i5 6600k need some help

[Gedigan123]

Hey everyone,

I want to start by saying I'm a complete beginner on this, so don't judge my thinking, I'm here to ask YOU for help.

 

I've recently started playing Battlefield 5 on my pc, it has an i5 6600K cooled by the Corsair H100i and an ASUS 980ti strix (6gb)

I noticed that my CPU always goes to 100% at 65-67°C, while my GPU is only at 80% (70°C)

 

I thought those CPU temperatures were very high for running @ 4.5Ghz. so I did some further investigating and found out that it's running on 1.44 Vcore voltage.

the Vcore is set to AUTO in the BIOS.

I'm trying to get more out of my pc while maintaining +- 65°C on my CPU

 

do I have a really bad chip or is the AUTO voltage setting just really bad?

 

 

[DoctorNick]

The auto setting is always much higher than needed. You may be able to get 5ghz with that voltage. If you're overclocking, then set a -offset vcore in bios. For 4.5ghz try hitting 1.2-1.25v under load.

[Fasauceome]

23 minutes ago, Gedigan123 said:

or is the AUTO voltage setting just really bad?

^this

 

always use manual voltage when overclocking. that being said,

24 minutes ago, Gedigan123 said:

I noticed that my CPU always goes to 100% at 65-67°C, ...

 

I thought those CPU temperatures were very high for running @ 4.5Ghz

67 degrees is far from "very high," that's for sure

[Gedigan123]

12 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

The auto setting is always much higher than needed. You may be able to get 5ghz with that voltage. If you're overclocking, then set a -offset vcore in bios. For 4.5ghz try hitting 1.2-1.25v under load.

thank you, I just did a cinebench r20 test, these are the results

I also have some questions, why does it say 3.51 GHz and not 4.5 GHz?

also if i under volt my CPU, will i still be able to get in the bios to set it back?

do core speeds affect CPU temperatures? or is it only affected by the voltage? (if yes that means that with 1.44V I will always get +- 76°C like above?

[Gedigan123]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

^this

 

always use manual voltage when overclocking. that being said,

67 degrees is far from "very high," that's for sure

okay thank you, i read on google the max temperature for it is 72°C so it seemed high to me

could you check out the reply i just did? maybe you know some answers

[kronickiller]

my voltage is 1.344 for 4.5 manual

llc low

auto is horrible

[unclewebb]

Cinebench does not accurately report MHz. Try using HWiNFO. Your MHz look OK.

 

Maz temp is 100C. The temp rating you found online is not core temp so it is not relevant.

 

Both voltage and MHz increase temps.

[Gedigan123]

1 minute ago, unclewebb said:

Cinebench does not accurately report MHz. Try using HWiNFO. Your MHz look OK.

 

Maz temp is 100C. The temp rating you found online is not core temp so it is not relevant.

 

Both voltage and MHz increase temps.

thanks that helps a lot

[DoctorNick]

18 minutes ago, Gedigan123 said:

thank you, I just did a cinebench r20 test, these are the results

also if i under volt my CPU, will i still be able to get in the bios to set it back?

do core speeds affect CPU temperatures? or is it only affected by the voltage? (if yes that means that with 1.44V I will always get +- 76°C like above?

Cool, the results are like they should be.

Yes, and yes. Higher speeds will affect amps used. Voltage may not change (depends on what you set). You could try 5ghz on auto, just to check what voltage you get. And yes get HWinfo64 and check vcore etc.

[Gedigan123]

1 hour ago, DoctorNick said:

Cool, the results are like they should be.

Yes, and yes. Higher speeds will affect amps used. Voltage may not change (depends on what you set). You could try 5ghz on auto, just to check what voltage you get. And yes get HWinfo64 and check vcore etc.

sorry for my late reply, i've done some testing etc.

I'm currently 4.7Ghz, and turned volts to 1.380, I did the cinebench test again and it didn't crash, it peaked to 75°C once for a split second, but usually was around 73°C

had it at 1.375Volts before but it crashed, although I'm completely clueless why it did..

I thought this were the currents it was drawing,  am i wrong? 

so i first thought i could lower it even more from 1.375V but then it crashed..

well I guess there are other factors that I don't know anything about..