I just installed my new cooler and want to know if the results I am seeing are to be expected.

Theodoooore

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I just installed my new Zalman CNPS10X Optima onto my i5 4690k with an extra stock SPEC-03 case fan for a push/pull setup.

I want to know if 33-41 idle and 61 degrees celsius after 5 minutes of Prime95 stress testing is good bad or normal.

I would also like to know how much of an OC I will be able to get out of the CPU on average (I could have lost out big time on the silicon lottery without knowing) as I have never overclocked a CPU before and have no idea what to expect.

Thank you for your time.
 
youre idle seems to be higher than mine and im at 4.4Ghz* but youre run with Prime95 seems to be about right.

Prime95 really knocks it out the devils canyon download realbench and use that instead.

Ive managed to get 4.5 on air but after swapping to an MSI gaming 5 board Ive only went to 4.4 ive not tried going any higher yet as it runs sweet.

what case are you using and how is youre cooling set up in it as this can also make a big difference?

* Ive got a Phanteks PH-TC14PE which is a fair bit bigger than the Zalman CNPS10X Optima
 
jbh110tdi said:
youre idle seems to be higher than mine and im at 4.4Ghz* but youre run with Prime95 seems to be about right.

Prime95 really knocks it out the devils canyon download realbench and use that instead.

Ive managed to get 4.5 on air but after swapping to an MSI gaming 5 board Ive only went to 4.4 ive not tried going any higher yet as it runs sweet.

what case are you using and how is youre cooling set up in it as this can also make a big difference?

* Ive got a Phanteks PH-TC14PE which is a fair bit bigger than the Zalman CNPS10X Optima
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I'm running my 4690k at stock frequency inside of a corsair SPEC-03 case with dual 120mm intake fans and a single 120mm exhaust fan. One of the intakes pushes air through the drive cage and my PSU is mounted fan side up.

I do not have a GPU in the system at this time.

I have two 120mm fans on the cooler itself at the moment. One is the included "Shark fin" PWM fan which is pushing the air into the cooler and the other is a standard stock case fan for the SPEC-03 which is pulling the air out of the cooler and throwing it straight out the exhaust.

I have not yet overclocked so those temps are from stock speeds and I am downloading Realbench as I type this to get some better baseline readings.
 
here was mine after running realbench at 4.5Ghz
this was with my original gigabyte board.

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Im really needing to get it back up to 4.5Ghz and rerun it to watch my temps with the new board.
at 4.4 my max was around 58c with the Msi board

Ive got 3 120mm intake fans at the front, 1 140mm exhuast fan at the rear and the 2 140mm fans on the cooler. I do have a gtx 970 in there also.

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the top fan is no longer there as I get a lower temp without it.
 
Theodoooore said:
my PSU is mounted fan side up.
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try mounting the psu with the fan to the bottom if the case allows. the psu pulls air from the fan and puts it out the rear so it will be pulling air from the tower and being at the bottom it will upset the airflow in the case.
 
jbh110tdi said:
try mounting the psu with the fan to the bottom if the case allows. the psu pulls air from the fan and puts it out the rear so it will be pulling air from the tower and being at the bottom it will upset the airflow in the case.
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While I do have a dust filter on it I prefer to keep it fan side up because I have my case on carpet.

I would like to thank you for all the information you have provided me, you have been a big help.

Since my cooling is less potent than your setup should I aim for similar clock speeds at a higher temp target or a similar temp target at lower clock speeds?
 
Theodoooore said:
While I do have a dust filter on it I prefer to keep it fan side up because I have my case on carpet.

I would like to thank you for all the information you have provided me, you have been a big help.

Since my cooling is less potent than your setup should I aim for similar clock speeds at a higher temp target or a similar temp target at lower clock speeds?
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It's not a problem to have it drawing air from inside of case. Sometimes it even helps keep GPU heated exhaust from getting into CPU cooler. ;)
 
jbh110tdi said:
here was mine after running realbench at 4.5Ghz
this was with my original gigabyte board.

ph%20max%20fans_zps7aby21u4.png


Im really needing to get it back up to 4.5Ghz and rerun it to watch my temps with the new board.
at 4.4 my max was around 58c with the Msi board

Ive got 3 120mm intake fans at the front, 1 140mm exhuast fan at the rear and the 2 140mm fans on the cooler. I do have a gtx 970 in there also.

13305149_10154063697531885_5186894611209432004_o_zpsjng1yozz.jpg


the top fan is no longer there as I get a lower temp without it.
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Ok so is it my eyes or is the front top fan pushing air out of the case instead of pulling air in ? :)
 
foster grant said:
Ok so is it my eyes or is the front top fan pushing air out of the case instead of pulling air in ? :)
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its not youre eyes they do look that way but there artic F12 fans they have a strange design. the bottom one is the same. I did change them for a pair of corsair 120mm fans but they were noisy compared to the F12's so I went back to them. there cheapo things at a fiver each but do a good job and are fairly silent even flat out so why change them.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-f12-pro-tc-case-fan-120mm-fg-023-ar.html
 
Theodoooore said:
While I do have a dust filter on it I prefer to keep it fan side up because I have my case on carpet.

I would like to thank you for all the information you have provided me, you have been a big help.

Since my cooling is less potent than your setup should I aim for similar clock speeds at a higher temp target or a similar temp target at lower clock speeds?
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every chip is different but what you need to see is how it is during everyday use or when youre gaming. if you get say 4.4Ghz and the temps arent to bad while youre gaming then you have won a watch. the idea of realbench or Prime is to see if its stable in a worst case scenario you will very rarely see the same temps during normal use.
 
jbh110tdi said:
every chip is different but what you need to see is how it is during everyday use or when youre gaming. if you get say 4.4Ghz and the temps arent to bad while youre gaming then you have won a watch. the idea of realbench or Prime is to see if its stable in a worst case scenario you will very rarely see the same temps during normal use.
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It may be a bad idea but I am doing a pretty sloppy overclock. I have set my voltage to 1.2 my cache ratio to 35 left my ram at 1866mhz and am just ramping up the multiplyer as high as it will go on 1.2 volts.

Will that do just fine or should I stop what im doing immediately?

Currently running realbench at 4.4ghz and getting an average temp of 58-61
 
Alright, the deed is done.

4.5ghz at 1.23 volts.

So far its pretty cool and stable and I haven't had any BSODs like when I bumped it to 4.6 @ 1.28 or 4.5ghz @ 1.2 volts
 
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