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Overclocking 4790K

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  • 03-02-2018 10:33pm
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    Samuel T. Cogley
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    Any point when the main use is gaming at 3440x1440 on a 1080? I'm thinking a minimal increase in FPS if at all.

    Thoughts? TIA!


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    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,707 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    For gaming, overclock away.

    I'm going to be starting my journey in the land of higher heat FPS soon.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    For gaming, overclock away.

    I'm going to be starting my journey in the land of higher heat FPS soon.

    Reckon it will make any difference?


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    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,707 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    FPS will scale relatively linearly with the overclock.


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    tazzzZ
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    currently using this cpu and there is little risk to overclocking as long as you dont go crazy. make sure you have a good cooler. I had and 120mm AIO which wasnt enough. went to beefy air cooler and it overclocks to 4.8ghz with no problems at all for 24/7 use.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Sadly Nada, no go :(

    She won't even lock at 4.4GHz for me on all cores. If I give it enough voltage (1.26) to hit 4.5GHz it passes 90C which is 100% fan on my H100i so it's overwhelming the cooler. Shame but then I did got for a quiet case over airflow so...

    Sitting at stock now hitting about 75C under the real bench stress test. I used to get more out of her but must have given it a bit too much abuse.


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    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    Sadly Nada, no go :(

    She won't even lock at 4.4GHz for me on all cores. If I give it enough voltage (1.26) to hit 4.5GHz it passes 90C which is 100% fan on my H100i so it's overwhelming the cooler. Shame but then I did got for a quiet case over airflow so...

    Sitting at stock now hitting about 75C under the real bench stress test. I used to get more out of her but must have given it a bit too much abuse.

    I don't understand, your first post in this thread was any point in overclocking and then this post I quoted you said what I have in bold. If you ran it at stock for years you should have no problem overclocking it. I don't know about those chips but 1.26v doesn't look high to me though as I said I have no experience with these. Look up a overclocking guide for a 4790k and see what they are using.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I don't understand, your first post in this thread was any point in overclocking and then this post I quoted you said what I have in bold. If you ran it at stock for years you should have no problem overclocking it. I don't know about those chips but 1.26v doesn't look high to me though as I said I have no experience with these. Look up a overclocking guide for a 4790k and see what they are using.

    I used to overclock as a matter of course. I asked if it was worth doing when operating at high resolution as my understanding was that you'd always be limited by gpu.

    Chip used to run at 4.6/4.7 but I'm on. A cheaper mobo now in fairness.


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    tazzzZ
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭tazzzZ


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I don't understand, your first post in this thread was any point in overclocking and then this post I quoted you said what I have in bold. If you ran it at stock for years you should have no problem overclocking it. I don't know about those chips but 1.26v doesn't look high to me though as I said I have no experience with these. Look up a overclocking guide for a 4790k and see what they are using.

    I run mine at 1.33v 24/7 with no issues. but again i wouldnt if the temps werent so low.


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