried (since I'm cooling much better) to get it to 4.4ghz but even as I raised vcore to 1.235 it was still crashing during stress - plus temps were around 74c-79c. So I just went back to 4.2 @ 1.22 and I'll leave it at that.
Thanks for the help all!