Safe Overclock i7-4770k Temperatures ?

[Mr.Mago]

Just overclocked my CPU @4.3ghz and I was trying some "manual" stress tests and got these temperatures. (Hyper 212 EVO cooler)

• Idle: around 38ºC/100ºF
• daily "normal" gaming: 60-65ºC/140-150ºF
• Gaming Stress (GTA V and CitiesSkylines opened at the same time working simultaneously.. LOL) around 77-80ºC/170-176ºF

I was wondering if these temperatures were safe and, if I could overclock even more and go up to 4.5ghz. thanks.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Yeah that's actually perfectly safe. TJ max for Haswell is 110C if I recall but I wouldn't recommend higher than 90C for daily use. If it were me I'd sink $50 into a better cooler like a CryoRig H5 but it's up to you

[MrShinny]

Just make sure the voltage is safe as well to not hurt the life spand of your CPU.

 

If  you don't know what it is just download Hardware Monitor. (It's a pretty helpful tool)

[WereCat]

I was using 1.3V and 93°C max in OCCT, 70°C-80°C in games for a year, then I delided and upped the clocks and voltage, now I am at 85°C max in OCCT, 55°C-70°C max in games but 1.38V for over a year.

 

You're way below that so you're fine.

[Mr.Mago]

39 minutes ago, WereCat said:

I was using 1.3V and 93°C max in OCCT, 70°C-80°C in games for a year, then I delided and upped the clocks and voltage, now I am at 85°C max in OCCT, 55°C-70°C max in games but 1.38V for over a year.

 

You're way below that so you're fine.

Hi. this is a bit off-topic but... I overclocked my 4770k to 4.5ghz, executed 3dmark11 and got this score:

Sure my graphics card is garbage and makes the score also garbage... but I was surprised with the cpu score, I looked up for other 4770k scores and they usually get around 2500, why is mine so high ?

[WereCat]

24 minutes ago, Mr.Mago said:

Hi. this is a bit off-topic but... I overclocked my 4770k to 4.5ghz, executed 3dmark11 and got this score:

Sure my graphics card is garbage and makes the score also garbage... but I was surprised with the cpu score, I looked up for other 4770k scores and they usually get around 2500, why is mine so high ?

I get around 5k in Physics at 4,6GHz-4,5GHz. But I also run RAM at 2200MHz CL9 and Firestrike is RAM sensitive. So your score prety mutch matches mine if I run 1600MHz RAM.

[Mr.Mago]

4 minutes ago, WereCat said:

I get around 5k in Physics at 4,6GHz-4,5GHz. But I also run RAM at 2200MHz CL9 and Firestrike is RAM sensitive. So your score prety mutch matches mine if I run 1600MHz RAM.

Alright, thanks for the answer, but I still dont know how can someone get 2500 score with an i7-4770k xDDD