4670k overclocking help

[Venomz1337]

I overclocked my 4670k to 4.5Ghz with 1.25v. What I wanted to know is the following;

 

1) Will I damage my CPU by attempting higher speeds but not increasing the voltage?

 

2) How far can I go voltage wise before it starts frying and really lowering the life expectancy?

 

3) If I do go with overclocking it further, and for example I did 5.0Ghz and it doesn't like it, what happens? Does my PC not boot? Will I be able to get into BIOS to lower it? 

 

4) Will I damage my CPU by having it always run at 4.5Ghz instead of dropping to 800mhz when idling?

 

At 4.5Ghz and 1.25v I found after 15 minutes of stress testing, the highest temp got to 62°C.

 

Any help will be appreciated, thanks

 

-Venomz1337

[rustikles]

1) It probably just won't boot

2) Depends greatly on the individual CPU, but overclocking WILL decrease life expectancy

3) same as 1, and yes you can change it

 

Your current overclock looks solid!

[Venomz1337]

1) It probably just won't boot

2) Depends greatly on the individual CPU, but overclocking WILL decrease life expectancy

3) same as 1, and yes you can change it

 

Your current overclock looks solid!

 

Thanks but I want to try and get 4.7Ghz oh and something else I forgot to ask is; Is there a way to always have it running at 4.5Ghz/4.7Ghz rather than dropping when not being used? I find it slows down as to how fast it opens a process. It may sound ridiculous but was just wondering, will it damage it or?

[Appelzaadje]

1) no as long as the temps dont exceed max TDP.

2) as far as i have heard this should max go 1.5V dont pin me on this i never went up more then 0,1 from base value (and again look at the temps carefully)

3) if an overclock fails the pc in general wont boot restart it and it will display a warning bad OC run setup then lower it and try again.

 

62C isnt high and should be safe under 70 should always be a goal imo but also 80 is ok as far as i know, again dont pin me on it have and AMD witch wants to stay 65 or lower to work properly. 

[Venomz1337]

1) no as long as the temps dont exceed max TDP.

2) as far as i have heard this should max go 1.5V dont pin me on this i never went up more then 0,1 from base value (and again look at the temps carefully)

3) if an overclock fails the pc in general wont boot restart it and it will display a warning bad OC run setup then lower it and try again.

 

62C isnt high and should be safe under 70 should always be a goal imo but also 80 is ok as far as i know, again dont pin me on it have and AMD witch wants to stay 65 or lower to work properly. 

 

Ah, cheers man, appreciate the help, I'll try to see if I can go higher and see if I got a good chip

[João Severino]

I'll try to answer to all the questions together

 

Damaged to the CPU can occur when to much voltage is applied and the CPU is not cooled properly, so if  you keep the CPU properly cooled then you don't have to worry to much about voltages as long as you don't go crazy (keep voltages bellow 1.5V) and look out for the temperatures (don't go over 75ºC when in stress testing)

If you run into stability issues just dial back the overclock

[Venomz1337]

I'll try to answer to all the questions together

 

Damaged to the CPU can occur when to much voltage is applied and the CPU is not cooled properly, so if  you keep the CPU properly cooled then you don't have to worry to much about voltages as long as you don't go crazy (keep voltages bellow 1.5V) and look out for the temperatures (don't go over 75ºC when in stress testing)

 

Yeah, I don't intend on going higher than 1.3V and I agree with 75°C being the safe spot!

[João Severino]

Yeah, I don't intend on going higher than 1.3V and I agree with 75°C being the safe spot!

Even if you get stability issues you can always go back to the BIOS and changed the setting to ones that you know that work safely and stable

[Venomz1337]

Even if you get stability issues you can always go back to the BIOS and changed the setting to ones that you know that work safely and stable

 

Yeah, it is my first proper PC and my first system I'm overclocking so I wasn't sure what happens when it doesn't like the speeds/clocks.

[Appelzaadje]

think you just got 3 times the same awnser

[Venomz1337]

think you just got 3 times the same awnser

 

I did

[SuperPug]

1) not at all because you probably cant push it any further @ current voltage anyways.

 

2) no need to worry about life expectancy. The cpu will long be obsolete before you start to notice any difference from silicone degradation.

 

3) pc just wont start up or bsod

 

Important: The Cpu-clock doesn't affect life expectancy only temps and voltages do.

[elwinverveer]

I have been running 4.7Ghz on an 3770k around 1.35 à 1.40 volts. Since Haswell requires less power I would probably start around 4.5 with 1.2 à 1.3 volts.