Regarding Overclocking 8600K to 4.6GHz

[jiyeon]

Hi, so my overclock arm is itching again and I kind of want to go up to higher than 4.4GHz, since that's literally 0.1GHz higher than boost clock speeds so it seems like a pathetic overclock in that big picture. I currently have my 8600K set to 4.4GHz as previously mentioned, and now I feel like going to somewhere around the grounds of 4.5 or even 4.6GHz just to get that little bit more oomph out of my CPU. (and subsequently my garbage motherboard VRMs)

 

In classic seoz fashion, I have a few questions:

1. Is there any real-world difference in going from 4.4GHz to 4.6GHz?

2. Is a 4.6GHz overclock significant enough when I cap my games to 75FPS anyway? (I have a 75Hz monitor)

3. Will there be any significant electricity bill increases from going up to 4.6GHz?

4. Is a 450W PSU enough to cover a 4.6GHz 1.25V overclock for daily usage? - 1.2V currently

5. Is a 4.6GHz overkill for 60% general usage and 40% gaming?

[AskTJ]

1. You wont see a difference in real world performance.

 

 

2. If your games are capped at 75FPS, it wont make a difference.

 

3. Like a couple of cents.

 

4. What GPU are you using? If the system is fully under load, you might get close to that 450W figure.

 

5. My brother uses his 7700K at 4.8GHz for watching YouTube. No.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1. Your unlikely to notice the difference. Timed tests will be a bit fsater.

 

2. What frame rate are you getting now? Its going to have a tiny difference in fps.

 

3. Not really, probably 10-20w more under load, depending on voltage. Make sure speedstep and c states are on if you want to keep power down.

4. Probably, whats the current power use.

 

5. I don't see a point, I personally won't bother. You  probably won't notice

[jiyeon]

9 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

1. You wont see a difference in real world performance.

 

2. If your games are capped at 75FPS, it wont make a difference.

 

3. Like a couple of cents.

 

4. What GPU are you using? If the system is fully under load, you might get close to that 450W figure.

 

5. My brother uses his 7700K at 4.8GHz for watching YouTube. No.

I'm using a GTX 1060 3GB, can't quite remember how much wattage it uses. 7700K for YouTube...  

 

Thanks for the advice!

[jiyeon]

9 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

1. Your unlikely to notice the difference. Timed tests will be a bit fsater.

 

2. What frame rate are you getting now? Its going to have a tiny difference in fps.

 

3. Not really, probably 10-20w more under load, depending on voltage. Make sure speedstep and c states are on if you want to keep power down.

 

4. Probably, whats the current power use.

 

5. I don't see a point, I personally won't bother. You  probably won't notice

CSGO gets 300FPS, Rocket League gets 230, TF2 gets 250, and Overwatch gets 140, I cap at 75 though as mentioned before. I actually don't know my current power usage, if I'm honest.

 

Thanks for the advice, I've not heard of speedstep before but I shall research about it.

[nick name]

But you know you still wanna scratch that itch. 

[jiyeon]

7 minutes ago, nick name said:

But you know you still wanna scratch that itch. 

You know it!  Overclock itches are the worst.

[nick name]

5 minutes ago, seoz said:

You know it!  Overclock itches are the worst.

I upgraded motherboards and RAM to scratch mine. And now I have to wait for the new board to get here before I can really start scratching.

[jiyeon]

7 minutes ago, nick name said:

I upgraded motherboards and RAM to scratch mine. And now I have to wait for the new board to get here before I can really start scratching.

My motherboard's VRMs are notorious for sucking so the highest I've ever managed was 5GHz for ten minutes, since tapping the 5GHz peak, my OC itch has been intense.

[sillypenguin213]

3 minutes ago, seoz said:

My motherboard's VRMs are notorious for sucking so the highest I've ever managed was 5GHz for ten minutes, since tapping the 5GHz peak, my OC itch has been intense.

Yea, you chose a wrong motherboard. Asus prime series is low end but expensive. Not a budget choice. Msi or Gigabyte would be better at the same price range. 

[nick name]

7 minutes ago, seoz said:

My motherboard's VRMs are notorious for sucking so the highest I've ever managed was 5GHz for ten minutes, since tapping the 5GHz peak, my OC itch has been intense.

Yeah it's worse than alcohol, drugs, and sex. 

[jiyeon]

1 minute ago, sillypenguin213 said:

Yea, you chose a wrong motherboard. Asus prime series is low end but expensive. Not a budget choice. Msi or Gigabyte would be better at the same price range.

I was familiar with Asus at the time through JayzTwoCent's exposure of Asus Multicore Enhancement, and I liked Asus so that's why I went with this board. Safe to say, it really shot me in the foot choosing this one.  

[sillypenguin213]

6 minutes ago, CUDAcores89 said:

Gotta get that lightning fast youtube content lol .

No need to laugh at, it performs better when playing 4k or 8k video. 

[sillypenguin213]

10 minutes ago, seoz said:

I was familiar with Asus at the time through JayzTwoCent's exposure of Asus Multicore Enhancement, and I liked Asus so that's why I went with this board. Safe to say, it really shot me in the foot choosing this one.  

Everyone makes mistakes. At least you learnt something: more expensive is not always better, and YouTubers are not reliable all the time. 

[jiyeon]

4 minutes ago, sillypenguin213 said:

Everyone makes mistakes. At least you learnt something: more expensive is not always better, and YouTubers are not reliable all the time. 

I mean, I bought this motherboard for £104, I bought the cheapest Asus Prime board possible...