yep its voltage degradation. Motherboard manufacturers wont care as they just need to make it to the year warranty. Plus most chips can degrade and still meet stock speeds.
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yep its voltage degradation. Motherboard manufacturers wont care as they just need to make it to the year warranty. Plus most chips can degrade and still meet stock speeds.
Is it worth delidding?
Currently at 5.1 Ghz VID showing 1.36V in HWINFO and 1.344V in CPU-Z. Temps about 80 using IntelBurnTest and stable.
Not sure whether to add more voltage to make 5.2 stable (needs a big jump I think, closer to 1.4V in the BIOS), or take it down to 5 Ghz and lower Voltage to the point it becomes unstable and then put it up a little.
Currently at 5.1 Ghz VID showing 1.36V in HWINFO and 1.344V in CPU-Z. Temps about 80 using IntelBurnTest and stable.
Not sure whether to add more voltage to make 5.2 stable (needs a big jump I think, closer to 1.4V in the BIOS), or take it down to 5 Ghz and lower Voltage to the point it becomes unstable and then put it up a little.
Just get the delid mate, thermal grizley liquid metal and a tube of heat resistant silicon. Use nail polish or liquid electrical tape to cover anything that could short under the IHS. Theres loads of videos showing how to do the 8700k. When you reattch the IHS just put a tiny bit of silicon on the 4 corners so its easy to remove next time if you need to.
My chip isnt the best but can hit 5.2ghz at 1.45.
I just leave it at 5ghz 1.39v for every day use.
My chip isnt the best but can hit 5.2ghz at 1.45.
I just leave it at 5ghz 1.39v for every day use.
Is Thermal Grizzly conductonaut the right stuff? Can it be used between the IHS and my EK waterblock (copper?) as well or just stick to arctic silver?
Yeah but just use normal thermal paste between the IHS and the cooler, its not worth the risk
Cheers, I have ordered all the bits.
I've dropped the clock speed to 5 Ghz and started lowering the voltage. It's now stable with VCore set to 1.36V. Using Intel Burn Test on very high it passes without issue, voltage in CPU-Z is showing at 1.3V and VR OUT in HWINFO records a 1.354V maximum. Happy with that, think it needed 1.38 something in the BIOS for 5.1 and I couldn't get it stable at 5.2 Ghz even up at 1.4V. Temps about 80, 88 max on one of the cores. I'm hoping the delid will drop it into the 60's if not I fear my CPU block might need some maintenance. That said, it's currently stress testing and the CPU temperature is 66, so I guess it spikes a little.
I've dropped the clock speed to 5 Ghz and started lowering the voltage. It's now stable with VCore set to 1.36V. Using Intel Burn Test on very high it passes without issue, voltage in CPU-Z is showing at 1.3V and VR OUT in HWINFO records a 1.354V maximum. Happy with that, think it needed 1.38 something in the BIOS for 5.1 and I couldn't get it stable at 5.2 Ghz even up at 1.4V. Temps about 80, 88 max on one of the cores. I'm hoping the delid will drop it into the 60's if not I fear my CPU block might need some maintenance. That said, it's currently stress testing and the CPU temperature is 66, so I guess it spikes a little.
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Hey guys 
Can someone give me a hint here?
I've been testing the lowest voltage I can get my 8086k to run with 5Ghz (4.7Ghz cache) on all cores and the best I could do was 1.25v llc2 (asrock) which ends up at 1.248v when idling and 1.216v at full load.
I'm super happy with the results and with the chip itself but I've noticed that right after the end of RealBench stress test my idle voltage jumps to 1.268v for less than a second and then goes back to 1.248v. This only happens after the stress test is complete. If I use the PC normally for gaming and so on the vcore never goes above 1.248v but on the days I use RealBench for test stability it will reach 1.264v very very very briefly after using it.
Any obvious explanation for this?
Thank you in advance.
PS:. I think i have a very good chip. I can run cinebench and game at 1.168v llc1 but to be realbench stable the best I can do is 1.25v llc2 (1.216v full load)
Can someone give me a hint here?
