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I've got a i5 4690k running on a msi Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard. The CPU is running at 4.4Ghz on 1.256v on the core. Is this overclock safe? Will not kill my CPU anytime soon? I at least want the thing to function 5yrs.... Though I won't be using that long, but someone will.

On stress testing I got max of 73deg Celsius..

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it's safe, but the voltage might be able to be set lower. Did you actually run tests to ensure it's stable?

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what is the load temp?

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Up to 1.4v is safe (i.e. it won't degrade your chip). But you do need to check the temps if you bump even more the voltage.

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I've got a i5 4690k running on a msi Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard. The CPU is running at 4.4Ghz on 1.256v on the core. Is this overclock safe? Will not kill my CPU anytime soon? I at least want the thing to function 5yrs.... Though I won't be using that long, but someone will.

On stress testing I got max of 73deg Celsius..

 

Yes the over clock is safe AS long as its 1 not crashing and 2 there's no weird stuff going on while you are playing games/working on your system via programs

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it's safe, but the voltage might be able to be set lower. Did you actually run tests to ensure it's stable?

it's safe, but the voltage might be able to be set lower. Did you actually run tests to ensure it's stable?

How about going 2.4volts on the core? With 2.14v on core it crashed stress test with Aida 64. But with 2.156 it did the test for 18minutes (I stopped there) and ran burnin test( CPU coverage) it passed too. I think I can go below the 1.156v

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Up to 1.4v is safe (i.e. it won't degrade your chip). But you do need to check the temps if you bump even more the voltage.

We seem to have the same chip! What voltage does yours run at?

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We seem to have the same chip! What voltage does yours run at?

4.4Ghz@1.265v

Wasn't really lucky with the lottery. To bump it to 4.5Ghz the chip would need more than 1.3v so I sticked to this clock.

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How about going 2.4volts on the core? With 2.14v on core it crashed stress test with Aida 64. But with 2.156 it did the test for 18minutes (I stopped there) and ran burnin test( CPU coverage) it passed too. I think I can go below the 1.156v

Wait, what? 2.4 volts?

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Sorry for that massive mistake guys! It's not 2.4 volts it's 1.24 volts ..

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good.. if you show a haswell chip 2.4 volts it will die instantly, no second chances

 

Go for the lowest stable voltage and then bump it up a little bit to ensure stability. it can take hours of trial and error

Temps are very good. Hits 73 degree Celsius max. I tried 1.24 it wasn't good. Running at 1.256 now. Seems to be stable,Passed the Burn In test "CPU coverage" . Ran AIDA64 for 18mins no issues.

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run it for 4 hours at least

Will run tomorrow. I ran it for 30mins now. Got some work to do.

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