4790K Overclocking

[ion529]

Ok, let me first start off by saying im a total overclocking noob. This will be really my first overclock (I don't count blindly messing around with some numbers on my AMD APK-5800 to get the base clock from 3.9GHz to 4.0GHz, and don't worry I have a discrete GPU to go along with that APU). Anyway I'm not entirely sure what numbers I should be expecting or what I should be setting my voltage to etc.

So I will be getting a 4790K clocked at 4.0GHz. From my understanding its difficult to estimate what I can overclock it to however I was wondering if anyone had any idea what I numbers I might be getting and any tips for overclocking this processor. I will be using an ASUS Maximus VII Ranger as my motherboard (If that makes a difference) and a H100i GTX to cool it. Thanks in advance.

[stealth80]

Ok, let me first start off by saying im a total overclocking noob. This will be really my first overclock (I don't count blindly messing around with some numbers on my AMD APK-5800 to get the base clock from 3.9GHz to 4.0GHz, and don't worry I have a discrete GPU to go along with that APU). Anyway I'm not entirely sure what numbers I should be expecting or what I should be setting my voltage to etc.

So I will be getting a 4790K clocked at 4.0GHz. From my understanding its difficult to estimate what I can overclock it to however I was wondering if anyone had any idea what I numbers I might be getting and any tips for overclocking this processor. I will be using an ASUS Maximus VII Ranger as my motherboard (If that makes a difference) and a H100i GTX to cool it. Thanks in advance.

 

It depends on binning so always a lottery. I have had mine at 4.9ghz just playing with volts and multi, I suspect I could get more if I went deep, but I don't have a need at the moment

[UnlimitedTMD]

maybe 4.7Ghz, but you`ll have to tweak around a bit

[comefightme]

Start at 4.5ghz at 1.35v, then run stress tests to ensure it's stable, if its not, turn it down, rip lousy chip, if it was stable, turn it up gradually and test it over and over until you find the highest stable clock, rmr all cpus are different

[comefightme]

maybe 4.7Ghz, but you`ll have to tweak around a bit

No, that depends on each individual chip

[UnlimitedTMD]

No, that depends on each individual chip

 

yeah, that`s why I trew that maybe in, I don`t have any experience with it, but that`s what I hear

[comefightme]

yeah, that`s why I trew that maybe in, I don`t have any experience with it, but that`s what I hear

I can tell from your previous comment that you don't have experience in overclocking

[UnlimitedTMD]

I can tell from your previous comment that you don't have experience in overclocking

 

I have done some overclocking, but  I kinda failed with my 4690K and abandoned it

[comefightme]

I have done some overclocking, but  I kinda failed with my 4690K and abandoned it

You failed because of lack of experience ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[buddy_boyo]

i7-4790K has a good base clock and turbo boost already, you might not even need to overclock it yet.

Maybe wait for some time and see how you like it at stock.