I5 6600@ 4.7 Volts Worry.

Darkwolf441 · 7 Aug 2017 at 17:30

Ive manged to get my I5 6600 stable at 4.7. But with volts at 1.44v am a little worred its too high. 4.6 is 1.34v
Is 1.44 to high for long turn use?

Chaos666 · 7 Aug 2017 at 18:35

I wouldn't go beyond 1.35v.
100MHz is not worth 0.1v

degen · 7 Aug 2017 at 18:44

Been running mine at [email protected] for 2 years. No sign of deterioration. I am also delidded with a water cooler.

Just upped it to 1.46 for 4.7GHz.

pastymuncher · 7 Aug 2017 at 18:58

I would settle for the 4.6Ghz as you won't even notice the difference 100mhz makes. Higher voltage equals higher temps.

Darkwolf441 · 7 Aug 2017 at 19:22

Temps rounded off at 74c Water cooled.

8 Pack · 7 Aug 2017 at 20:36

Your fine at 1.44V just carry on using.

Doogles · 7 Aug 2017 at 21:20

I'd drop it just because of the extra heat it would create, nothing wrong with running 1.44v if you keep it well cooled though.

degen · 7 Aug 2017 at 21:52

I believe ASUS recommend 1.45v max for daily use and Intel is 1.52v as an absolute?

Darkwolf441 · 7 Aug 2017 at 21:55

Cool. thanks all.

jabbz · 23 Aug 2017 at 21:29

I got my 6600k to 4.6ghz at 1.365v and tried to get it to 4.7ghz at 1.4v, but it would not have it and BSOD. So I was to worried to push past 1.4v and did not bother, but with the Noctua nh-d15 I only hit 49c under stress.
Now as for long term use with 4.6ghz I had to run it at 1.365v, but if I come down to 4.5ghz I only needed 1.285v for a stable OC. And that is a massive difference for only a small gain!
But at the end of the day its up to you if you think its worth it or not.

jabbz · 23 Aug 2017 at 21:36

Am I correct in thinking your VRM's on the motherboard will wear out sooner than the CPU does if its not got as many as the top spec boards have?
For example I only have 5 on my Gigabyte Z170 G1 sniper, so there is more stress and heat on them than if I was to have 10?