Would you consider this a succesful OC? (i5-4690k @ 4.7GHz)

[ALELOCOOOO]

Hey guys, just wanted to know your opinion on this:

Motherboard: Gigabyte SOC Force Z97 (fun fact: since this is an overclock motherboard, the default settings set my CPU frequency at 4.2GHz and 1.300v core, even after clear cmos! Thats pretty cool imo).

Back in topic: i manged to reach 4.7GHz with 1.275 Vcore.

http://i.imgur.com/t7beTx5.png

My stress tests: Snce i dont trust the "stress program", which only purpose is to put the CPU on a irrealistic enviroment and therefore, lower the lifetime of the CPU, i decided to just Rendier a 1 minute video @ 1080P with Sony Vegas 13.0, some Crysis Gameplay and Some GTA V aswel (those are the programs/games that i use the most, so i measure the stability with stuff i use, not some surrealistic sh*t. Tip: after the OC, the longass loading screen from GTA V were greatly diminished .

 

When rendering, the maximum temp is 71 C.

When playing (Ultra settings, 1080p, ultra settings), it goes to around 60-65.

Idle 28-35.

 

Oh and another fun fact: i tried to reach 4.8GHz with 1.333 vCore and the rendering time was the same as with 4.7GHz (and before it finishes, my pc crashed and then i decided to go back to 4.7 and play it safe). Weird.

 

Cooler is a Corsair h105. Thermal paste used is MX-4, the same that the guys friom silicon lottery use (so i assume its a good product).

 

So, yea, what do you think ?

Should i try to push it even further? I dont want to kill a cpu/motherboard in the process,, so any input is appreciated.

[RevoltTrain]

Yes, that is a great OC

 

I can achieve up to 5GHz myself (8350 though) but hang out around 4.6 because of heat and stuff of that nature

[Tycho]

Mine also doesn't go to 4.8 So yeah I'd say that 4.7 is a good oc.

[SWAGGA]

Hey guys, just wanted to know your opinion on this:

Motherboard: Gigabyte SOC Force Z97 (fun fact: since this is an overclock motherboard, the default settings set my CPU frequency at 4.2GHz and 1.300v core, even after clear cmos! Thats pretty cool imo).

Back in topic: i manged to reach 4.7GHz with 1.275 Vcore.

My stress test: Snce i dont trust the "stress program", which only purpose is to put the CPU on a irrealistic virtual enviroment and therefore, lower the lifetime of the CPU, i decided to just use Rendiering @ 1080P with Sony Vegas, some Crysis Gameplay and Some GTA V aswel (those are the programs/games that i use the most, so i measure the stability with stuff i use, not some surrealistic sh*t.

 

When rendering, the maximum temp is 71 C.

When playing (Ultra settings, 1080p, ultra settings), it goes to around 60-65.

Idle 28-35.

 

Oh and another fun fact: i tried to reach 4.8GHz with 1.333 vCore and the rendering time was the same as with 4.7GHz (and before it finishes, my pc crashed and decided to go back to 4.7). Weird.

 

Cooler is a Corsair h105. Thermal paste used is MX-4, the same that the guys friom silicon lottery use (so i assume its a good product).

 

So, yea, what do you think ?

Should i try to push it even further? I dont want to kill a cpu/motherboard in the process,, so any input is appreciated.

I'd leave it as it is, are the fans already reaching their max rpms under load?

[ALELOCOOOO]

I'd leave it as it is, are the fans already reaching their max rpms under load?

Glad you pointed this out, for some reason i can't see the the RPMs on OpenHardwareMonitor, but, when i start encoding, i can hear the fans making a lot of noise.

(Im using a NZXT H630 white wich they sell as "noiseless". The thing is, the top cover of this case, it has some rubber-ish plate at the top, right up to the CPU fans pulling the air from the radiator. (aka blocking the airflow, thats why whe i removed the top cover, the noisless rubber thing was hot AF).

For now, im using it without the top cover. Teps diminish like 10c degrees when i do this.

 

EDIT: Yea, ill stick to this OC. No need to go further and i dont want to risk anything.

 

Thanks.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

That's a great OC, but I personally wouldn't run 1.275v 24/7.

[NeatSquidYT]

That's a great OC, but I personally wouldn't run 1.275v 24/7.

Why? 1.3V is the max recommended

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Why? 1.3V is the max recommended

 

Yea anything below that range is fine. Personal reasons I guess...

[samcool55]

That's great!

I'm at 4.4/1.3V atm. Haven't tried pushing it further tho

It's nice, i'll leave it there tbh.