6600k at 4.6ghz with 1.4v is that good?

[RS2007GOD]

3 minutes ago, Romano said:

Here's idle:

 

 

and here's with the stress test:

 

 

Much better

[RS2007GOD]

Go read up about the adaptive thing, iv never used it so would no anythig about it. 

[Romano]

On 7/25/2016 at 8:16 PM, RS2007GOD said:

Go read up about the adaptive thing, iv never used it so would no anythig about it. 

I was not able to find something quick about the adaptive voltage, I will do it soon since would be nice not to have the CPU at 1.35v all the time

 

today I moved the core to 4.7Ghz without touching the voltage here's the test with Aida65 for 48 minutes

 

 

I tried to download cinebench but had no luck, will try downloading Prime95

 

 

[1Cup1Tea]

I doubt you need that much voltage, i only need 1.33 for 4.8.

[RS2007GOD]

2 minutes ago, Romano said:

I was not able to find something quick about the adaptive voltage, I will do it soon since would be nice not to have the CPU at 1.35v all the time

 

today I moved the core to 4.7Ghz without touching the voltage here's the test with Aida65 for 48 minutes

 

 

I tried to download cinebench but had no luck, will try downloading Prime95

 

 

looks pretty solid to me, i personaly turn cstates off so it runs at max turbo all the time therefor not needing adaptive. jayz2cents and others confirm that this is fine and do it also without any issues. Just uses more power lol..

[RS2007GOD]

5 minutes ago, 1Cup1Tea said:

I doubt you need that much voltage, i only need 1.33 for 4.8.

he has a 6600k but yea worth a try lowering it for sure or bump the freq up 

[i_build_nanosuits]

On 2016-07-25 at 7:17 PM, Romano said:

Hi guys I overclocked my 6600k to 4.6ghz at 1.3v

well...the title of the thread state 1.4v which is IMHO too much volts...1.3V is alright...4.6ghz is good...congrats you're done.

[Romano]

4 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

well...the title of the thread state 1.4v which is IMHO too much volts...1.3V is alright...4.6ghz is good...congrats you're done.

when made the thread was running 4.6ghz with auto voltage which was giving me about 1.4v but today managed to put it in 4.7ghz with 1.35v 

 

will try tomorrow the cinebench test and if everything is good, will try to lower  the voltage a little bit 

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 hours ago, Romano said:

when made the thread was running 4.6ghz with auto voltage which was giving me about 1.4v but today managed to put it in 4.7ghz with 1.35v 

 

will try tomorrow the cinebench test and if everything is good, will try to lower  the voltage a little bit 

you do realise that because it can get through a couple cinebench run it doesn't meant it's stable...right?

[Romano]

5 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

you do realise that because it can get through a couple cinebench run it doesn't meant it's stable...right?

how can I make sure its 100% stable?

[i_build_nanosuits]

4 minutes ago, Romano said:

how can I make sure its 100% stable?

you have to run some stress testing tools...i would recommend you download intel extreme tuning utility...it's free and it has built in stress tools and benchmars as well as monitoring tools for clockspeed, temps etc...it's very well put togheter.

I would also suggest you then play games for a while, use the computer as you normaly do...and after a week if you havnt got any bluescreen or crash then it would confirm it's stable.

Aida 64 is also another great tool for stress testing...i tend to use it in conjection with intel extreme tuning ultility...cinebench is my starting point as well though to see if i'm in the ''ballpark'' stable...if it crash running cinebench...the you're far from stable...if it success in cinebench it might very well fail in stress testing...and if it pass stress testing it can fail in a game...so...it,s hard to confirm stability and it takes time...

 

always monitor your temps...cause stress testing the CPU will be harsher than cinebench and your temps might go way high...so keep an eye on it

[Romano]

3 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

you have to run some stress testing tools...i would recommend you download intel extreme tuning utility...it's free and it has built in stress tools and benchmars as well as monitoring tools for clockspeed, temps etc...it's very well put togheter.

I would also suggest you then play games for a while, use the computer as you normaly do...and after a week if you havnt got any bluescreen or crash then it would confirm it's stable.

Aida 64 is also another great tool for stress testing...i tend to use it in conjection with intel extreme tuning ultility...cinebench is my starting point as well though to see if i'm in the ''ballpark'' stable...if it crash running cinebench...the you're far from stable...if it success in cinebench it might very well fail in stress testing...and if it pass stress testing it can fail in a game...so...it,s hard to confirm stability and it takes time...

