So it's been roughly a month since I built my new PC and until today, I haven't had the time to overclock the CPU. Some background info (even though it's in the sig), the processor is batch L444B237, purchased from here. Motherboard is a Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, updated to the latest BIOS the day I built the PC. Noctua NH-D15 cooler, using the included 2x NF-F15 fans and NT-H1 thermal paste. The case has a bunch of fans 4 intake/3 exhaust and has decent space around the heatsink due to good cable management. While building the PC, I did put the heatsink on the wrong direction (down/up instead of right/left), so I took it off and saw that the thermal paste had spread rather well. Thus I didn't reapply it since I'd only just put it on a few seconds prior and installed the heatsink in the right direction. The only setting I've changed in the BIOS is disabling the iGP. I've used the computer for a month and have had no issues at all, I've played a bunch of games, converted some audio, etc.
So today, having the time for it, I decide to start overclocking my CPU. Idle temps were fine, about 30 degrees and it's a nice sunny summer day, not as hot as it was a few weeks back though. I initially ran all of the CPU tests in real bench and the max temps (on RealTemp) I got were:
66, 67, 71, 63
This seemed okay. I then decided to run IBT at high for 10 runs and the temps were getting up to the mid 80s on a core or two (I overwrote these temps with the overclock ones).
I then ran the Realbench Stresstest (with 4GB RAM) and got max temps of:
71, 73, 75, 70
Now I know the IBT temps were higher and even these 70+ on Realbench seem a bit high. Looking around online, I've seen most folks get a max of 70 on load at stock.
So far, the only odd one out was the IBT temps with mildly worrying Realbench temps, which I've not listed exactly (since I overwrote them like a fool). Now I decided to do a mild overclock, I set the multiplier to 45 for 4.5 GHz and upped voltage slightly from stock to 1.235. Unless these are the stock temps from IBT (If I didn't overwrite them, but they seem too high to be the stock ones), the temps for this overclock using the same settings as before were not great:
82, 84, 89, 80.
Thinking this too high, I decided to remove the overclock and set the fan speed to manual in the BIOS. The new IBT stock temps (just one runs, since I wanted a quick check) were:
76, 79, 82, 76.
When the CPU was under load, I did hear the fans ramp up, but I have no idea what speed the fans were running at. I didn't use any of the LNAs when installing the fans. Now have I done something wrong along the way? Should I have reapplied the thermal paste when reseating the heatsink? The main reason I didn't was because I didn't have any isopropyl acohol to remove it. Or are these temps actually fine for these stress tests?
For normal use, it doesn't matter, but I would like to overclock this chip, it would be a shame not to, given the set-up.
So today, having the time for it, I decide to start overclocking my CPU. Idle temps were fine, about 30 degrees and it's a nice sunny summer day, not as hot as it was a few weeks back though. I initially ran all of the CPU tests in real bench and the max temps (on RealTemp) I got were:
66, 67, 71, 63
This seemed okay. I then decided to run IBT at high for 10 runs and the temps were getting up to the mid 80s on a core or two (I overwrote these temps with the overclock ones).
I then ran the Realbench Stresstest (with 4GB RAM) and got max temps of:
71, 73, 75, 70
Now I know the IBT temps were higher and even these 70+ on Realbench seem a bit high. Looking around online, I've seen most folks get a max of 70 on load at stock.
So far, the only odd one out was the IBT temps with mildly worrying Realbench temps, which I've not listed exactly (since I overwrote them like a fool). Now I decided to do a mild overclock, I set the multiplier to 45 for 4.5 GHz and upped voltage slightly from stock to 1.235. Unless these are the stock temps from IBT (If I didn't overwrite them, but they seem too high to be the stock ones), the temps for this overclock using the same settings as before were not great:
82, 84, 89, 80.
Thinking this too high, I decided to remove the overclock and set the fan speed to manual in the BIOS. The new IBT stock temps (just one runs, since I wanted a quick check) were:
76, 79, 82, 76.
When the CPU was under load, I did hear the fans ramp up, but I have no idea what speed the fans were running at. I didn't use any of the LNAs when installing the fans. Now have I done something wrong along the way? Should I have reapplied the thermal paste when reseating the heatsink? The main reason I didn't was because I didn't have any isopropyl acohol to remove it. Or are these temps actually fine for these stress tests?
For normal use, it doesn't matter, but I would like to overclock this chip, it would be a shame not to, given the set-up.
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