Suggested overclock speed?

[LightCode Gaming]

So I have an i5 4690k @3.5 (3.9 turbo).

The max I have recently gotten it to with my Hyper 212 EVO is 57C on two of the cores; avg of 55.5C under load.
Idle has gone as low as 29C.

What should I shoot for?

I don't know very much about OCing, aside from the fact that you want voltage to stay as low as possible.

[SPAS-ID]

do 4.3GHz OC

[Venomz1337]

I went for 1.25V and 4.2GHz on my 4670k with a H100i. It's a safe place to start I'd say.

[LightCode Gaming]

do 4.3GHz OC

 

I went for 1.25V and 4.2GHz on my 4670k with a H100i. It's a safe place to start I'd say.

So change the multiplier or the clock speed?

And I would assume do it through the mobo bios?

[arronleeds]

let me ask my buddy who has the same cooler and cpu.

[domini123]

i have 4690k and i run it @4.6 GHz with 1.50 V and under stresstesting to bring out max temps it never gets hotter than 77C (using antec kuhler 650)

[arronleeds]

i have 4690k and i run it @4.6 GHz with 1.50 V and under stresstesting to bring out max temps it never gets hotter than 77C (using antec kuhler 650)

WTF ARE YOU DOING!!!!!!! 1.5v!!!!!!!!!

 

thats a very very bad chip, mine can do 4.6ghz at 1.23v

 

you're gonna have a broken cpu very soon.

[arronleeds]

So I have an i5 4690k @3.5 (3.9 turbo).

The max I have recently gotten it to with my Hyper 212 EVO is 57C on two of the cores; avg of 55.5C under load.

Idle has gone as low as 29C.

What should I shoot for?

I don't know very much about OCing, aside from the fact that you want voltage to stay as low as possible.

my friend has his at 4.5ghz, 1.19v and it hits around 70c with the same cooler, you may need more voltage depending on your chip, but aim for 4.4-4.5ghz.

[LightCode Gaming]

my friend has his at 4.5ghz, 1.19v and it hits around 70c with the same cooler, you may need more voltage depending on your chip, but aim for 4.4-4.5ghz.

I'll get back to this after class~ I like to test stability when I have large chunks of time available.

What should I look for to spot instability on OC?

[arronleeds]

I'll get back to this after class~ I like to test stability when I have large chunks of time available.

What should I look for to spot instability on OC?

you will get a bluescreen if its not stable.

[domini123]

WTF ARE YOU DOING!!!!!!! 1.5v!!!!!!!!!

 

thats a very very bad chip, mine can do 4.6ghz at 1.23v

 

you're gonna have a broken cpu very soon.

sorry my mistake! 

1.15V

[arronleeds]

sorry my mistake! 

1.15V

was gonna say

 

thats a very nice oc is that for  a low voltage.

[LightCode Gaming]

Will be doing the OC TOMORROW due to lack of time today.

[LightCode Gaming]

do 4.3GHz OC

 

I went for 1.25V and 4.2GHz on my 4670k with a H100i. It's a safe place to start I'd say.

 

i have 4690k and i run it @4.6 GHz with 1.50 V and under stresstesting to bring out max temps it never gets hotter than 77C (using antec kuhler 650)

Got it to 4.19

Tried doing 4.4 in the bios, but the bios froze O_o

Did a cinebench stress test, got up to 76C. Haven't checked idle yet.

The thing that worries me is the voltage keeps going to 1.336... I didn't see an option to change voltage.

 

[LightCode Gaming]

RESET TO DEFAULT FOR NOW!
I don't like the heat it was producing and I want to know its safe before I keep it there...

[arronleeds]

RESET TO DEFAULT FOR NOW!

I don't like the heat it was producing and I want to know its safe before I keep it there...

download intel xtu and il help you from there.

[LightCode Gaming]

download intel xtu and il help you from there.

Have it up and running. Now what?

[FinestRyeBread]

So change the multiplier or the clock speed?

And I would assume do it through the mobo bios?

multiplier and go for something around 4.3. Just watch out for temps

[arronleeds]

Have it up and running. Now what?

what you want to do is go into "all controls" then you see the "core voltage" set this to around 1.15v and next to it make sure its "static", then you want to set your cores so that theyre all the same, start off at around 4.2ghz, if you get a bluescreen up the voltage, if you dont keep going up by 0.1Ghz, so 4.2,4.3 etc.

 

this is what mine looks like

 

 

[LightCode Gaming]

what you want to do is go into "all controls" then you see the "core voltage" set this to around 1.15v and next to it make sure its "static", then you want to set your cores so that theyre all the same, start off at around 4.2ghz, if you get a bluescreen up the voltage, if you dont keep going up by 0.1Ghz, so 4.2,4.3 etc.

 

this is what mine looks like

 

 

I assume i have to restart it every time I change it?

[arronleeds]

I assume i have to restart it every time I change it?

no. all you do is change it and click apply.

[LightCode Gaming]

no.

Ok... Then why didn't my speed go up after applying?

[LightCode Gaming]

no. all you do is change it and click apply.

Do i have to change cache speed?

[arronleeds]

Ok... Then why didn't my speed go up after applying?

did you test it..... did you run a benchmark tool, did you click apply?

 

no all you do is change the core multiplier at the bottom.

 

show me what urs looks like.

[LightCode Gaming]

Multiple programs say its running at 3.5 when I have it set for 4.2...

I did hit apply. and i'm running the intel benchmark.