overclocking 6600k

[Alexzz_]

im going to overclock my new system which has a 6600k soon. the cooler is a hyper 212 evo.

what is the max temp limit i should go to?

what frequency should i start at?

what voltage is the limit?

also i am still waiting for my 1070 to arrive will it make any difference if i overclock the cpu without the 1070 in place yet?

[themctipers]

stay under ~85c under load

try 4ghz, then 4.1, then 4.2.

i would say around 1.3v.. try to not go above that.

 

that would make a difference I would assume.

Don't forget to stress test w/ p95!

[Alexzz_]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

stay under ~85c under load

try 4ghz, then 4.1, then 4.2.

i would say around 1.3v.. try to not go above that.

 

that would make a difference I would assume.

Don't forget to stress test w/ p95!

wouldn't ida 64 10 hr test be enough? because i dont think any game will be as intensive as that and im not planning to do much else then gaming.

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, Alexzz_ said:

wouldn't ida 64 10 hr test be enough? because i dont think any game will be as intensive as that and im not planning to do much else then gaming.

yeah that would be enough. 12 hours perhaps (because 12 sounds better than 10 hours ) 

[DildorTheDecent]

Just now, Alexzz_ said:

wouldn't ida 64 10 hr test be enough? because i dont think any game will be as intensive as that and im not planning to do much else then gaming.

Definitely use Aida64. Built in monitoring is much preferred vs Prime95 imo. 

 

Make sure Cache is ticked too. 

 

To be honest stressing isn't really necessary imo unless you're pushing towards a voltage limit for a clock. No game would be massively CPU intensive. 

[vorticalbox]

11 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Definitely use Aida64. Built in monitoring is much preferred vs Prime95 imo. 

 

Make sure Cache is ticked too. 

 

To be honest stressing isn't really necessary imo unless you're pushing towards a voltage limit for a clock. No game would be massively CPU intensive. 

it adia better than occt? that thing can stress everything to test your psu too.

[DildorTheDecent]

10 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

it adia better than occt? that thing can stress everything to test your psu too.

Honestly not sure. If OCCT works for you then just continue on with it. 

[Guest]

sure man use just aida, then wonder why your pc is crashing later. do it right the first time

 

imo you should test with prime95 as well, maybe the h264 encoding test even