4690k OC

[Flowroro]

how much power does it take to constantly keep my cpu at 4.4 ghz@ 1.3v? would be it much more than stock speeds/voltage? or would i be paying a load more $ for electricity/draining my psu power and reducing any lifetime/damaging any of my parts?

[KemoKa]

It shoudn't raise it too much. You'd pay more in electricity by accidentally leaving a couple of lights on when you leave the house.

[Flowroro]

It shoudn't raise it too much. You'd pay more in electricity by accidentally leaving a couple of lights on when you leave the house.

what if i was to leave my pc on with 4.5 ghz @ 1.28v and ram 1.65v? compared to cpu and ram @ stock speeds/volts, how much more power am i expected to use per day? if say i leave my pc on for 12h/day

[CaptainPebbleDash]

If your asking this I'd recommend to not Overclock them. Or do some research on the power usage to wattage used.

[Ansau]

The differences are minimal. In such a power effiecient cpu like the 4690k, having an OC can consume about 20-30W more than stock at full speed and pretty much the same when not stressing (which is where the cpu will be the most of the time). The important thing is to have enabled a C-state, so the cpu is not running always at the maximum voltage.

 

But let's assume you're running your cpu 4 hours every day at full speed. You'd be paying about +5€/$ (before taxes) every year, meaning the cpu is being used all 365 days.

 

Cpu is a small part of the whole computer in terms of power consumption. Here you can find the typical power consumptions of most pc components: http://www.buildcomputers.net/power-consumption-of-pc-components.html

 

Btw, I also have an i5 4690k at 4.4GHz @ 1.296v. Power consumption of the cpu is about 16W in idle, 90-95W when gaming or rendering and a max of 105W with AIDA64 FPU (which stresses the cpu beyond real use).

[App4that]

Have you tried a lower voltage? I'm stable with a clock speed of 4.6GHz and a voltage of 1.220v. You might be able to turn the voltage down.

[KemoKa]

what if i was to leave my pc on with 4.5 ghz @ 1.28v and ram 1.65v? compared to cpu and ram @ stock speeds/volts, how much more power am i expected to use per day? if say i leave my pc on for 12h/day

It really depends on how you're using it. If you're not pushing that to 100% all day, then it'll still idle at roughly the same speed, and your power increase will be negligible.