Quick question about overclocking my cpu

[nokturrduk84]

Guys, I'm trying to overclock my CPU for benchmarks & I'm kinda new in this, I just wanna be sure I don't kill my CPU, cause I will stay without it & I don't have money to buy new one, so I want to be sure I do everything properly. My main question is: What's killing the CPU during overclocking? Raising voltage only & so does bad temps or anything else? Also what's the maximum recommended voltage for i7 3770k?

So far I managed to overclock my CPU to 4.5GHz with given 1.150v. with temps up to 70 during Linx stress test (20 min). I wanna go a little higher. Should I try? All this is temporary for benchmarks. After this I'll go down to stock speed.

[Wtalk2]

Overclocking isn't as dangerous as most people think. For Intel CPU's you won't damage them with voltage until you hit around the 1.5V territory but it is recommended to keep the voltage below 1.35V. As for safe temperatures as long as you keep it under 105C you will be safe but it is highly recommended to not run it about 80C. Lastly, I suggest using Prime95 to stress test and measure temperatures with HWMonitor, CoreTemp and/or RealTemp.

 

PS: Even if you just want to overclock for benchmarks I suggest you at least keep a mild overclock for 24/7 since as long as you have a nice, low voltage and the temperatures are safe it really won't reduce your CPU's lifetime at all and it pretty much free performance.

[flibberdipper]

Overclocking isn't as dangerous as most people think. For Intel CPU's you won't damage them with voltage until you hit around the 1.5V territory but it is recommended to keep the voltage below 1.35V. As for safe temperatures as long as you keep it under 105C you will be safe but it is highly recommended to not run it about 80C. Lastly, I suggest using Prime95 to stress test and measure temperatures with HWMonitor, CoreTemp and/or RealTemp.

 

PS: Even if you just want to overclock for benchmarks I suggest you at least keep a mild overclock for 24/7 since as long as you have a nice, low voltage and the temperatures are safe it really won't reduce your CPU's lifetime at all and it pretty much free performance.

OCCT is a better stress test program.

 

As for the OP, keep it under 1.4v (that's a personal preference), and see what you can do.

[Wtalk2]

OCCT is a better stress test program.

 

As for the OP, keep it under 1.4v (that's a personal preference), and see what you can do.

What is the difference between Prime95 and OCCT?

[nokturrduk84]

Thx, guys, I'll try to break that 4.5 barrier now.

[nokturrduk84]

OCCT is a better stress test program.

 

As for the OP, keep it under 1.4v (that's a personal preference), and see what you can do.

Which software is OCCT?

[flibberdipper]

What is the difference between Prime95 and OCCT?

OCCT is better all around, ESPECIALLY on Haswell (Haswell + Prime = Voltage hell). And it's generally better all around (built in temp monitors, voltage, fan speed, two different stress methods, etc.), and it comes with a GPU stress as well.

 

Which software is OCCT?

Look it up. It's a pretty nice stress program.

[nosirrah123]

And modern CPUs aren't as susceptible to outright burning out as older ones. If you REALLY screw something up, it will just shut off.

[Wtalk2]

OCCT is better all around, ESPECIALLY on Haswell (Haswell + Prime = Voltage hell). And it's generally better all around (built in temp monitors, voltage, fan speed, two different stress methods, etc.), and it comes with a GPU stress as well.

Running a quick test with OCCT now, not seeing much of a difference but has some nice features that Prime95 doesn't