 

always monitor your temps...cause stress testing the CPU will be harsher than cinebench and your temps might go way high...so keep an eye on it

thanks, what temps you consider high? also that PC doesn't have a GPU so is not for gaming, mainly for Photoshop do you think the OC is not needed since is not for games?

[Lays]

On 7/25/2016 at 4:23 PM, RuLeZ said:

it says almost 1.4V on AIDA 64, thats not that nice for long term on the Skylake, I would go back for 1.35v

It's actually perfectly fine. You should do research on topics before you just blanket statement "OMG 1.35V OR CPU DIES"  Skylake isn't Haswell.

 

Many motherboard manufacturers say 1.4-1.45v is fine with proper cooling on Skylake, and Intel says 1.52v is their max in their datasheet.

 

 

The way Skylake works with voltage is completely different than past CPU's.    The "Vcore" voltage not only gives voltage to the cores like previous chips, it also gives voltage to the Cache on the CPU, thus "spreading" that voltage across both the Cores and Cache.  This is why voltage on the 6700k is slightly higher, and can also go slightly higher.

 

 

I've been running 5 Ghz 1.43v for about a month straight now 24/7, and I've seen no degradation or anything of the sort, with a max temp of 68-70c in prime95. ( My chip is also delidded, which brings down temps A LOT)

 

 

[vagabond139]

Its fine. intel recommends no higher than 1.4V, MSI recommends no higher than 1.48V, and your CPU will be obsolete before the lifespan of it is a issue provided you aren't running at 1.6V or anything else insanely high.

[vagabond139]

55 minutes ago, Lays said:

It's actually perfectly fine. You should do research on topics before you just blanket statement "OMG 1.35V OR CPU DIES"  Skylake isn't Haswell.

 

Many motherboard manufacturers say 1.4-1.45v is fine with proper cooling on Skylake, and Intel says 1.52v is their max in their datasheet.

 

 

The way Skylake works with voltage is completely different than past CPU's.    The "Vcore" voltage not only gives voltage to the cores like previous chips, it also gives voltage to the Cache on the CPU, thus "spreading" that voltage across both the Cores and Cache.  This is why voltage on the 6700k is slightly higher, and can also go slightly higher.

 

 

I've been running 5 Ghz 1.43v for about a month straight now 24/7, and I've seen no degradation or anything of the sort, with a max temp of 68-70c in prime95. ( My chip is also delidded, which brings down temps A LOT)

 

 

Well you do have a 1080mm rad haha.

[Lays]

3 hours ago, vagabond139 said:

Its fine. intel recommends no higher than 1.4V, MSI recommends no higher than 1.48V, and your CPU will be obsolete before the lifespan of it is a issue provided you aren't running at 1.6V or anything else insanely high.

The PDF file that talks about Skylake cpus says the max is 1.52v

 

3 hours ago, vagabond139 said:

Well you do have a 1080mm rad haha.

For cpu cooling it's kind of diminishing returns lol.  Gpu on the other hand, it helps a lot 

[i_build_nanosuits]

4 hours ago, Romano said:

thanks, what temps you consider high? also that PC doesn't have a GPU so is not for gaming, mainly for Photoshop do you think the OC is not needed since is not for games?

high...i personally consider anything above 80c to be too high for my liking...80c in stress testing is fine...but in your daily task if you constently break the 80c i think it's too much...some might say or feel otherwise...

as for overclocking...i would recommend you do it...but probably not searching for a max stable overclock...but more like a ''i barely need to add any volts and the CPU run at that clockspeed'' where the CPU would run at say 1.25v or something and would reach 75c tops under full load...probably around 4.4ghz or something like that...something that would be very comfortable for you with the temps and noise but at the same time would still give you a certain ''free'' boost...you know... a sweet spot overclock...

That's what i'm running on mine...it's a different CPU with a different architecture but for example my CPU tap out at 4.4ghz...but i need 1.35v to make that overclock stable and the CPU just run hot and the cooler is loud and what not...4.2ghz i can do with only 1.19v and the CPU tops at 72c in full load so very comfortable and pretty much just as fast...faster than stock but not really any hotter and not more power consumption.