6700k oc question

[DarthSmartt]

I’ve seen people say that I shouldn’t go past 1.4v on my cpu but the temps are fine at 65c and I’m getting 4.6 ghz. Could I go higher on the voltage without bricking my cpu? I’d like to hit at least 4.7.

[Yoola]

After 1.4 you might be slowly degrading the CPU. Not recommended for long term usage. 

[RoyalGamer1]

if you want a dead CPU in a few months go ahead, while voltage doenst kill heat does, too much voltage will kill dont go past 1.4

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, DarthSmartt said:

I’ve seen people say that I shouldn’t go past 1.4v on my cpu but the temps are fine at 65c and I’m getting 4.6 ghz. Could I go higher on the voltage without bricking my cpu? I’d like to hit at least 4.7.

The voltage you shouldn't go past is 1.5v, not 1.4v. In most cases, you can go up to 1.5v, but that's the max people recommend.

[RoyalGamer1]

1 hour ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

The voltage you shouldn't go past is 1.5v, not 1.4v. In most cases, you can go up to 1.5v, but that's the max people recommend.

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, RoyalGamer1 said:

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In all the cases I've ever seen, on all the forums I've visited(here, Tom's Hardware, etc), 1.5v is the max voltage.

[lavablade02]

8 minutes ago, RoyalGamer1 said:

I agree with @Crunchy Dragon. On the 8600k at least you shouldn't go past 1.46v

[RoyalGamer1]

1 hour ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

In all the cases I've ever seen, on all the forums I've visited(here, Tom's Hardware, etc), 1.5v is the max voltage.

ive never heard to go to 1.5 in my 13 years of being around computers. ive heard 1.45 but never 1.5. unless you mean comp OC then lets go to 2 volts lol

but these are forums so you will find both answers saying 1.4 and 1.5 since its user input so this could as well just be the most clicked on stuff that came up but then wouldn't that make it perfect for my example? 

 

 

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and looky what I just found on the bottom of the first page of Google 

this ones also has no mention of 1.5 

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3198397/cpu-overclock-max-safe-temp-max-safe-voltage.html

 

and this one they never even tried 1.5 

https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/luke-hill/intel-core-i7-6700k-i5-6600k-skylake-cpu-review/3/

 

 

 

and BTW these are all from page 1 of Google so its not like i'm just picking ones I see and leaving out 1.5v ones, I legitimately only saw one where one user commented 1.5 but thats all he said with no other input. if 1.5 was safe and widely known i'm sure most OC websites would go up to 1.5 but most will only go up to 1.4 or 1.45 in the tests that they post online. but you are free to show me all the 1.5v proof and BTW all I goggled was "max safe voltage for Intel CPU"

I will be honest though i'm not so up to date on the latest Intel and AMD cpus life has just been busy the past few years. 

[DocSwag]

If you have good cooling I'd max out at 1.45. If you have really good temps and are feeling the risk you maybe could go up to 1.5, but I definitely wouldn't go any higher.