5960x and xspc

Falconik · 28 Aug 2015 at 08:23

Hi all

I bought the XSPC RayStorm D5 RX240 V3 WaterCooling Kit, and ive over clocked my 5960X to 4.6ghz with just over 1.250v and uncover 4.6ghz with 1.35v fully stable, will try go further at a kater date as i think i have a decent chip for once!. My idle temps are around 30-38degrees. Under stress testing it goes to 73degrees. Would this be considered normal with my water cooling? or is something wrong?

I have my pump set to setting 3, and moving it to 5 makes little difference.

I have re seated the block twice, second time round with artic silver 5.

Just want to know if these temps should be normal with my cooling and wattage.

Update: Just been testing my games. Farcry 4 and GTA V maxed up. Looking like temps are stable around the high 50's, just a little more info for you.

Thanks in advance.

djtoltec · 28 Aug 2015 at 11:48

Those temps are fine for dual-rad system and that beast of a chip. Most peeple use triple-rads for that.

Falconik · 28 Aug 2015 at 13:03

Thanks that's reassuring 2 people have said that now. I know! I couldn't believe it! That's with my memory at xmp with 1T timings! It's the first chip ive ever had that's is decent though! If I can get 4.7-4.8 with 1.3v and under 80 degrees on aida stress test and under 70 in gaming you think it's worth doing ?

tyler_jrb · 28 Aug 2015 at 19:56

Falconik said:
Thanks that's reassuring 2 people have said that now. I know! I couldn't believe it! That's with my memory at xmp with 1T timings! It's the first chip ive ever had that's is decent though! If I can get 4.7-4.8 with 1.3v and under 80 degrees on aida stress test and under 70 in gaming you think it's worth doing ?

id try it yeah, for a more realistic test use ROGbench. Gives you realistic high load that the cpu will experience while under heavy rendering, editing etc. Rather than over stressing like Aida64.

For gaming it may peak at 70c but you will find it will run much cooler. Mine peaks at 60c while gaming but in reality its usually running around 40-45c for the vast majority of time.

so if your chip can do 4.7-4.8 at 1.3v then its a great chip and if the temps are great then id run it like that.