4770k overclocking

[KakaoDj]

How dare you name Alienware in a sofisticated forum?

Didn't anyone teach you sarcasm? 

[Milesgaming]

Didn't anyone teach you sarcasm? 

They apparently didn't teach you it, because I was joking..lel

[KakaoDj]

 

They apparently didn't teach you it, because I was joking..lel

 

[tabby051]

Not true, unless you have adaptive voltage on. But than Aida and IBT are just as bad if not worse.

 

A good stress test that doesn't make you limited by your temps (that are far above normal 100% load) is X264 benchmark. Together with the custom script you can find on the OCN haswell thread. Only reason I can run 1,408Vcore (1,38VIN) with a air cooler. 20 loops will be enough and this stress test load and temps are just a little bit higher than normal full load. (The temps are 10C higher than that I get in BF4(ultra, 1440p, res scale to 110%))

 

To all the people above: WHY run a synthetic stress test that makes your CPU much hotter, isn't anywhere NEAR a realistic load and just bottlenecks your OC with temperatures?

 

How can you tell if you have damaged your cpu? I too have a 4770k, normally I don't run stress tests whilst adaptive is on, I'll chuck on it fixed and run them however there have been a few times when I have left it on. What would normally be a sign of damage?

[Milesgaming]

How can you tell if you have damaged your cpu? I too have a 4770k, normally I don't run stress tests whilst adaptive is on, I'll chuck on it fixed and run them however there have been a few times when I have left it on. What would normally be a sign of damage?

If you don't notice any differences or random crashes or really anything out of the ordinary, you should be fine.

[TheDigitalRealm]

If you don't notice any differences or random crashes or really anything out of the ordinary, you should be fine.

You'll know if your overclock isn't stable, you'll probably get something like a blue-screen Stop Error, or it'll turn off. after you increase the voltage, stability test it. 

If you care more about temperatures, you could always undervolt it.