Is my overclock/temps good?

[Tazman192]

First time overclocker here. I managed to clock my pc to a decent 4.4ghz using about 1.27V. I'm still testing and lowering as I go (lowering volts by 0.05 each time after an hour stress test and seeing where the sweet spot is). I have a feeling I can't go below 1.25V on that clock. Is this a good clock or is my chip below average?

 

http://gyazo.com/72284d8c4f4f7868d79a920add7030c9

 

Those are my temps above - using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility to stress test. How does it look?

 

I know you guys get these types of posts alot and are probably sick of it, so apologies in advance if I piss anyone off posting this.

 

 

Cheers

[Cactu]

You are fine, just keep it below 85 degrees centigrade

[Tazman192]

You are fine, just keep it below 85 degrees centigrade

 

Cheers for that. Does 4.4ghz at 1.27 volts sound like a good or bad chip?

[Zackfoo]

I did overclocking a while back on my i5 4690k. i assume ours are very similar. I got it at 1.25v for 4.5ghz. 7 hours of stress test did not go on cause of school. And i feels comfortable with it being that ways.

 

anything under 80 Celcius is good. 

btw, intel extreme tuning utilities is not recommended for stress testing i don't know why but everyone says that to me.

 

Try OCCT. It provides tons of information and reliable.

[Cactu]

I did overclocking a while back on my i5 4690k. i assume ours are very similar. I got it at 1.25v for 4.5ghz. 7 hours of stress test did not go on cause of school. And i feels comfortable with it being that ways.

 

anything under 80 Celcius is good. 

btw, intel extreme tuning utilities is not recommended for stress testing i don't know why but everyone says that to me.

 

Try OCCT. It provides tons of information and reliable.

I personally use msi kombustor to test and msi afterburner to monitor temps

[Tazman192]

I did overclocking a while back on my i5 4690k. i assume ours are very similar. I got it at 1.25v for 4.5ghz. 7 hours of stress test did not go on cause of school. And i feels comfortable with it being that ways.

 

anything under 80 Celcius is good. 

btw, intel extreme tuning utilities is not recommended for stress testing i don't know why but everyone says that to me.

 

Try OCCT. It provides tons of information and reliable.

 

What about AIDA? I've used that in the past but felt like using a different one for a change.

[Tazman192]

I personally use msi kombustor to test and msi afterburner to monitor temps

 

Aren't these used for testing GPU's? I use afterburner for the OSD during games

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Cheers for that. Does 4.4ghz at 1.27 volts sound like a good or bad chip?

sounds average , and your temps seem good , like others have said keep it below 80 or so

[Tazman192]

sounds average , and your temps seem good , like others have said keep it below 80 or so

 

Cheers for that.

 

 

Now I'm confused on what to use for stress testing. I thought intel extreme tuning utility was meant to be good. Wouldn't use prime95 on a haswell chip (unless things have changed in the last 9 months).

[-CLASSIFIED-]

Cheers for that.

 

 

Now I'm confused on what to use for stress testing. I thought intel extreme tuning utility was meant to be good. Wouldn't use prime95 on a haswell chip (unless things have changed in the last 9 months).

on a side note, if you have a good chip you can run 4.4 @ 1.17v like my 4690k ;D but I like to push shit to the limit (hence the rediculous 4.814mhz I run) , I'd use Aida64 for stress testing , still stay away from prime95. I use Aida and xtu, but xtu seems more ... Unstable

[Cactu]

Aren't these used for testing GPU's? I use afterburner for the OSD during games

Kombustor has a cpu burner built In and msi afterburner can monitor gpu AND cpu so it works for both

[Tazman192]

Kombustor has a cpu burner built In and msi afterburner can monitor gpu AND cpu so it works for both

 

on a side note, if you have a good chip you can run 4.4 @ 1.17v like my 4690k ;D but I like to push shit to the limit (hence the rediculous 4.814mhz I run) , I'd use Aida64 for stress testing , still stay away from prime95. I use Aida and xtu, but xtu seems more ... Unstable

 

 

Are you trying to make me jealous? ;_;

 

I'll use AIDA, cheers.

 

Kombustor has a cpu burner built In and msi afterburner can monitor gpu AND cpu so it works for both

 

 

Yeah I just realised that, cheers for pointing that out. I still personally prefer using RealTemp.

[FuzzyYellow]

when i was OCing my G3258, OCCT caused a bluescreen, but i was perfectly stable with XTU. temps were also lower with XTU.

[Tazman192]

I'm getting alot higher temps with AIDA64 (around 87-88 peak). Should I lower my clock/voltage?

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Are you trying to make me jealous? ;_;

I'll use AIDA, cheers.

Yeah I just realised that, cheers for pointing that out. I still personally prefer using RealTemp.

lol that's ok , I can't get past 4.9ghz , I get a clock watchdog error and I've gotten to the point I actulaly emailed Intel for some tips on how to get past it

;-; I broke down and failed us all , I consulted tech support

[Tazman192]

I'm really confused - using AIDA, my voltage spikes up from 1.26 to 1.382. It's set to 1.26 in the bios so why's it going up to 1.382?
 
Can anyone tell me whats going on?
 
@TheGingerKid

@Cactusneedle_18

[Cactu]

I'm really confused - using AIDA, my voltage spikes up from 1.26 to 1.382. It's set to 1.26 in the bios so why's it going up to 1.382?

 

Can anyone tell me whats going on?

 

@TheGingerKid

@Cactusneedle_18

Maybe it can only run your overclocks with a higher voltage?

[-CLASSIFIED-]

I'm really confused - using AIDA, my voltage spikes up from 1.26 to 1.382. It's set to 1.26 in the bios so why's it going up to 1.382?

 

Can anyone tell me whats going on?

 

@TheGingerKid

@Cactusneedle_18

sounds like your voltage is being overridden by something , perhaps contact asus for a fix , or maybe someone else knows more on this then me 

[Tazman192]

Maybe it can only run your overclocks with a higher voltage?

 

 

sounds like your voltage is being overridden by something , perhaps contact asus for a fix , or maybe someone else knows more on this then me 

 

Intel XTU doesn't do this. It sticks to 1.26. I've set it to adaptive voltage on my bios so I'm not sure what could be causing it.

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Intel XTU doesn't do this. It sticks to 1.26. I've set it to adaptive voltage on my bios so I'm not sure what could be causing it.

perhaps aida is overriding the voltage you set .. odd 

[Zackfoo]

@Tazman192 don't stress test when you switch to adaptive mode. Don't ever do that. You are lucky that your chip was not burned yet. Stress test program have that issue. Only stress test at manual voltage mode. Stress test program will increase the voltage to achieve stability if you give them the option which is adaptive mode.

God you are lucky. Be careful with that.

watch linus's devil canyon's or the old video i7 and i5 overclocking guide. He talks about that too.

[Zackfoo]

@Tazman192 and aida is a good one to stress test but it cost money tho.

[Tazman192]

@Tazman192 don't stress test when you switch to adaptive mode. Don't ever do that. You are lucky that your chip was not burned yet. Stress test program have that issue. Only stress test at manual voltage mode. Stress test program will increase the voltage to achieve stability if you give them the option which is adaptive mode.

God you are lucky. Be careful with that.

watch linus's devil canyon's or the old video i7 and i5 overclocking guide. He talks about that too.

 

I highly, highly doubt 1.38v is enough to burn my chip (unless you can show me a source), but thanks for the heads up, I'll be careful.

[Zackfoo]

Just go watch linus overclocking guides for devil canyon's and another old videos of him overclocking i5 and i7. Watch the latest one less info and shorter. He explained why you can't steps test on adaptive.