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As long as thermals are in check. Yes its safe.

Dont forget about the VRM thermals!

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If the temperatures and voltage are fine, then I would say yes.

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it depends on thermals (especially VRM thermals as it's often overlooked) and actual voltage used. 5GHz is safe if you get a good chip, dangerous if you lose the silicon lottery and get a bad one.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

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3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

it depends on thermals (especially VRM thermals as it's often overlooked) and actual voltage used. 5GHz is safe if you get a good chip, dangerous if you lose the silicon lottery and get a bad one.

Sometimes it isn't even about the silicon lottery and more about the mobo. If it has bad power delivery then it is entirely possible it would prevent you from hitting 5.0. 

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1 hour ago, Brooksie359 said:

Sometimes it isn't even about the silicon lottery and more about the mobo. If it has bad power delivery then it is entirely possible it would prevent you from hitting 5.0. 

lol z370-f mobo by Asus is more then ebough for overclocking. And I'll just use 4.8Ghz for stable usage rather than 5Ghz and by mistake frying my pc?

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20 minutes ago, Andrew Park said:

lol z370-f mobo by Asus is more then ebough for overclocking. And I'll just use 4.8Ghz for stable usage rather than 5Ghz and by mistake frying my pc?

Ah I wouldn't be so sure about that. User reviews say it's kinda crap compared to the competition. I mean you can have a nice motherboard with mediocre VRM and power delivery. If you don't have consistent voltage it can cause overclocks to be unstable when the voltage would be able to sustain that overclock. 

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1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

Ah I wouldn't be so sure about that. User reviews say it's kinda crap compared to the competition. I mean you can have a nice motherboard with mediocre VRM and power delivery. If you don't have consistent voltage it can cause overclocks to be unstable when the voltage would be able to sustain that overclock. 

Well I'll be overclocking it to 4.8Ghz with 1.320V so i see no worries here :)

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Just now, Andrew Park said:

Well I'll be overclocking it to 4.8Ghz with 1.320V so i see no worries here :)

Don't get me wrong the vrm on the board is perfectly capable of overclocking and won't have issues with it overheating and dying. It just won't be able to hit as high of overcloks as some other board with better vrm and power delivery. 

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