overclocking 4690k

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 00:09

so Ive recently got my self a i5 4690k so far ive disabled turbo and have all 4 cores running at 4.2Ghz on stock volts.
I'm using a gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI rev 1.2 board

so how far can I push the 4690k? Ive never played with volts before so im really looking for a step by step guide if possible.

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James

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 00:23

Im using the corsair H80i

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 00:37

fx63007850 said:
Ok whats your max temps now.

ive not ran prime but when I ran intel burn I got mid 60's Im not sure what is to high for the 4690k.

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 14:09

I put the multi to 45 went to run intel burn and got to temps of mid 80's!!
think im looking at a cooler before I go playing with anymore overclocking...

I did a quick google and tried a few tricks like having the side off and pressing the waterblock to see if it was secure. I also checked that it was seated properly.. i get idle temps of 26 to 29c and during gaming it never goes over 60c but during stress test it shot up!!

Im half tempted to try a good air cooler.. any recommendations?

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 15:30

I never touched the voltage. I had the fans set to max which never even made a difference.

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 15:53

I do have a Titan Fenrir EVO sitting I was half tempted to try this.

http://www.titan-cd.com/Y_product_C_uni_cpucooler_e.php?id=343#5

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 17:27

so Ive been in and checking my bios. the only thing ive done is disabled turbo and increased the multi.
Ive put this back to 42 which is where I had it sitting before.
I ran Intel burn and got to 85c according to core temp and speccy.
so I ran cpuz and I see my core voltage is sitting at 1.322v
a quick google and I don't see anyone using this high a voltage!! so this could explain my high temp.
again I went into the bios and all the voltage settings are at auto which is where they were as default..
whats causing this? it seems to sit at this constantly.
Im going to reset my bios and see what happens voltage wise. will report back.

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 17:53

so I reset the bios.
disabled the on board graphics, booted into windows at standard clock and ran Intel burn
and my temps never went over 57c and that was only on one core and my core voltage was sitting at a nice 1.120v.
after this I went back into bios disabled turbo set the multi to 42 and then went into windows. opened cpuz I never even done a stress test and my voltage was back up to 1.322v!! can I ask!! WTF am I doing wrong!!! ive even tried setting my turbo to 42 and it still increases my volts..

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 19:03

everyday is a school day.. so I set my vcore to 1.25 and I downloaded realbench and done a stress test.
so after 15 minutes of realbench the highest I got was 66c on one core.
I also reset the high and low on core temp then ran an intel burn out of interest. and it never went over 78c and that was set at 4.3 where as ive only ever went up to 4.2 before.

I know Mr MD said not to use it but I was curious. out of interest.. does intel burn get used nowadays for a stress test?

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 19:04

so should I try and hit the sweet 4.5 now? if I do do I use realbench and stay away from IB?

jbh110tdi · 20 Oct 2015 at 20:16

so I went for the 4.5.. I ran realbench and ive only gained 1c on the max temp so Im pretty chuffed at that.
will this be pretty safe to run 24/7?

jbh110tdi · 22 Oct 2015 at 12:27

looks like im not getting the 4.6 without a voltage increase.. ive tried a few times but it either freezes or BSOD'S during realbench

Ill just stick with the 4.5 as it seems pretty stable at that on the voltage its on and temps are sitting around the same as it was on stock.