6600k Overclocking

seanyc5 · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:14

Hi,

Ive overclocked before on my old amd 64 3700+ and also on my just gone x6 1075t.

I know the basics really and am not to concerned with pushing to the limits or messing with the advanced stuff.

Im currently at 4.6ghz by just changing the multiplier to 46 and the cpu core to 1.28v max temp of degrees with a Kraken X31 . What is the highest recommended voltage for a 24.7 OC? Im not going to touching the memory just yet.

Thanks,
Sean

seanyc5 · 6 Sep 2015 at 18:36

4.6ghz was not fully stable after more testing. I took volts upto 1.3v didn't want to go higher than that until I got an answer on what is ok. CPU max temp was 52 degrees so plenty of room there if its safe to go higher on vcore.

Currently got it at 4.5Ghz @ 1.295v again max temp aroun 50 degrees(can probs go abit lower) and will leave it at that for a few days / stress it properly.

This all sound ok?

Thanks,
Sean

dreamcat4 · 8 Sep 2015 at 12:49

Only time will tell what is the safest max voltage for intel's 14nm parts. However in passing I read in reviews that 1.4v should be OK. There's no guarantee that will help you reach any higher OC though. The data seems to suggest that extra volts won't help very much. So you may decide it's not really worth it in the end for the sake of only 1-2 extra bins.

seanyc5 · 8 Sep 2015 at 18:05

dreamcat4 said:
Only time will tell what is the safest max voltage for intel's 14nm parts. However in passing I read in reviews that 1.4v should be OK. There's no guarantee that will help you reach any higher OC though. The data seems to suggest that extra volts won't help very much. So you may decide it's not really worth it in the end for the sake of only 1-2 extra bins.

Ok thanks, I wont be going anywhere near that high to be fair. Stock was 1.1ish so I wont be going any higher than 1.3 I dont think. I think 4.5ghz is pretty good anyway.

dreamcat4 · 9 Sep 2015 at 13:57

I suppose another avenue would be to try researching the breakdown voltages of Intels new 14nm finfet node online. Like expose articles, research papers or test / spec / data sheets etc. And also for the TSMC / GF / Samsung 16nm node (for GPUs next year).