i3 8350k overclock question.

[caverlyscout]

OK so I switched up my cpu cooler from a DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 300 to a hyper 212 black edition, removed the factory fan on the hyper and put a push/pull config with Corsair Air Series SP 120 LED Red High Static Pressure Fans, the mobo is a MSI z390 gaming plus atx board. Currently running it at 4.2 by adjusting the cpu ratio, hits max temp of 70c on cinebench r15 when I use the cpu test, ran the test 3 times back to back and it stayed at 70 or below idle temps are around 37 to 40c.What would be a safe over clock for this setup? Or how would I go about setting up a better overclock?

 

 

[Mateyyy]

70C is more than fine, though to be fair CB15 won't stress the CPU as hard as R20, for example.

If you want to go further, just increase the frequency until it's not stable, then increase the voltage if you still want more frequency, and so forth. To make sure it's stable, I'd leave Prime95 running for at least a few hours. I'd also suggest disabling AVX on P95 or downloading an older version (26.6 is good iirc) that doesn't have AVX testing implemented, just so you don't have to worry about the slight chance of frying your CPU.

[porina]

Unless you're going for a bigger overclock, just run it stock and save yourself the stability testing.

 

My old observations on the 8350k when they were new, might give some ideas. Be happy to answer any more specific questions if I can.

 

 

[Fasauceome]

30 minutes ago, caverlyscout said:

and it stayed at 70 or below idle temps are around 37 to 40c.What would be a safe over clock for this setup

Anything that keeps the voltage under 1.4 and the temps under 90

[Mister Woof]

I have some personal experience with this chip. Suffice to say it wasn't a lottery winner.

 

When my son's 8350k was in the Z370 Extreme 4, it would never boot at 5ghz, unless I upped it to 1.42v. I could get 4.8 stable with a very high LLC and 1.38v, but even with the same cooler as my 8700k, it seemed to have worse thermals than my 6-core hyperthreaded 8700k at the same voltage.

 

Ultimately while it was overclocked, I settled on 4.7ghz at 1.35v with moderate LLC, as that was the maximum frequency I could get and be able to adequately cool it. 

 

I ended up replacing it with a 9400 I got for $120 last year, and put the 8350k in a cheap H310 for my daughter and it runs at stock.

 

They just aren't good overclockers imo. At least my sample wasn't.

[caverlyscout]

7 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

70C is more than fine, though to be fair CB15 won't stress the CPU as hard as R20, for example.

If you want to go further, just increase the frequency until it's not stable, then increase the voltage if you still want more frequency, and so forth. To make sure it's stable, I'd leave Prime95 running for at least a few hours. I'd also suggest disabling AVX on P95 or downloading an older version (26.6 is good iirc) that doesn't have AVX testing implemented, just so you don't have to worry about the slight chance of frying your CPU.

Im just wanting to reach an oc of 4.5, right now my bottle neck is my gpu, using msi after burner to montior my info, I notice in 90% of my games, my gpu is at 100% usage while my cpu breaks in around 50 to 60% on avg, just ordered an ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 6G Turbo Edition from amazon.

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, caverlyscout said:

Im just wanting to reach an oc of 4.5, right now my bottle neck is my gpu, using msi after burner to montior my info, I notice in 90% of my games, my gpu is at 100% usage while my cpu breaks in around 50 to 60% on avg, just ordered an ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 6G Turbo Edition from amazon.

4.5 will be pretty easy to obtain and you can probably get that with 1.25 or less. i wouldn't be worried about thermals on that.

 

I'd be more worried about thermals on that blower GPU

[caverlyscout]

5 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

4.5 will be pretty easy to obtain and you can probably get that with 1.25 or less. i wouldn't be worried about thermals on that.

 

I'd be more worried about thermals on that blower GPU

Anything I need to know about it? I read some reviews on it. I was wanting to go with a blower style 2060 to help eliminate case heat. This is my case 

I custom fitted a 2nd 120mm fan behind the top grill where the dvd/cd drive would fit, and the factory one in the bottom front. So it has two intake fans, and two exhaust fans " one in the back and one in the top in the back"

[Mister Woof]

Just now, caverlyscout said:

Anything I need to know about it? I read some reviews on it. I was wanting to go with a blower style 2060 to help eliminate case heat. This is my case 

I custom fitted a 2nd 120mm fan behind the top grill where the dvd/cd drive would fit, and the factory one in the bottom front. So it has two intake fans, and two exhaust fans " one in the back and one in the top in the back"

They're great for cases with poor airflow and they do aid in exhaust.

 

They will generally be pretty loud though, and you may have to apply a more aggressive fan curve to prevent it from throttling itself.

 

Overall, I wouldn't be concerned with a general open air GPU in that set up where I'd seek out a blower card.

 

But it's not terrible. I have a blower Vega 64 and that's even hotter and less efficient than the 2060, so its definitely not a bad option, just louder.