I've been testing the lowest voltage I can get my 8086k to run with 5Ghz (4.7Ghz cache) on all cores and the best I could do was 1.25v llc2 (asrock) which ends up at 1.248v when idling and 1.216v at full load.
I'm super happy with the results and with the chip itself but I've noticed that right after the end of RealBench stress test my idle voltage jumps to 1.268v for less than a second and then goes back to 1.248v. This only happens after the stress test is complete. If I use the PC normally for gaming and so on the vcore never goes above 1.248v but on the days I use RealBench for test stability it will reach 1.264v very very very briefly after using it.
Any obvious explanation for this?
Thank you in advance.
PS:. I think i have a very good chip. I can run cinebench and game at 1.168v llc1 but to be realbench stable the best I can do is 1.25v llc2 (1.216v full load)
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I've droped vcore to 1.245v and it never reaches 1.268v now.
Other thing i've notice it that while running realbench the vcore sits on 1.216v but if i run IntelBurnTest or prime 26.6 FFT 1344 it sits on 1.232v
This means that realbench produces more load than the other tools?
Other thing i've notice it that while running realbench the vcore sits on 1.216v but if i run IntelBurnTest or prime 26.6 FFT 1344 it sits on 1.232v
This means that realbench produces more load than the other tools?
Hey guys
Can someone give me a hint here?
I've been testing the lowest voltage I can get my 8086k to run with 5Ghz (4.7Ghz cache) on all cores and the best I could do was 1.25v llc2 (asrock) which ends up at 1.248v when idling and 1.216v at full load.
I'm super happy with the results and with the chip itself but I've noticed that right after the end of RealBench stress test my idle voltage jumps to 1.268v for less than a second and then goes back to 1.248v. This only happens after the stress test is complete. If I use the PC normally for gaming and so on the vcore never goes above 1.248v but on the days I use RealBench for test stability it will reach 1.264v very very very briefly after using it.
Any obvious explanation for this?
Thank you in advance.
PS:. I think i have a very good chip. I can run cinebench and game at 1.168v llc1 but to be realbench stable the best I can do is 1.25v llc2 (1.216v full load)
Thats golden sample territory. I will take your word for it is proper stable and assume you havent cheated with AVX offsets.
If you want a comparison you are stable at 1.21v 5ghz, vs my 1.36v 4.8ghz. Intel have way too much variability on their chips, that gap is a chasm.
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Hey friend. What do you mean by cheating? I might be unaware of what you mean. With all my honesty, I'm running it with AVX offset of 3. I only did lower it based on what people usually suggest online. Should I try without the offset?
Regarding stability, At the moment, at 1.245v llc2 (1.16v-1.32v on full load depending on the software) I can do 10 runs of IBT (Maximum) and 8h RealBench.
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If it makes you feel any better mine will only do 4.8GHz at 1.26v with an AVX offset of 2. Without it I have to do 1.3+ and that's after a delid, it really needs a lot of power. There is indeed huge variability.
My 8086k used to max mid 80's under heavy load, I barely see it over 55 now.
Ok thanks for the honesty.
You do what you want to do its your system.
Cheating is perhaps an overly strong word and I will take that back, rather I feel its a bit misleading if you quote a speed without saying you using an offset, but I feel so much software now days uses AVX, then effectively your true overclock is the whatever the AVX offset is, e.g. just firing up chrome will make the AVX offset kick in.
4.7 at 1.245v is still not bad tho.
What I do to control the power of extreme AVX loads is set a power limit e.g. XTU with no limits at my config would use about 160-180 watts, I have a limit if I remember right of something like 120 sustained, and short term boost to 140 or 150. For all normal workloads this equates to no throttling, games etc. But if I were to start doing rendering on something using AVX instructions it will be contained by the power limit, this manages temps as well.
This way light to moderate AVX loads dont throttle below my max clocks (they would with an offset).