4690K overclocking help

[Fasauceome]

Just now, oskarnedreaas said:

yeah I need to use prime95 since Aida is expired

Either would do

[oskarnedreaas]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Over 80 degrees in Aida is fine, I would say 95 and up is something that needs adjusting.

yeah my pc crashed when I started stressing it

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, oskarnedreaas said:

yeah my pc crashed when I started stressing it

Your CPU may not be a good overclocker, that's the ol' silicon lottery. See if you can get away with 1.27 volts.

[oskarnedreaas]

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Your CPU may not be a good overclocker, that's the ol' silicon lottery. See if you can get away with 1.27 volts.

yeah it says your pc ran into a problem, but its stuck at 55%, should i do anything or just wait 

[Fasauceome]

Just now, oskarnedreaas said:

yeah it says your pc ran into a problem, but its stuck at 55, should i do anything or just wait 

My PC never restarts no matter how long i wait, but it doesn't matter since you already know why it crashed. You can jus turn it off and restart yourself.

[oskarnedreaas]

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

My PC never restarts no matter how long i wait, but it doesn't matter since you already know why it crashed. You can jus turn it off and restart yourself.

so since 4.6 didn't work with 1.25 volts. Its not because my cpu can't handle 1.25 volts, but that 4.6 ghz can't keep up with only 1.25 volts and need more?

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, oskarnedreaas said:

so since 4.6 didn't work with 1.25 volts. Its not because my cpu can't handle 1.25 volts, but that 4.6 ghz can't keep up with only 1.25 volts and need more?

Yes, if a CPU is crashing at a certain frequency it needs more voltage, sometimes the frequency just won't work though. You'll have to explore and see (and if you want to work in reverse and go down from 1.35 volts that might work.)

[oskarnedreaas]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Yes, if a CPU is crashing at a certain frequency it needs more voltage, sometimes the frequency just won't work though. You'll have to explore and see (and if you want to work in reverse and go down from 1.35 volts that might work.)

Oh so the frequency doesn't stress the cpu, the voltage does. Im just trying to see the highest frequency I can get out of a voltage that doesn't damage the cpu or lifespan.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, oskarnedreaas said:

Oh so the frequency doesn't stress the cpu, the voltage does. Im just trying to see the highest frequency I can get out of a voltage that doesn't damage the cpu or lifespan.

It's a little of both, the frequency matters but arguably the voltage matters more. You won't have to worry about voltage damaging anything until you approach the 1.5 volt range.

[oskarnedreaas]

6 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

It's a little of both, the frequency matters but arguably the voltage matters more. You won't have to worry about voltage damaging anything until you approach the 1.5 volt range.

my tests are looking good tho, I have 4.6 ghz at 1.2 volts, my temps are at around 82 degrees and the stress test is holding up well

[oskarnedreaas]

10 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

It's a little of both, the frequency matters but arguably the voltage matters more. You won't have to worry about voltage damaging anything until you approach the 1.5 volt range.

or so I thought, it said something like 12k complete after 5 tests on all the cores, but after that it crashed. Is it safe to say its a stable overclock, or do I need to run it longer (if so how long does it need to run).

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, oskarnedreaas said:

or so I thought, it said something like 12k complete after 5 tests on all the cores, but after that it crashed. Is it safe to say its a stable overclock, or do I need to run it longer (if so how long does it need to run).

I would say try some extended gaming benchmarks and see if it holds up.

[oskarnedreaas]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

I would say try some extended gaming benchmarks and see if it holds up.

sure, I heard a guy in a tutorial say that 4-9 hours of benchmarking wasn´t even enough sometimes. Is that overkill or do you need to test the cpu like that for it to be stable

[Fasauceome]

Just now, oskarnedreaas said:

sure, I heard a guy in a tutorial say that 4-9 hours of benchmarking wasn´t even enough sometimes. Is that overkill or do you need to test the cpu like that for it to be stable

for me, 10 minutes is fine. Long tests are great but not entirely necessary.

[oskarnedreaas]

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

for me, 10 minutes is fine. Long tests are great but not entirely necessary.

yeah, the cpu is overclocked but I'm still seeing that that the gpu is like 30% behind.

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, oskarnedreaas said:

yeah, the cpu is overclocked but I'm still seeing that that the gpu is like 30% behind.

Again, you're only using a quad core, and an old one. What games are you playing?

[oskarnedreaas]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Again, you're only using a quad core, and an old one. What games are you playing?

playing rust, in game with full video settings im getting 85 fps but both the cpu and gpu are only at 70%, is there a reason they're not both higher so I can get higher fps?

[Fasauceome]

Just now, oskarnedreaas said:

playing rust, in game with full video settings im getting 85 fps but both the cpu and gpu are only at 70%, is there a reason they're not both higher so I can get higher fps?

Well if you're using task manager it might not be fully accurate, and also not every game can use all the resources at once.

[oskarnedreaas]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Well if you're using task manager it might not be fully accurate, and also not every game can use all the resources at once.

yeah I guess, well i´m happy with it, only thing is that the cpu rad fans are always on full since the software im using doesn't really recognise it properly. Would I be fine turning them down a bit while im gaming, the temp is only like 45 degrees while im playing

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, oskarnedreaas said:

yeah I guess, well i´m happy with it, only thing is that the cpu rad fans are always on full since the software im using doesn't really recognise it properly. Would I be fine turning them down a bit while im gaming, the temp is only like 45 degrees while im playing

Yes you would be able to reduce fan speeds. However, what software is being used? You should just be able to put the fans in the motherboard and have that control instead.

[oskarnedreaas]

11 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Yes you would be able to reduce fan speeds. However, what software is being used? You should just be able to put the fans in the motherboard and have that control instead.

yeah my mono has a pin for the water pump and one for cpu_fan. The corsair h110i pin didn't fit properly in the pump header so I had to plug it into the cpu_fan. Theres also a usb c, connected to the pump.