Motherboard thinks CPU isn't unlocked?

beany_bot · 11 Dec 2015 at 21:25

snips86x said:
I know I can get my 4790k at 4.8ghz using an offset of +0.05 which is honestly outstanding! It gets too hot though so I run it at 4.5ghz daily.

Does it get hotter with more Hz though? I only though it got hotter with more volts?

snips86x · 11 Dec 2015 at 21:30

beany_bot said:
Does it get hotter with more Hz though? I only though it got hotter with more volts?

Both

beany_bot · 11 Dec 2015 at 22:48

snips86x said:
Both

Ahh didn't know that. Is it quite slight with the Hz though? didn't notice temp increase from x44 to x45. I'll try x46. MY rooms is cold during winter anyway. been playing Rust for 3 hours now and temps are good. constantly using 4.5ghz too.
I definately feel it snappier than stock! its great.

beany_bot · 11 Dec 2015 at 23:36

OK so just tried 4.6Ghz and got BSOD loading windows. So back to 4.5 now. Seems good and stable. I guess 4.5ghz @ 1.2v is my sweet spot with my current cooling system. I should should count myself lucky I got a good chip and found my sweet spot so fast. Happy days. I'm enjoying all this over clocking stuff!

FloppyPoppy · 11 Dec 2015 at 23:57

Overclocking is great! Makes some great gains in games too (just call me Eminem or what?)

4.6 is pretty much the sweet spot too unless you have pretty beefy cooling you need to many volts to make anything higher run cool and stable (unless you have an illusive golden chip)