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Please advise my CPU speed

I ran Prime for 10 minutes and hit temps of max 91 degrees but stable
in SWTOR and WOW highest temps I got were 76 degrees and stable

is this safe? could someone advise where/if I am going wrong?
also I will need to set my memory speeds but that after I know my processor is happy.

please fire away with any advice :)

after 10 minute stress test:
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after good 5-6 hours playing 3 hours of SWTOR (buddy popped over to see my brother and was using my PC to stress test playing Wow)

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I would suggest that this is safe, your gaming temps certainly.

You could try 21 x 190/191 which would boost your memory a little. I did have settings for the bios in a gigabyte with the 920, will try to find, but it is probably the 21 x 190 above.
 
nkata said:
I would suggest that this is safe, your gaming temps certainly.

You could try 21 x 190/191 which would boost your memory a little. I did have settings for the bios in a gigabyte with the 920, will try to find, but it is probably the 21 x 190 above.
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Thank you so much for the peace of mind, was a tad worried :P
during gaming it does not go above 76 degrees and I will monitor further.

I will also change the ratio/clock speed as you suggested, I will get the RAM type/make and see if I can figure out how to manually set it but for now CPU is my priority.

if you manage to find your notes I will be indebted to you sir indebted in deed
 
Thank you for the info so far, it has been helpful as always, I was also advised to changing the system memory multiplier to 9 instead of 8 which would allow your memory to run at the rated speeds,

yet I thought I’d ask if anyone else would brave to add info? :p
say, anything to enable/disable check etc. :)
 
You could enable C1E unless windows provides that function to slow down the processor as required.

You could try lowering the CPU voltage to 1.325V or 1.30V and see if it remains stable and what effect that has on temperatures if any.
 
Good morning

An update, first I was unable to use 21X190 as after booting up the 21 multiplier did not work and CPU clocked to 22X190 regardless of what I tried, the BIOS said 21X190 "Real Temp" gave 22X190 which was not stable at all so went back and used 22X181 and kept the Core Voltage at 1.35V, as per advice above will reduce it to 1.30V (how would that affect performance if any?)

Also got a large FAN for the top of the case and the heat it pulled out was quite surprising not marshmallow melting heat but enough to warm the hands after playing in the snow :p
played 3 hours of SWTOR and hovered below 80 degrees, it reached 80 when I got onto the fleet and this happened once and stayed around 76 for the night.

I will change the Core voltage and report the results and then after all that is happy I will work on the memory :)

Now to say “thank you” for all the input so far as a treat here is a picture the girl with her cover off ;)

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Having achieved your overclock at 22 x 181, the rest is just tinkering around the edges to obtain the coolest stable system. lowering the voltages will not affect the performance if the system remains stable.
 
Good morning

Well last night playing around was uneventful, I cannot go below 1.35v as the system crashes just after a few minutes so have to keep it as is, tried to set up my RAM manually following this and coping the Gigabyte screenies, but it was late and did not spend too much time on that so I will return.

I do have a "airflow" question, in the picture below I tried my best to indicate airflow, air comes in the front and the "side panel" getting extracted out the Top by a large fan (installed after pic) and a smaller fan at the back, now could I turn the rear fan around to push air in towards the heat sink and let everything get extracted out the top and hopefully providing more/cooler air to the heat sink?

Pic below, thoughts?



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Smoogels said:
I have the same CPU fan setup as you. I just have a exhaust fan at the top, which I'm sure will help a fair bit:)
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Hi

I have a fan at the top too which I added after the pic was taken, my CPU runs very hot and was wondering if reversing the rear fan to blow air in would help in any way or obstruct the push/pull or airflow making it worse.
 
I don't see how having an exhaust right next to an intake will help things at all; I'd recommend having intake at the bottom/side of the case and only exhausts at the top/back by the cpu.
 
Stanith said:
I don't see how having an exhaust right next to an intake will help things at all; I'd recommend having intake at the bottom/side of the case and only exhausts at the top/back by the cpu.
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that makes sense, but here is the scenario, air comes in from the front and side panel moves through the case gets to the CPU which blows the air UP to the top fan the air is exhausted by a massive top fan as well as a back fan.

OR

air comes in from the front and side panel and the back fan, air from front and side moves through the case gets to the CPU fan which blows the air UP through the heat sink to the top fan, the air is exhausted by a massive TOP fan and more cool air is blown at the heat sink from the side by the back fan

hope this helps paint the picture I am trying to :)


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could position the HSF horizontaly from right to left; I'm saying this as you might be hoovering air off your GPU into your CPU which is your main concern. Use your first option; air in at bottom/side and out of top/back.

You could try turning of the side panel fan just to see if it any better.
 
If you have too many intake fans and only one exhaust then you won't see any benefit. The intake fans will be fighting against one another due to the higher pressure inside the case, which isn't what you want really. You can also argue that higher pressure = higher temperature, though not sure if that makes a difference in practice.
 
Thank you guys

@jms198, there is a fan on the side panel adding fresh air on top of the GPU so hopefully ( will investigate tonight) should provide cooler/fresher air to HSF and the GPU but I see your point and will investigate.

@Stanith, makes sense and I agree, was hoping that the top fan would provide enough of exhaust pressure for all three fans but I think I will not mess with the air pressure and leave as is to ensure decent air movement in the case :)

thank you for your input :)
 
Your heatsink should be inline with the EXHAUST on the back of the case, the top fan (largest) is mostly used to bring excess air or hot air from down bottom of the case and from the heatsink.

Basically, your heatsink should blow hot air from inside itself, to the outside; into the exhaust fan, out the back of the case.
 
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