Is a 120mm aio enough for 9600k 5ghz

[Srijan Verma]

I just bought a new system, the cooler i got was a cm 120mm aio now i feel it's not enough for oc, did i make a mistake?

[Skipple]

too keep it cooled at stock? sure. 

 

OC? Absolutely not. I mean, you prob can get a very light OC going on it, but pushing the voltages is a no go. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

What temps do you get?

[emosun]

if you aren't cooling the room in in then no. of course no water cooler on earth works with hot air anyway.

[Skipple]

3 minutes ago, emosun said:

if you aren't cooling the room in in then no.

what

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Skipple said:

what

*its in

[Srijan Verma]

On 12/9/2019 at 11:46 PM, Electronics Wizardy said:

What temps do you get?

currently getting like 46-54 max on all cores during games


same with continuous cinebench R20 runs

 

[SavageNeo]

45 minutes ago, Srijan Verma said:

currently getting like 46-54 max on all cores during games


same with continuous cinebench R20 runs

 

sound like decent aio, check hwmonitor64 or hwinfo64 and check the package/ or max core temp. Task manager and speccy only shows average.

[SavageNeo]

And if those are you temps, overclokc

[Boyohan]

3 hours ago, Srijan Verma said:

currently getting like 46-54 max on all cores during games


same with continuous cinebench R20 runs

 

There is no harm in increasing the overclock in small steps. Start with locking all cores to turbo speed and do a long test to see your max CPU test. Then you can increase the frequency in steps by 100-200mhz each time. I would excpect that the 120mm AIO is enough for a small overclock to 4,5-4,7ghz but after that you may need a bigger cooler.

 

Edit...

Testing your temps in games only isn't really a great benchmark.

When I overclocked my 8600K I tested with Prime95 for 8h and Realbench 4h. 

You dont really need to test for that long if you only want to check your temps but you need something that pushes you CPU to its limit.

 

 

Edited December 11, 2019 by Boyohan

[Srijan Verma]

4 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

Task manager and speccy only shows average.

I dont think task manager shows temps
The temps i told were from hw monitor

 

[SavageNeo]

Just now, Srijan Verma said:

I dont think task manager shows temps
The temps i told were from hw monitor

 

check the package temp from hw monitor. and you can overclokc as far as your cpu stays under 85c under load

[Srijan Verma]

2 hours ago, Boyohan said:

There is no harm in increasing the overclock in small steps. Start with locking all cores to turbo speed and do a long test to see your max CPU test. Then you can increase the frequency in steps by 100-200mhz each time. I would excpect that the 120mm AIO is enough for a small overclock to 4,5-4,7ghz but after that you may need a bigger cooler.

 

Edit...

Testing your temps in games only isn't really a great benchmark.

When I overclocked my 8600K I tested with Prime95 for 8h and Realbench 4h. 

You dont really need to test for that long if you only want to check your temps but you need something that pushes you CPU to its limit.

 

 

Still stays in the low 50s on prime 95

 

[Srijan Verma]

4 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

sound like decent aio,

Its from CM

[Srijan Verma]

Gonna try OC as far as i can


Will share the results later if anyone is curious

 

[Boyohan]

3 minutes ago, Srijan Verma said:

Still stays in the low 50s on prime 95

 

Good 

At what speed are you running your CPU atm ?

With those temps you should be able to increase your frequency quite a lot without problems.

Anything below 80-85C is fine.

[Srijan Verma]

14 minutes ago, Boyohan said:

Good 

At what speed are you running your CPU atm ?

With those temps you should be able to increase your frequency quite a lot without problems.

Anything below 80-85C is fine.

Currently at stock

[Srijan Verma]

Got it to 4.99ghz that too around 75-80C  stable at stock voltage will probably be able to cross 5 by increasing the voltage