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

[RetrogamerX]

pull your finger out setter,id have had it built by now

cant be any worse than your old cpu

lol

 

[PCZ]

Yes working fine.
BIOS ver 1504
I updated using USB flashback, didn't have to i just prefer to do that.
Be aware it will flash the firmware on restart so don't panic and keep your hands off the keyboard and reset switch

Any issues I am having at the moment are my own fault for messing around with the DC chip at the edge of stability.

 

[setter]

Lol, im waiting on a mate getting me some thermal paste. All i have is some very old as ceramique. Don't know if it would be ok to use it.

@retro, vcore on yours is pretty impressive. Loads of headroom on volts and temps by the looks of it.

 

[PCZ]

So who got L4 chips ?
Are they any better.

 

[RetrogamerX]

Lol, im waiting on a mate getting me some thermal paste. All i have is some very old as ceramique. Don't know if it would be ok to use it.

@Retro, vcore on yours is pretty impressive. Loads of headroom on volts and temps by the looks of it.

I used MX-4 on my Corsair H105. Fan speeds are 800rpm. MX-4 has always been a great paste for me. I'm happy at 4.5 I'll oc if I need to. I see no need. Like I said not really into benchmarking any more...just pure gaming

 

[Mana]

Retro, push the overclock buddy!!!

 

[setter]

I normally use liquid ultra but ill go with a conventional paste this time. Easier to clean and as theese chips seem to be a lot cooler there's not the same need to shave as many c as possible off. Liquid pro/ultra are generally 4-5c better than normal pastes.

 

[wazza300]

@PCZ the few ive seen so far have been better clockers/lower voltages

5ghz with 1.25v one guy had,another on 4.7ghz with 1.212v

 

[Five.Stars]

So who got L4 chips ?
Are they any better.

Not me, L3 week 36 here!

 

[setter]

5g at 1.25. Pretty impressive there. Quite possibly the best ive heard of so far.

 

[wazza300]

from Denmark it was

 

[tipes]

5g at 1.25. Pretty impressive there. Quite possibly the best ive heard of so far.

from Denmark it was

Amazing chip he has got - won the cpu lottery. Lol.

Mark

 

[PCZ]

Before you all get too excited the only screenie shown was Superpi 32M about a third of the way through.

 

[wazza300]

still good though,even if he needed extra .1v that's still only 1.35v

 

[rare]

Whats supposed to be the stock volts for these chips?

Mine was running at 1.25 when turboing to 4.4Ghz...that's when my temps were running so high...after selecting the XMP preset for the ram..

 

[wazza300]

depends on each chip,im guessing around the 1.2v mark in windows and maybe 1.1v mark in bios

xmp might adjust the bclk aswell and auto voltage might overvolt more than needed so try reducing cpu v if you can

you'd need to experiment with the the right llc setting and cpu offset amount

 

[rare]

Cheers, it seems like for some reason it was feeding it way too much voltage for stock clocks. I am not that interested in overclocking it, I want it to just turbo to 4.4 at good temps so that I can have my system nice and quiet. Any speed difference in games over 4.4 is probably negligible to me.

 

[cwgk91]

On my MSI board, its feeding it 1.28v at stock settings! Seems massively high

 

[rare]

That's way too much surely. Mine is now running at sock clocks at 1.199v

 

[Loque]

So I bit the bullet and ordered one along with an Asrock Extreme4 and a 450D

Getting all excited now