Does my OC look good?

[Jaquavius]

Relevant Parts:

i7-4770k

Corsair Ballistix 8 Gb RAM @ 1600 mHZ

NZXT Kraken x40L

 

 

OC:

i7-4770k @ 4.4 Ghz (1st attempt, should I try higher?)

     Core Voltage: 1.19

RAM @ 2000 mHZ

 

Notes: I would have gone higher, but I don't know what kind of stress test to use before I go further. What stress test is there for CPUs? I tried playing Skyrim with a 100 mods and I reached a max CPU temp of 56 Celcius. I would have overclocked my RAM a bit more, but it isn't really the nicest RAM. Its good though. Any thoughts?

[WoodenMarker]

See if you can push for 4.6 ghz.

[Guest Philosophy]

I have my i7 3770k at 4.7 at this second. I had it at 4.6 for a long time. I think the 4770k should make 4.6.

[Ryan Leech]

4.5/4.6 is a nice overclock. As for your ram, I would try to get to 2400MHz

[Stefan Becker]

I'd go for 4,6 GHz.

[Vindola]

Relevant Parts:

i7-4770k

Corsair Ballistix 8 Gb RAM @ 1600 mHZ

NZXT Kraken x40L

 

 

OC:

i7-4770k @ 4.4 Ghz (1st attempt, should I try higher?)

     Core Voltage: 1.19

RAM @ 2000 mHZ

 

Notes: I would have gone higher, but I don't know what kind of stress test to use before I go further. What stress test is there for CPUs? I tried playing Skyrim with a 100 mods and I reached a max CPU temp of 56 Celcius. I would have overclocked my RAM a bit more, but it isn't really the nicest RAM. Its good though. Any thoughts?

 

I recommend Prime 95 or the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility for stress testing the CPU. You didn't mention what cooling you got for the CPU but I think you got something alright. As for the RAM, you might be able to push it more, but I doubt you will see any increase in performance. In fact, the performance would have probably been the same if you stayed on 1600MHz.

[Flojer0]

The most common test is prime95 smallFFT's.

 

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/

 

I also like to use intel burn. For me it has usually taken less time to show instability than prime95. It also doubles as a benchmark so you can see how the floating point performance of your cpu improves with the overclock.

 

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/intelburntest.html

 

if temps are good you could probably take up to 1.25v and still be alright.

[Recon-UK]

5ghz or bust.

 

 

 

Joking, i think 4.6 is the upper limit for Haswell.

[JLCitadel]

Relevant Parts:

i7-4770k

Corsair Ballistix 8 Gb RAM @ 1600 mHZ

NZXT Kraken x40L

 

 

OC:

i7-4770k @ 4.4 Ghz (1st attempt, should I try higher?)

     Core Voltage: 1.19

RAM @ 2000 mHZ

 

Notes: I would have gone higher, but I don't know what kind of stress test to use before I go further. What stress test is there for CPUs? I tried playing Skyrim with a 100 mods and I reached a max CPU temp of 56 Celcius. I would have overclocked my RAM a bit more, but it isn't really the nicest RAM. Its good though. Any thoughts?

 

LN2 & 5Ghz PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT.

[bmxtricky5]

Lucky 4.4 lol I can get 4.3 at 1.275v. Which isn't stable at all, the temps are to high.