6700k OC voltage

[Juggern0ttt]

Working on overclocking my 6700k, I'm hitting 4.6ghz stable on quick 15 minute runs around 1.35v. Trying to get 4.7ghz had pushed me to 1.390v.  if my temps are under 70c should I go ahead and push 1.4v for an extended test, or just back it off to 4.6ghz?

[Inrix]

9 minutes ago, Juggern0ttt said:

Working on overclocking my 6700k, I'm hitting 4.6ghz stable on quick 15 minute runs around 1.35v. Trying to get 4.7ghz had pushed me to 1.390v.  if my temps are under 70c should I go ahead and push 1.4v for an extended test, or just back it off to 4.6ghz?

The performance difference between 4.6 and 4.7 isnt much... I would personally go with the lower voltage as its safer and better for the chip as the difference between 4.6 and 4.7 will offer little to no boost in most tasks... Really you should just ask yourself if your doing it for bragging rights or if its actually going to benefit you in what you do, and if its worth pushing the voltage for that

[Juggern0ttt]

Yea I went ahead and pushed it to 1.4v still  wouldn't even pass the burn test so I'm backing  it down. I just figured if  thermals were that good I might as well milk it if I could. 

[Juggern0ttt]

7 minutes ago, Inrix said:

The performance difference between 4.6 and 4.7 isnt much... I would personally go with the lower voltage as its safer and better for the chip as the difference between 4.6 and 4.7 will offer little to no boost in most tasks... Really you should just ask yourself if your doing it for bragging rights or if its actually going to benefit you in what you do, and if its worth pushing the voltage for that

Also, when running real bench after 15 minutes are my cpu temps about as high as they will get? As in is it safe to set a longer test and walk away 

[Inrix]

2 minutes ago, Juggern0ttt said:

Also, when running real bench after 15 minutes are my cpu temps about as high as they will get? As in is it safe to set a longer test and walk away 

Yes and no, If you leave it in a room and that room heats up then they might increase a bit, but if your around 70-80deg then you should be fine to leave it running.

[Juggern0ttt]

Just now, Inrix said:

Yes and no, If you leave it in a room and that room heats up then they might increase a bit, but if your around 70-80deg then you should be fine to leave it running.

Yes backed down to 1.35v it  hasn't gone over 65c on the hottest core. 

[Simon771]

Just leave it on 4,6GHz and be happy with results.

If your temps were below 70°C after 20min of stress testing, I guess your daily temps won't even go beyond 65°C.

 

Stress testing is putting your CPU to it's limits. Something that you don't do on daily basis.

 

With my stress testing program I got around 78°C on my CPU but when I use CPU rendering (that puts CPU to 100% load), I got max 60°C.

[Juggern0ttt]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

Just leave it on 4,6GHz and be happy with results.

If your temps were below 70°C after 20min of stress testing, I guess your daily temps won't even go beyond 65°C.

 

Stress testing is putting your CPU to it's limits. Something that you don't do on daily basis.

 

With my stress testing program I got around 78°C on my CPU but when I use CPU rendering (that puts CPU to 100% load), I got max 60°C.

Yea I knew they ran hot when stress testing, just making sure it wasn't going to spike out of no where after about 15-20 if I walked away. 

[Simon771]

2 minutes ago, Juggern0ttt said:

Yea I knew they ran hot when stress testing, just making sure it wasn't going to spike out of no where after about 15-20 if I walked away. 

Well it shouldn't

It might get like 5°C hotter over looonger period of time, but as long as you have it under 80°C there should be no harm for the CPU.