Overclocking

[kazak]

Hi,

 

I am trying to overclock my 4770K CPU and I have been using aida64 for the stress testing. And the graph shows that CPU overheating detected after some time. Do I leave it to go further till it goes to blue screen or should I stop when it says overheating?

 

Thanks.

[Sauron]

If it's overheating the overclock or the voltage is too high. It's instable and will just melt if it keeps running, which means it will throttle and possibly even be damaged. So stop the test immediately and lower the voltage and then if necessary the clock speed. If you want to oc more just get a better cooler (you AREN'T using the stock one right? RIGHT?).

[i_build_nanosuits]

make sure you are set to MANUAL voltage when you stress test your CPU if you use anything else than intel extreme tunning utility for stress testing...otherwise if your not on manual voltage additional voltages will be applied to your cpu and it will make it run hotter and might even damage it!

What CPU cooler are you using?

[Enderman]

What is your cooler, temps, voltage, and frequency.

[kazak]

If it's overheating the overclock or the voltage is too high. It's instable and will just melt if it keeps running, which means it will throttle and possibly even be damaged. So stop the test immediately and lower the voltage and then if necessary the clock speed. If you want to oc more just get a better cooler (you AREN'T using the stock one right? RIGHT?).

I'm using H100i

 

make sure you are set to MANUAL voltage when you stress test your CPU if you use anything else than intel extreme tunning utility for stress testing...otherwise if your not on manual voltage additional voltages will be applied to your cpu and it will make it run hotter and might even damage it!

What CPU cooler are you using?

H100i

 

What is your cooler, temps, voltage, and frequency.

H100i, My temps were hitting 90-95 on some cores, i used 1.2 volts as per linus overclocking guide and i was running 4.2Ghz on all core and this happened.

[i_build_nanosuits]

I'm using H100i

 

H100i

 

H100i, My temps were hitting 90-95 on some cores, i used 1.2 volts as per linus overclocking guide and i was running 4.2Ghz on all core and this happened.

make sure you are set to MANUAL voltage when you stress test your CPU if you use anything else than intel extreme tunning utility for stress testing...otherwise if your not on manual voltage additional voltages will be applied to your cpu and it will make it run hotter and might even damage it!

[Enderman]

H100i, My temps were hitting 90-95 on some cores, i used 1.2 volts as per linus overclocking guide and i was running 4.2Ghz on all core and this happened.

Try remounting your cooler and use some better thermal paste like MX4

Also make sure it tightens firmly onto the CPU, it should not be loose. Some people have issues with it not being tight even though the nuts are all the way screwed. You can fix this by adding some small plastic washers between the motherboard and backplate.