Overclocking CPU

[TheRealOranges]

Well I am relatively new to both the overclocking community and LinusTechTips Forum. I just got a brand new custom rig and a i7 6850K. I managed to push the clock speed to 4.3 GHz but I have high hopes for this chip. How far should I push it and what voltage should I put into it? I am using the MasterLiquid Pro 240 cooler so heat is not too big of a problem. Any guides here would be really helpful. What would be a relatively healthy speed for my system? Should I enable CPU C-states so that idle clock speeds plummet?

[anybodykek]

1 minute ago, TheRealOranges said:

Well I am relatively new to both the overclocking community and LinusTechTips Forum. I just got a brand new custom rig and a i7 6850K. I managed to push the clock speed to 4.3 GHz but I have high hopes for this chip. How far should I push it and what voltage should I put into it? I am using the MasterLiquid Pro 240 cooler so heat is not too big of a problem. Any guides here would be really helpful. What would be a relatively healthy speed for my system? Should I enable CPU C-states so that idle clock speeds plummet?

Disable C-States. They are a power saving mechanism, unneded for OCs. I'd say a 4.7 or 4.8 would be a good place to stop. I wouldn't push voltages past 1.35V for that Skylake architecture,

[TheRealOranges]

My CPU is Broadwell-E by the way and its base clock is lower than the 6700K but thanks anyway for helping

 

[SirFlamenco]

GHZ speed determine your epeen size in inches

[RS2007GOD]

If you get 4.5 you should be really happy. I very much dout you'll get 4.7/4.8 on a broadwell e unless ln2 or insane voltages/temps 

[PS maples]

I was under the impression that Intel CPU was harder to overclock? I don't know if it's a hardware thing or a locking thing though

 

[TheRealOranges]

On 11/28/2016 at 3:10 AM, PS maples said:

I was under the impression that Intel CPU was harder to overclock? I don't know if it's a hardware thing or a locking thing though

 

Intel CPUs without a letter like i7 6700 with no "k" means that the internal multiplier is locked i think and to overclock that is a real pain

[Shadow_Storm56]

Spoiler

 

6850k is stable for me at 4.5ghz 1.43v