Overclocking a 6600k

[WonykMango]

Hey guys,

 

I just finished building my first pc. Hypee! I wanted to overclock a bit. My cooling setup right is a Cyrorig H5 Ultimate with the stock fan they give you and 4 Fractal 140mm GP-14. I have 2 fans in the front as intake and another intake fan on the bottom as a intake. With the last fan being on the rear as exhaust.

 

System was built in a Define S and the motherboard is a Asus Z170-A. 

 

Right now my CPU temp hovers around 35-37 when 18% CPU usage is that an OK temperature at that percentage or is that to hot. I then played some Heroes of The Storm and it went up to 45ish% usage and is sitting around 50 degrees.

 

Are those temps fine?

 

Thanks!

[WereCat]

Yes those are fine temps.

The fan is most likely barely spining at that load so the temp is somewhat above room temperature. I have 36*C on my 4.5GHz 4770k at 1% load. (Dark Rock Pro 2 cooler).

[Sauron]

Can't be sure unless you give us full load temperatures. In general anything below 80c is fine for intel cpus.

[SeanAngelo]

Hey guys,

 

I just finished building my first pc. Hypee! I wanted to overclock a bit. My cooling setup right is a Cyrorig H5 Ultimate with the stock fan they give you and 4 Fractal 140mm GP-14. I have 2 fans in the front as intake and another intake fan on the bottom as a intake. With the last fan being on the rear as exhaust.

 

System was built in a Define S and the motherboard is a Asus Z170-A. 

 

Right now my CPU temp hovers around 35-37 when 18% CPU usage is that an OK temperature at that percentage or is that to hot. I then played some Heroes of The Storm and it went up to 45ish% usage and is sitting around 50 degrees.

 

Are those temps fine?

 

Thanks!

yes, those temperatures are fine.

 

but can you run a CPU benchmark and give us the temps at full load?

[WonykMango]

yes, those temperatures are fine.

 

but can you run a CPU benchmark and give us the temps at full load?

 

Sure, Is there any certain benchmark I should run?

[OAcesync]

Sure, Is there any certain benchmark I should run?

AIDA64

Intel Burn Test

[SeanAngelo]

Sure, Is there any certain benchmark I should run?

like said above, aida64 is the one most people use I think

[BigDay]

Hey guys,

 

I just finished building my first pc. Hypee! I wanted to overclock a bit. My cooling setup right is a Cyrorig H5 Ultimate with the stock fan they give you and 4 Fractal 140mm GP-14. I have 2 fans in the front as intake and another intake fan on the bottom as a intake. With the last fan being on the rear as exhaust.

 

System was built in a Define S and the motherboard is a Asus Z170-A. 

 

Right now my CPU temp hovers around 35-37 when 18% CPU usage is that an OK temperature at that percentage or is that to hot. I then played some Heroes of The Storm and it went up to 45ish% usage and is sitting around 50 degrees.

 

Are those temps fine?

 

Thanks!

 

if overclocking the 6600k is anything like overclocking haswell, check out my cpu overclocking guide. link in my forum signature

[WonykMango]

like said above, aida64 is the one most people use I think

 

Just did a quick test just ran it for 20 mins I know your supposed to run it longer but I just wanted something to start with. But here are the results

 

[SeanAngelo]

Just did a quick test just ran it for 20 mins I know your supposed to run it longer but I just wanted something to start with. But here are the results

 

what did you overclock your cpu to?

[WonykMango]

what did you overclock your cpu to?

 

I havent done any OC yet that what the results before overclocking

[SeanAngelo]

I havent done any OC yet that what the results before overclocking

ahhh i see, those temps are fine if it's at stock. looking forward to the OC'ed results

[WonykMango]

ahhh i see, those temps are fine if it's at stock. looking forward to the OC'ed results

 

Well i overclocked to 4.2 just to start with and ran AIDA64 and pretty much immediately my processor was over 90 degrees and thermal throttling, 

[SeanAngelo]

Well i overclocked to 4.2 just to start with and ran AIDA64 and pretty much immediately my processor was over 90 degrees and thermal throttling, 

whats your voltage?

 

I would change your cooler to a watercooled aio and re-apply thermal paste, it shouldn't be that high.

[WonykMango]

whats your voltage?

 

I would change your cooler to a watercooled aio and re-apply thermal paste, it shouldn't be that high.

 

left it at stock voltage was 1.2ish yea im thinking switching to a AIO water cooler

[Jumper118]

left it at stock voltage was 1.2ish yea im thinking switching to a AIO water cooler

either your cooler isn't on properly, or it isn't on 1.2v, or it needs delidding. reseat your cooler, set the voltage manually to 1.25v, disable all the power saving features so it cant change the voltage and run it again. if its the 3rd thing that i said then you can get any cooling you want, but it will still overheat. 

[SeanAngelo]

left it at stock voltage was 1.2ish yea im thinking switching to a AIO water cooler

hmm....

 

play a couple of games and look at the temperatures and come back here to post the temps you got. I doubt it will be hitting 90 degrees in gaming scenarios. ^ do what he said.

[WonykMango]

hmm....

 

play a couple of games and look at the temperatures and come back here to post the temps you got. I doubt it will be hitting 90 degrees in gaming scenarios. ^ do what he said.

 

 

either your cooler isn't on properly, or it isn't on 1.2v, or it needs delidding. reseat your cooler, set the voltage manually to 1.25v, disable all the power saving features so it cant change the voltage and run it again. if its the 3rd thing that i said then you can get any cooling you want, but it will still overheat. 

 

Good news! I reapplied thermal paste reinstalled the cooler and made some changes in the bios. Overclocked to 4.4ghz and ran some new tests. Numbers came out so much better this time! 

 

 

Just did a short test going to run a longer one tonight. I did overclock to 4.5ghz and it crashed after 24 minutes of the stress test the error said

 

Event 41, Kernal Power

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

 

Then i took it down to 4.4ghz and the first 20mins of that test worked great.

 

Thanks again for you help guys couldnt have done it without you!

[Jumper118]

Good news! I reapplied thermal paste reinstalled the cooler and made some changes in the bios. Overclocked to 4.4ghz and ran some new tests. Numbers came out so much better this time! 

 

 

 

Just did a short test going to run a longer one tonight. I did overclock to 4.5ghz and it crashed after 24 minutes of the stress test the error said

 

Event 41, Kernal Power

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

 

Then i took it down to 4.4ghz and the first 20mins of that test worked great.

 

Thanks again for you help guys couldnt have done it without you!

i'm glad you've fixed it. i thought it looked a bit off

[WonykMango]

i'm glad you've fixed it. i thought it looked a bit off

 

Hmm my pc crashed again last night with that same error.

 

Event 41, Kernal Power

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

 

I think it something to do with Sleep mode. I put it into to sleep mode last night when I woke up it was crashed.

 

You hear anything about that problem?

[Jumper118]

Hmm my pc crashed again last night with that same error.

 

Event 41, Kernal Power

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

 

I think it something to do with Sleep mode. I put it into to sleep mode last night when I woke up it was crashed.

 

You hear anything about that problem?

lots have people have issues with sleep mode, sometimes it does wake up, sometimes it crashes when waking up like yours. maybe try shutting down instead? you have an ssd dont you so it won't take that long to boot from cold.

[WonykMango]

lots have people have issues with sleep mode, sometimes it does wake up, sometimes it crashes when waking up like yours. maybe try shutting down instead? you have an ssd dont you so it won't take that long to boot from cold.

 

ok thanks just wanted to make sure it wasnt because of the overclock : P