I7-6700k overclocking

[mpsparrow]

I am working on overclocking my i7-6700k which has a Corsair H60 on it. I got it up to 4.6GHz, although running a stress test for 5 minutes it was staying around 70c. Is this ok? Or should I turn it down to 4.5GHz? At idle it is around 30c.

[Peakfire]

It is generally safe up to 80-85c, I would try for 4.7GHz if it stays below 80.

[mpsparrow]

Just now, Peakfire said:

It is generally safe up to 80-85c, I would try for 4.7GHz if it stays below 80.

Ok, that is good to hear. Have never really overclocked before so didn't know what was a good temp or not. I will give 4.7GHz a try and see if it is stable or not.

[The Sloth]

don't get above 80c it will lower your life get it to 75c at max. 

[DarkBlade2117]

8 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

don't get above 80c it will lower your life get it to 75c at max. 

What... No. It may lower it a smidge but not enough to where he will notice it or will.make his CPU die in 6 months. It'll take the life span from like 10 years to 9 years and 11 months

[smokefest]

1 hour ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

What... No. It may lower it a smidge but not enough to where he will notice it or will.make his CPU die in 6 months. It'll take the life span from like 10 years to 9 years and 11 months

cpu's are made to last 25 years.

Oc'ing it lets say you lose 10 years (even tho we know its not that much) you still have 15 years left... who will keep his cpu for 15 years serisouly ???

Go ahead and OC that cpu !

70 is fine tho, but what is your voltage ?

[smokefest]

1 hour ago, mpsparrow said:

I am working on overclocking my i7-6700k which has a Corsair H60 on it. I got it up to 4.6GHz, although running a stress test for 5 minutes it was staying around 70c. Is this ok? Or should I turn it down to 4.5GHz? At idle it is around 30c.

First, stress test for 4 hours, with real bench and or aida64

if temps doesnt exceed 80 ur fine..

5 min stress test is like.. useless...

[smokefest]

1 hour ago, mpsparrow said:

I am working on overclocking my i7-6700k which has a Corsair H60 on it. I got it up to 4.6GHz, although running a stress test for 5 minutes it was staying around 70c. Is this ok? Or should I turn it down to 4.5GHz? At idle it is around 30c.

just so u know mine stays at 30 idle...

4.5 ghz with 1.335vcore voltage, temperature after 4 hours stress test : max temps : 77. 

Average max temp of everday usage, gaming, etc.. : 74-75

 

im happy with these results, i cud go 4.6 but the performance gain is like 1% and temperature are rising too high for me

[DarkBlade2117]

1 hour ago, smokefest said:

cpu's are made to last 25 years.

Oc'ing it lets say you lose 10 years (even tho we know its not that much) you still have 15 years left... who will keep his cpu for 15 years serisouly ???

Go ahead and OC that cpu !

70 is fine tho, but what is your voltage ?

Ya was just throwing a number out there. Was being a bit more reasonable saying the max people have kept a CPU is 7-8 years.