Does this seem right to you?

newbieclocker · 14 Jan 2013 at 18:24

Hello guys,

Just overclocked my i7 3770k to 4.5GHz @ 1.25v.

I am receiving temps of 73, 78, 78 and 72 at max.

Are these numbers too high for long term use. I plan on having this system for 5 years without it popping.

Thanks.

Litmoose · 14 Jan 2013 at 19:09

That voltage and temps are fine.. Anything say below 85 is regarded as ok.

Did you get those temps during normal use or something like prime?

newbieclocker · 14 Jan 2013 at 19:29

Through prime yes. I have a question about prime, sometimes when I am testing it comes up with prime95 is not responding and I have to shut it down. Does this mean that my overclock is not stable.

BluSky · 14 Jan 2013 at 19:33

if your overclock was unstable then I would expect the machine to blue screen, it sounds more like prime has some problems of its own. Try intel burn test or OCCT and see if the same thing happens

newbieclocker · 14 Jan 2013 at 19:37

I am very new to overclocking so I am sorry for lots of questions asked.

How many years do you think I can run on this CPU for?

And what would be your recommendation on a life to performance overclock.

Thanks.

chrisoverson · 14 Jan 2013 at 19:39

1.25v is not particularly high, so I think it should be fine to run like that for quite a long time.

Under general use you'll be unlikely to push the CPU hard enough to get the temps nearly that high, probably half that on average.

What do you tend to do with the computer? If it's not fairly CPU intensive (e.g. just gaming) then you should be fine. If you encode and render all day long you might want to bring the temps down a little

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newbieclocker · 14 Jan 2013 at 19:46

Some rendering but mostly gaming.

BluSky · 14 Jan 2013 at 19:51

at your voltages I would say you will be replacing the machine long before the CPU dies.

newbieclocker · 14 Jan 2013 at 20:44

Currently though I have a 32 bit windows and I am stressing on this. When I get my 64 bit will my benchmark results change?

Bromhead · 14 Jan 2013 at 21:05

I would think so... with 32bit it's only using a set number of ram/cpu cores

newbieclocker · 14 Jan 2013 at 21:08

Bromhead said:
I would think so... with 32bit it's only using a set number of ram/cpu cores

So when I get my 64bit will I see more performance or less stability.

newbieclocker · 14 Jan 2013 at 21:15

I am now attempting a 4.5GHz OC @ 1.245v and will stress till 7:30.

Would you guys recommend 4.5 or 4.6GHz?

EDIT: Maybe even more if the temps are going to be reasonable as such to not truly affect my computers life.

Mick-1965 · 15 Jan 2013 at 14:45

newbieclocker said:
So when I get my 64bit will I see more performance or less stability.

You will only get a performance increase when running 64bit applications on your 64bit OS.
You will see no improvement running 32 bit apps on a 64 bit OS when compared to the same 32 bit OS

But what you will see with a 64bit OS is access to all of your RAM