Should i keep my 4790k locked at 4.0ghz?

[Vengeance_K1ng]

My temps have been way too high with 4.4 at stock. i know i should delid, but i cant. i dont have the nerve. so can i just change the multiplier to 4.0 and keep everything else auto including keeping the voltage on auto?

[Moonzy]

how high is high? with the kraken x61?

maybe its time to clean the system and re-apply thermal paste?

 

or maybe the AIO is failing

[Boobies Sprinkle]

You can disable Intel turbo boost on your motherboard instead of change the multiplier to 40, because once you disable Intel turbo boost, your i7 4790k will run 4GHz instead of 4.4GHz. 

[Daveeede]

What are your temps?? You have an excellent cooler you should be able to push 4.8 GHz easily.

[Vengeance_K1ng]

Just now, Moonzy said:

how high is high? with the kraken x61?

maybe its time to clean the system and re-apply thermal paste?

 

or maybe the AIO is failing

i am getting 70C

[Boobies Sprinkle]

Just now, Vengeance_K1ng said:

i am getting 70C

While gaming? 

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Vengeance_K1ng said:

i am getting 70C

gaming? idle? synthetic test?

 

70c is a good temp while under load, if you expect lower temps you'll have to go custom watercooling, phase change, or LN2 `-`

[Vengeance_K1ng]

1 minute ago, Boobies Sprinkle said:

While gaming? 

Stress testing and gaming

[Vengeance_K1ng]

2 minutes ago, Daveeede said:

What are your temps?? You have an excellent cooler you should be able to push 4.8 GHz easily.

70 at 4.4

[Boobies Sprinkle]

Just now, Vengeance_K1ng said:

70 at 4.4

What is the voltage at 4,4GHz? 

[Vengeance_K1ng]

Just now, Boobies Sprinkle said:

What is the voltage at 4,4GHz? 

1.23

[Daveeede]

Just now, Vengeance_K1ng said:

70 at 4.4

Doesn't seem that bad to me. Mine hits 75 degrees at 4.6 GHz on air, so yours should still be somewhat lower than that. If you want to set it back to factory defaults, set everything as auto in the bios (multiplier, voltage,etc) or use load optimized defaults (but that might change some other settings so be careful).

 

Like others said, maybe reapply thermal paste and see if temps improve.

[Vengeance_K1ng]

1 minute ago, Daveeede said:

Doesn't seem that bad to me. Mine hits 75 degrees at 4.6 GHz on air, so yours should still be somewhat lower than that. If you want to set it back to factory defaults, set everything as auto in the bios (multiplier, voltage,etc) or use load optimized defaults (but that might change some other settings so be careful).

 

Like others said, maybe reapply thermal paste and see if temps improve.

Should i switch to air?

[Daveeede]

Just now, Vengeance_K1ng said:

Should i switch to air?

No lol you should be getting better temperatures with liquid cooling. 

[Purplehazeffc]

I would try a change of thermal paste of good quality. Something like Gelid GC-Extreme. And see how that goes.

Your temps should be better than that at 4.4ghz.

[DarkRuskov]

70 is OK when stress testing/gaming. and deliding (as linus showed in a video) is basically pointless.

[Vengeance_K1ng]

3 minutes ago, Purplehazeffc said:

I would try a change of thermal paste of good quality. Something like Gelid GC-Extreme. And see how that goes.

Your temps should be better than that at 4.4ghz.

I am using MX-4

[Rune]

70c is totally safe, if not a bit warm for your settings.

[SteveGrabowski0]

12 minutes ago, Vengeance_K1ng said:

Should i switch to air?

Do you have the top cover on? That case doesn't look like it allows much exhaust if you don't remove that. You'd probably do a lot better with an air cooler if you leave the top on.

[Wingfan]

70c is fine, you can try lower the volts. i only use 1.15 for 4.5GHz