Overclocking i5-7600K?

[Wobblyyyy]

Hey everybody,

I have a pretty simple question. Should I overclock my i5-7600K?

I am using a Corsair H55 AIO Water Cooling system with one single 140 mm fan inside of a NZXT S340 Razer Edition. In case it matters, I also have a EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, a 2 tb Seagate drive, and a 550W 80+ Gold SuperNova G2 from EVGA. My motherboard supports overclocking and has a Z270 chipset.

 

If I should overclock, the what frequency? The i5-7600K has a base core clock of 3.8 ghz in case it matters. Thanks

[Zando_]

It's up to you. Do you want to OC, or are you happy with the performance you get now?

[Brooksie359]

Honestly depends on what games you are playing  and what frame rates you are trying to reach. The gtx 1060 will likely be the bottleneck in a lot of scenarios. If you want to overclock just to overclock  you can do that as well. 

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, Wobblyyyy said:

Hey everybody,

I have a pretty simple question. Should I overclock my i5-7600K?

I am using a Corsair H55 AIO Water Cooling system with one single 140 mm fan inside of a NZXT S340 Razer Edition. In case it matters, I also have a EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, a 2 tb Seagate drive, and a 550W 80+ Gold SuperNova G2 from EVGA. My motherboard supports overclocking and has a Z270 chipset.

 

If I should overclock, the what frequency? The i5-7600K has a base core clock of 3.8 ghz in case it matters. Thanks

Welcome to the Forums!

 

Each overclock and the setting will vary due to the silicon lottery so you have to dial in your CPU so there isn't a specific setting. Some good starting points to see how well it overclocks is to set it to manual 1.3V Vcore and raise the clock speed and stress test each time for 15 mins to get an idea of the CPU's stability until it fails. You will want to do longer test to get to ensure its stability.

 

 

-Moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory-

[Wobblyyyy]

7 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Honestly depends on what games you are playing  and what frame rates you are trying to reach. The gtx 1060 will likely be the bottleneck in a lot of scenarios. If you want to overclock just to overclock  you can do that as well. 

Thanks for your answer!

Do you think I should upgrade the GPU to something like a GTX 1080?

I'm not considering going to an AMD card because of cryptomining.

If I do decide to get a 1080, which variant should I get? nVidia Founder's Edition or some other third-party variant?

[Wobblyyyy]

8 minutes ago, W-L said:

Welcome to the Forums!

 

Each overclock and the setting will vary due to the silicon lottery so you have to dial in your CPU so there isn't a specific setting. Some good starting points to see how well it overclocks is to set it to manual 1.3V Vcore and raise the clock speed and stress test each time for 15 mins to get an idea of the CPU's stability until it fails. You will want to do longer test to get to ensure its stability.

 

 

-Moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory-

Thanks for your answer and moving this thread to the correct sub forum.

[Brooksie359]

30 minutes ago, Wobblyyyy said:

Thanks for your answer!

Do you think I should upgrade the GPU to something like a GTX 1080?

I'm not considering going to an AMD card because of cryptomining.

If I do decide to get a 1080, which variant should I get? nVidia Founder's Edition or some other third-party variant?

Definitely get a third part cooler unless you have a very small case that doesn't  have good airflow. If you don't have a small for factor case get a third party cooler. I would get the lowest priced decent third party  cooler as most of them are pretty similar in terms of performance.