Is this a good overclock?

[XxKINGxX40]

My i7 4790K is OC'd to 4.6Ghz @1.25V. Is that too much voltage for just 4.6Ghz? Or should I just leave it at 4.4Ghz 1.18V

[Marcus Kemp]

no it's really good

[arronleeds]

My i7 4790K is OC'd to 4.6Ghz @1.25V. Is that too much voltage for just 4.6Ghz? Or should I just leave it at 4.4Ghz 1.18V

thats pretty good man, ive seen people with 4.7-4.8ghz at that voltage but 4.6ghz is pretty swell.

[0ld_Chicken]

My i7 4790K is OC'd to 4.6Ghz @1.25V. Is that too much voltage for just 4.6Ghz? Or should I just leave it at 4.4Ghz 1.18V

Im at 1.219v @ 4.6GHz or 1.24 @ 4.8GHz.   4.6Ghz @1.25V is not bad at all.  might be able to make the 4.8GHz jump at that voltage too

edit: might be able to bring voltage down if staying at 4.6.  might lower temps (not that you need to)

[XxKINGxX40]

Im at 1.219v @ 4.6GHz or 1.24 @ 4.8GHz.   4.6Ghz @1.25V is not bad at all.  might be able to make the 4.8GHz jump at that voltage too

edit: might be able to bring voltage down if staying at 4.6.  might lower temps (not that you need to)

So I was able to get the CPU to (almost) 4.7GHz by changing the multiplier to 102. So far very stable at 55-58c at 1.25V.

Been running Aida64 for an hour now.

[0ld_Chicken]

So I was able to get the CPU to (almost) 4.7GHz by changing the multiplier to 102. So far very stable at 55-58c at 1.25V.

Been running Aida64 for an hour now.

102...base clock? 102 multplier would be 10.2GHz  nice      58c at 4.7 is great!  what kinda cooling are you using?

[XxKINGxX40]

102...base clock? 102 multplier would be 10.2GHz  nice      58c at 4.7 is great!  what kinda cooling are you using?

Oh haha yes. 102 base clock. And I have a custom water loop also cooling my 2 980s with 2 Alphacool UT60 360mm rads.

[0ld_Chicken]

oh nice, you should be able to put a really good clock on that.  I took mine as high as 5.1GHz when I had an AIO but I've been really surprised by the 212evo, I've run as high as 4.9 with it although not comfortably enough to run that 24-7.  I stay below 75 at 4.6GHz with pretty nasty ambient conditions (80f and humid as efff)

 

Oh haha yes. 102 base clock. And I have a custom water loop also cooling my 2 980s with 2 Alphacool UT60 360mm rads.

[XxKINGxX40]

oh nice, you should be able to put a really good clock on that.  I took mine as high as 5.1GHz when I had an AIO but I've been really surprised by the 212evo, I've run as high as 4.9 with it although not comfortably enough to run that 24-7.  I stay below 75 at 4.6GHz with pretty nasty ambient conditions (80f and humid as efff)

The hyper 212 is excellent for the price though. Couldn't say enough good things about it. I had it before changing to AIO to Custom.

[0ld_Chicken]

The hyper 212 is excellent for the price though. Couldn't say enough good things about it. I had it before changing to AIO to Custom.

I went the other way.  started with AIO and went to the 212evo.  Water is great but I just didn't feel right having water pumping around my pc.... I'm just not ready!!!  (also it was a Raijintek which left a few doubts in my mind).   

have you had any problems after the base clock change? ive never dabbled with it.  any benefits over multiplier? 

[Zayzo]

I went the other way.  started with AIO and went to the 212evo.  Water is great but I just didn't feel right having water pumping around my pc.... I'm just not ready!!!  (also it was a Raijintek which left a few doubts in my mind).   

have you had any problems after the base clock change? ive never dabbled with it.  any benefits over multiplier? 

I've heard some scary leak stories about the rajinteks...

[XxKINGxX40]

Not so far. And BCLK changes the frequency of other things, like the cache, RAM, PCI lanes. So, you can turn up the BCLK a little bit to get that extra bit of performance (Like I went from 4600Mhz to 4691Mhz without adding more voltage) but not too much, or other things like RAM will start getting unstable.

 

And about the water, I feel you on that one. I was scared, but it's really not that bad. Specially for an AIO. The chances of a leak on AIO are so low.

And I had a leak on my water loop (accidentally used a 35mm screw instead of 30mm to screw in a fan) and I punctured the radiator and water was spilling inside my tower. But no parts got damaged (because I acted fast) So, moral of the story is, you're more than fine with AIO. There's still a chance of leaking, but not nearly as high as a custom water loop. I have heard occasions of Rajinteks leaking though.

[Zayzo]

Not so far. And BCLK changes the frequency of other things, like the cache, RAM, PCI lanes. So, you can turn up the BCLK a little bit to get that extra bit of performance (Like I went from 4600Mhz to 4691Mhz without adding more voltage) but not too much, or other things like RAM will start getting unstable.

 

And about the water, I feel you on that one. I was scared, but it's really not that bad. Specially for an AIO. The chances of a leak on AIO are so low.

And I had a leak on my water loop (accidentally used a 35mm screw instead of 30mm to screw in a fan) and I punctured the radiator and water was spilling inside my tower. But no parts got damaged (because I acted fast) So, moral of the story is, you're more than fine with AIO. There's still a chance of leaking, but not nearly as high as a custom water loop.

U can downclock ram if you're into using the baseclock more

[XxKINGxX40]

U can downclock ram if you're into using the baseclock more

True

[0ld_Chicken]

I've heard some scary leak stories about the rajinteks...

yeah me too.  I got one for cheap and wanted to try it out.  couldn't do it after about a month my nerves went and I put a 212 evo in.

 

Not so far. And BCLK changes the frequency of other things, like the cache, RAM, PCI lanes. So, you can turn up the BCLK a little bit to get that extra bit of performance (Like I went from 4600Mhz to 4691Mhz without adding more voltage) but not too much, or other things like RAM will start getting unstable.

 

And about the water, I feel you on that one. I was scared, but it's really not that bad. Specially for an AIO. The chances of a leak on AIO are so low.

And I had a leak on my water loop (accidentally used a 35mm screw instead of 30mm to screw in a fan) and I punctured the radiator and water was spilling inside my tower. But no parts got damaged (because I acted fast) So, moral of the story is, you're more than fine with AIO. There's still a chance of leaking, but not nearly as high as a custom water loop. I have heard occasions of Rajinteks leaking though.

nice, I might have to give that a look and see if its something I should try.  

 

I'll come back around to water with a more stable brand or custom loop, I feel bad for saying that cause they had really good support as far as questions were concerned (never had to send anything back or really had probelms).   

Thinking about getting a hybrid cooler for my 980 since this reference design is crazy loud.