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Hi guys,

 

well i asked this before in another thread, but i want to make sure its ok what i want to do.

 

I have a 4year old i7 4770k in my current build, its ok, but i want to oc it a little bit. Like its running on 3,5 Ghz base and 3,9 boost. But i would like it to run on like 3,9-4,2 ghz.

 

I cool it with a Corsair H100i V2 compact water cooler with 2 noctua NF F12 / or NF P12 (not sure which i should take).

 

At the moment my cpu doesnt get over 55-60° degrees at nearly full load. And the fans are spinning at about 1100 rpm. If i let them spin at 2750 rpm i can cool it under full load at about 45-50 degrees.

 

Will i be able to oc it, without destroying it on a, lets say 2 year basis. Or would it affect the lifespan much?

 

Will it be much hotter? So do i have to have the fans way higher and louder, or just at  more load? 

 

Thank you for your help :)

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1 minute ago, Zerebratox said:

Hi guys,

 

well i asked this before in another thread, but i want to make sure its ok what i want to do.

 

I have a 4year old i7 4770k in my current build, its ok, but i want to oc it a little bit. Like its running on 3,5 Ghz base and 3,9 boost. But i would like it to run on like 3,9-4,2 ghz.

 

I cool it with a Corsair H100i V2 compact water cooler with 2 noctua NF F12 / or NF P12 (not sure which i should take).

 

At the moment my cpu doesnt get over 55-60° degrees at nearly full load. And the fans are spinning at about 1100 rpm. If i let them spin at 2750 rpm i can cool it under full load at about 45-50 degrees.

 

Will i be able to oc it, without destroying it on a, lets say 2 year basis. Or would it affect the lifespan much?

 

Will it be much hotter? So do i have to have the fans way higher and louder, or just at  more load? 

 

Thank you for your help :)

What's the board you're overclocking the i7-4770K on? With what you have already, 4.2 GHz is certainly possible without any thermal issues.

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3 minutes ago, JurunceNK said:

What's the board you're overclocking the i7-4770K on? With what you have already, 4.2 GHz is certainly possible without any thermal issues.

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