intel i7 4930k

[insidious]

I was wonder if i can have some help over clocking my system at stable point 4.4ghz or 4.5ghz the following specs i have are

1000 watt psu
32gb ram
Gtx 970 4gb ddr5
Mother bored, gigabyte x79-u4 socket LGA 2011
Cpu, Core i7 4930k
Cooler, be quiet! DARK ROCK 3 SilentWings CPU Cooler 190W TDP


Thank you so much.

 

[darket]

There are loads of Guides , just google Haswell overclocking guide (no different from devils canyon) and 4.5 should be no problem , north of this might require a de-lid as temps can get high

 

[zola25]

4930K is an Ivybridge-E CPU and will be soldered therefore no need to delid. As Darket says though the best bet is to search for some guides, although I am sure you'll be helped on here particularly if you have specific questions.

 

[insidious]

The chip is not soldered to the mother bored? What!!! And yes it is a ivy bridge chip

 

[insidious]

I did hours of research before I posted here and half of it it's backwards or people have no clue what they are talking ....just figured since this was a overclocking and hardware site someone should have a idea

 

[zola25]

I did hours of research before I posted here and half of it it's backwards or people have no clue what they are talking ....just figured since this was a overclocking and hardware site someone should have a idea

Indeed, it is not soldered to the motherboard! Delidding as darket suggested is the process of removing the metal heat spreader from the top of the CPU and replacing the thermal paste between the heat spreader and the CPU die. Don't confuse the heatspreader with the heatsink, it's simply the square metal section that caps the CPU. On all xxx-E CPUs (including Ivy bridge) there is no thermal paste, the heatspreader is soldered to the CPU die resulting in better thermal transfer. Intel used to do this for all their CPUs, but cheaped out over the last couple of years on all but their high end platform.

In summary what I am saying is that delidding your particular chip would destroy it, and therefore posted to make sure you didn't follow that approach. I'm afraid I can't offer advice overclocking your particular CPU as I have no experience on the X79/X99 platforms, but as I said previously there'll be plenty of people on here who will be able to advise.

 

[JackRegan]

There are loads of overclocking threads on the i7 3930K which are worth looking at. I know this is Sandybridge-E chip but has the same 130tdp as your 4930. I recall when they were released they wasn't much difference to the 3930k which I have and I don't remember many running 4.5 (not benching or running without HT) even with high end water cooling.
Good luck

 

[Panos]

I was wonder if i can have some help over clocking my system at stable point 4.4ghz or 4.5ghz the following specs i have are

1000 watt psu
32gb ram
Gtx 970 4gb ddr5
Mother bored, gigabyte x79-u4 socket LGA 2011
Cpu, Core i7 4930k
Cooler, be quiet! DARK ROCK 3 SilentWings CPU Cooler 190W TDP


Thank you so much.

What is the serial number, production week and manufacturing plant of the 4930K? (are written on the cpu lid).

That will depend how far you can clock it. It could be only 300mhz above boost or up to 800mhz above boost (boost clock is 3.9Ghz).

Rule of thumbs
a) You will need watercooler for above 4.2Ghz
b) If is made in Malaysia, 4.4 for early ones (before week 30 2014) and if lucky 4.5 (after week 30 2014) is the max overclock you will ever get, regardless how much power you give it. And needs watercooler above 4.2Ghz.
c) If is made in Puerto Rico and before week 30 2014 it can clock up to 4.7 for less power (and heat) than the Malaysia made chip. But again you need WC above 4.3Ghz here.

I did hours of research before I posted here and half of it it's backwards or people have no clue what they are talking ....just figured since this was a overclocking and hardware site someone should have a idea

The significant majority even in here doesn't have such ancient platform in use to give you a fast answer.

There are many guides imho, and best one is the 8Pack about the X79 platform in the motherboard section.