Overclocking I7 7700K

[KyleKyleKyle]

Ok so right now my settings on my i7 7700k are Volts 1.33, Multiplier 51, and Processor Cache 47. I idle at around 35c, I havent seen it go over 74 (that was only when stressing the core). I am newish to this overclocking thing. Is this doing good?

[knightslugger]

how were you stressing it?

4 minutes ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

Ok so right now my settings on my i7 7700k are Volts 1.33, Multiplier 51, and Processor Cache 47. I idle at around 35c, I havent seen it go over 74 (that was only when stressing the core). I am newish to this overclocking thing. Is this doing good?

 

[KyleKyleKyle]

uh, I did the cinebench thing a bunch of times lol. Then I was playing GTA V for a few hours lol. 

[Shiv78]

What is your max frequency right now? ~5.1GHz??

[KyleKyleKyle]

ye 5.1ghz I tried increasing the voltage and multiplier but my computer gets mad at me,

[KyleKyleKyle]

during GTA the thing never got above 40c. Only when I was doing cinebench would it jump to 70, but then jump right back down.

[Shiv78]

I'd say 5.1 on a 7700K is pretty good. Try AIDA64 and see your temps and clocks

[KyleKyleKyle]

ok downloading now

[KyleKyleKyle]

how long do I leave the stress test running for?

[knightslugger]

1 minute ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

how long do I leave the stress test running for?

please quote people when you reply.

 

I personally use HWMoniotr to ... monitor... temps and voltages.

 

I stress with RealBench because it loads the CPU and GPU with real wolrd tasks.

 

a few hours should do.

[done12many2]

5 minutes ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

how long do I leave the stress test running for?

 

Whatever you feel is good enough for you to feel comfortable with your OC's stability.  Just make sure you watch your temps.  Cinebench and GTA don't necessarily heat your CPU up like stress testing. 

[KyleKyleKyle]

5 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

Whatever you feel is good enough for you to feel comfortable with your OC's stability.  Just make sure you watch your temps.  Cinebench and GTA don't necessarily heat your CPU up like stress testing. 

I ran it for around 7 minutes, not long I know lol. It said average temps were 59.8 max was 77. It also says the average volts was 1.215, but am pretty sure I set it to 1.33 in the BIOS. I dunno, it seems to be doing ok I guess. Does the processor cache ratio do a lot?

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

I ran it for around 7 minutes, not long I know lol. It said average temps were 59.8 max was 77. It also says the average volts was 1.215, but am pretty sure I set it to 1.33 in the BIOS. I dunno, it seems to be doing ok I guess. Does the processor cache ratio do a lot?

 

You should check CPU, FPU, and Cache and rerun it.  Don't test anything else or you'll get lower temps.

[KyleKyleKyle]

2 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

You should check CPU, FPU, and Cache and rerun it.  Don't test anything else or you'll get lower temps.

OK I will look into that in a bit here, thanks for the help.

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

OK I will look into that in a bit here, thanks for the help.

 

No problem. 

 

I'm fairly confident that you're running higher than 1.215v under load.  Your LLC is kicking in and your drooping when you see the 1.2v.  Also, cache is one of the last things you should worry about.  CPU, memory, then cache.  Keep in mind that you will have to raise Vcore when you start raising your CPU cache clock speed.

[Ensho]

40C load temp at 5.1ghz?  I'm not buying it 

[KyleKyleKyle]

2 minutes ago, Ensho said:

40C load temp at 5.1ghz?  I'm not buying it 

That was just in GTA V for a couple of hours, which I guess is not really a load lol. I use the H115i cooler thing with 4 fans on it, and some case fans.

[Ensho]

That is still crazy low.  I thought GTA V was more cpu intensive with the physics and would raise temps more.  Are you running the pump and fans high speed?

 

You got a good chip sounds like to me.  It took 1.4v for me to get Cinebench to run 5.1ghz.

[KyleKyleKyle]

2 minutes ago, Ensho said:

That is still crazy low.  I thought GTA V was more cpu intensive with the physics and would raise temps more.  Are you running the pump and fans high speed?

They were in "balanced" mode according to the Corsair link. I can make the pump and fans go faster but they get a bit loud lol

[Ensho]

1 minute ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

They were in "balanced" mode according to the Corsair link. I can make the pump and fans go faster but they get a bit loud lol

Ok, so pump is on quiet and runs 1900rpm and fans don't go over 80%.  That is how balanced mode configures them.  That is really good.  I only have room for two fans in this Define C for my H100i V2.

[KyleKyleKyle]

3 minutes ago, Ensho said:

Ok, so pump is on quiet and runs 1900rpm and fans don't go over 80%.  That is how balanced mode configures them.  That is really good.  I only have room for two fans in this Define C for my H100i V2.

I bought the corsair 750d airflow case, mostly because I wanted room to work in, I hate tight spaces

[done12many2]

4 minutes ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

I bought the corsair 750d airflow case, mostly because I wanted room to work in, I hate tight spaces

 

Run Cinebench R15 on that bad boy at 5.1 GHz and post a screen shot.  Run CPU and single.  You have to go up to "advanced" in the menu to enable single too.

 

https://www.maxon.net/en/products/cinebench/

[KyleKyleKyle]

ok give me a minute, last time I ran it was around 1100

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

 

Run Cinebench R15 on that bad boy at 5.1 GHz and post a screen shot.

 

https://www.maxon.net/en/products/cinebench/

 

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, KyleKyleKyle said:

ok give me a minute, last time I ran it was around 1100

 

 

Nice!!  Run single too.  Go into advanced and enable single core.  

[KyleKyleKyle]

I have to use paint to post my screenshot since I dont have a photo thing to make good screens, one second