i4790k OC Check

LackyT · 4 Jul 2016 at 20:54

Finally got round to playing with my CPU, nothing groundbreaking, just going to 4.6 on a 4790k. I just wanted to sanity check my settings with you guys as you're much more experienced

Any feedback would be much appreciated!

Corsair Hydro H100i
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7
SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W

In BIOS:
CPU Clock Ratio - 46
XMP - Profile 1
vCore - 1.250 (Tempted to lower this and re-run??)
LLC - Extreme

Ran OCCT for 1 hour:

BluD · 4 Jul 2016 at 21:37

Yeah i would lower the voltage until it crashes during testing then just add 10 mv. Personally i would prefer to up the multi instead of lowering the voltage but its down to your cooling i guess.

Jumper118 · 4 Jul 2016 at 22:32

i would lower the llc to the next one or two down. also you can probably try running 4.7ghz at a bit more voltage. try 4.7ghz at 1.275v.

LackyT · 5 Jul 2016 at 09:31

BluD said:
Yeah i would lower the voltage until it crashes during testing then just add 10 mv. Personally i would prefer to up the multi instead of lowering the voltage but its down to your cooling i guess.

Thanks. I'll have another play tonight, the 75 degrees seemed to be an anomaly, with most of the temps averaging around 70. I'm trying to avoid getting close to 80, as I heard this is a general temperature cap for most people??

Jumper118 said:
i would lower the llc to the next one or two down. also you can probably try running 4.7ghz at a bit more voltage. try 4.7ghz at 1.275v.

May I ask why? From what I've read setting LLC to Extreme is the best way to keep the voltage 100% stable, with the other settings allowing the CPU Vcore to drop when the system comes under loading.