Nice temps for Skylake i7 6700K ?

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In a room lets say at maybe approx 22c/70f-ish, what would be considered a very safe and very very acceptable temprature for an intel i7 6700K CPU if lets say it was overclocked to just a moderate 4.6 and using closed loop single rad cooling ?

Would like to know the ideal idle and ideal under load temps please ?
 
As a general rule never let it hit 80.

At load, if they are 50-60 they you've got a nice overclock, but 60-70 are pretty normal temps to see without expensive cooling solutions.

With a single rad (which I assume is 120/140mm?) you should be able to get a decent overclock with acceptable temps, 4.6 is definitely within reach :)

At idle around the 30 mark is good. If they are hitting forty then that isn't great, but realistically it won't cause an issue, it just suggests you might want to dial it back a bit because your processor is using a lot of power for idle.
 
That's good, with speedstep on and an offset voltage your idles should stay nice and low :)

But yeah, you should be good as long as it doesn't exceed 80 and you can expect around 60.

Make sure your fan speed/profile is set correctly and all that stuff, then if you are worried about the temps make another post :)
 
I don't like CLCs. They are more expensive, make more noise, don't last as well, cool little or no better and when they die it's the pump, meaning a whole new cooling system, and your system cannot be used until the system is replaced.

With a top tier air cooler we get all of the good plus quieter, nothing to fail but a fan or two, and if a fan does fail it's a simple and low cost fix. Any fan will do untile suitable replacement is on hand.

I'm running a 6700K on air with no problems at all. I have a i7 980 running 4.4GHz on air too, and i7 920 @ 4GHz too. I'm staying with air.
 
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I don't like CLCs. They are more expensive, make more noise, don't last as well, cool little or no better and when they die it's the pump, meaning a whole new cooling system, and your system cannot be used until the system is replaced.

With a top tier air cooler we get all of the good plus quieter, nothing to fail but a fan or two, and if a fan does fail it's a simple and low cost fix. Any fan will do untile suitable replacement is on hand.

I'm running a 6700K on air with no problems at all. I have a i7 980 running 4.4GHz on air too, and i7 920 @ 4GHz too. I'm staying with air.
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I never thought I would go for sealed closed loop either years ago and then I tried the first corsair 100 model and touch wood for luck lol its still working away now for about 4 years, they come with a 5 year warranty too and corsair have now got an RMA place in the uk too which makes things all the easier, I dont honestly notice any more or less noise as I'm not the type of person that bothers with requiring silence anyway, but to me its perfectly fine, no one has ever even mentioned any noise in my house about the computer.

before that I did have a couple of giant air coolers and yes they did work pretty well (not as good as the sealed liquid loop though), but to me the giant air coolers even in a giant case look a bit silly, but its everyones own opinion on what they think themselves I guess.

What have you got your i7 6700K clocked @ and whats the idle and load temps in an average warm room of about 70F degrees mate ?
 
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4.6GHz @ 1.36V under a Le Grand Macho cooling passively at 72c in a 22c room. This is in a Enthoo Luxe case with 3x case fans running 700rpm
 
eventually got it all set up in that tiny little case the Node 304, wow its all packed in there, lol.

But, I have the 6700K @ 4.7 (for now at least), ran several of the various different bench and stress tests, passed them all with flying colours, infact the few that allowed me to compare with others that had tried the same test, well mines simply blew away the others which I was happy at :)

Ok for starters the room temp here on my desk thermometer said that the temps were about 73c to 74c during the time those tests were being done, I had the heating on :)

Getting bare windows desktop Idle temps of about low to mid 20's centigrade just depending on whats showing on the screen and the heat in the room too obiously.

@4.7 I am also Getting approx Load load temps on all those tests of about 70 to 74c at most but the temps go up and down quickly too as I have an offset setting put in so that the cpu can get a little rest.

CPU max voltage on those tests is approx 1.34 but as I say thats only showing in a glimpsing pass as the offset is set, and on basic windows desktop Idle the voltage like right now in aida64 is saying 0.8v.

I know I could push more but as its just a tiny itx build and wasnt really for clocking anyway, lol, but my curiosity got the better of me, lol, I am happy enough though if you guys also say that it sounds ok to you too, eh ?

Keep in mind that its just the corsair H80i GT with only one fan that is doing the cpu cooling (couldnt fit two in) and obviously the fractal Node 304's case fans and the video card too.

So how do all those figures sound to you guys ?
 
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doyll said:
Sounds like a good setup.
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yeah, thanks mate, I thought so too although I dont like to blow my own trumpet, lol.

Its when I look at that tiny little thing sitting there next to my giant full sized tower case its then that the penny really does drops, with todays tech things are moving closer and closer to smaller rather than large with gaming rigs.

I mean, If I really wanted to I could fit in a full sized graphics card and all, would just need a bit of constructions thoughts thats all, oh and cherry picked hardware too obviously, but yeah, there really isnt much that a small itx system cant do these days I guess.

As you may have noticed from some of my older posts I was seriously thinking about going extra small as in something like a Nuc but the more I read up on them and similar things, they are great for what they are yes no doubt, but they just dont pack enough punch and I like punch when its required and thats why I went the route I have done.
 
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