***Intel i7 4790K Owners thread***

[snips86x]

Nice un snips, looks like you done ok in the silicon lottery. Once you get it under water it should help a wee bit more with temps.

I may try +0.00

I did try 4.8ghz @ +0.010 but i got a BSOD when launching RealBench. I think it's going to need closer to +0.015 or +0.025 for 4.8-4.9 and going by what I've achived so far, should easily hit 5ghz under water!

 

[setter]

5ghz will be great for benching. For gaming use, 4.5 or so will be grand with a pair of original titans, found this to be the case with my old 4770k and 780 sli which is pretty similar to the titans. Then like an eejit I sold that chip and "upgraded" to a 4790k.

 

[KiiYzOo]

I completely forgot to post in here that I ended up getting one of these

I'll take a picture of my setup later, but for now here is a pic of what I'm currently running at (I decided that I just wanted to undervolt it until I ended up putting it under water)

It is running a bit hot, but that is probably due to there not being enough pressure from the block on my nepton xl (one of the screws snapped whilst installing )

 

[snips86x]

5ghz will be great for benching. For gaming use, 4.5 or so will be grand with a pair of original titans, found this to be the case with my old 4770k and 780 sli which is pretty similar to the titans. Then like an eejit I sold that chip and "upgraded" to a 4790k.

haha, yeah I know that feeling. I'm not intending to use anything over 4.7 for general use/gaming, but it would be nice as a "look what mine can do"

 

[setter]

I do run mine daily at 4.7, basically as that's the highest I got stable so far. Too lazy to tune it down a bit. But this is my second 4790k and I had an idea of what it was capable of, (swapped my original with Tonester from here and MLG). First one ran a bit warmer and needed slightly more vcore at 4.7.

 

[NeilF]

Is this normal behaviour for the chip?

I was having some stuttering in a game, so fiddled with an app to prevent parking, which I later dispensed with. Just want to make sure this is normal behaviour now...

This is my processor sitting at desktop... Is is normal for half (or more) of the CPUs to be parked?

SO can someone else confirm in Windows 8.1, if they look at their 4790K sitting at desktop (running normally, ie: not overclocked etc), that they can see multiple of their cores parked like mine?

Thanks!

 

[NeilF]

^^ Really? No one can spare 30 seconds to look in their Resource Monitor while sitting at desktop?

 

[zola25]

My CPU is overclocked but I have speed step and C states enabled. I am NOT seeing core parking in resource monitor.

Not sure if that helps.

 

[Mana]

Just checked for you, no core parking here. Windows 8.1. Not done anything special apart from overclock to 4.7ghz.

Hth

 

[NeilF]

^^ Anyone who's not overclocked their CPU able to comment on if they see parking. ie as per - http://s28.postimg.org/qu7m675fh/usage.png

 

[Boomstick777]

4790K installed, temps seem in line with 4770K but have gained extra speed due to default clock speed at similar temps.

Think that's me set until later next year for CPU / Mobo, when we finally see what AMD Have cooking up.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

4790K installed, temps seem in line with 4770K but have gained extra speed due to default clock speed at similar temps.

Think that's me set until later next year for CPU / Mobo, when we finally see what AMD Have cooking up.

Great stuff. Don't suppose you are selling the 4770k

 

[Bickaxe]

^^ Anyone who's not overclocked their CPU able to comment on if they see parking. ie as per - http://s28.postimg.org/qu7m675fh/usage.png

Will have a look when I get home.

 

[Boomstick777]

Great stuff. Don't suppose you are selling the 4770k

Possibly, going to give my bro first refusal. I think he might still be happy with his Sandybridge stuff.

Keep your eyes on MM over next few days, can't discuss here lol .

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Possibly, going to give my bro first refusal. I think he might still be happy with his Sandybridge stuff.

Keep your eyes on MM over next few days, can't discuss here lol .

No worries mate. I have a wanted thread open if you could post in there.

 

[Boomstick777]

No worries mate. I have a wanted thread open if you could post in there.

No worries, will let you know later tonight if I've had chance to speak with my brother.

 

[Boomstick777]

I have one core that runs cooler than the rest lol. This normal?

CB run max temp 68c across 3 cores, not to bad.

 

[C64]

Yea it's normal and btw make sure to turn all power saving features off in bios and use manual vcore voltage when stress testing not doing so can cause false bsods and overvolt when using certain stress apps such as the latest prime.

 

[McGraw]

Yea it's normal and btw make sure to turn all power saving features off in bios and use manual vcore voltage when stress testing not doing so can cause false bsods and overvolt when using certain stress apps such as the latest prime.

Never heard this before.

 

[Darkman]

Can't see the point personally, unless you're just interested in benchmarking. There's no point stress testing unless you're running a realistic bios setup that you'll be using 24/7.

The main advantage of these newer CPUs is the power saving; let's face it they're not much faster than the previous generation (or two). Running with manual full load vcore all the time for the vast majority of users/tasks makes no sense.