Overclocking 4770k on air?

[Bart_Hunt]

Hey guys

I have a question about oc'ing a 4770k on air.
How high I should aim?
What's the maximum safe temp with air cooling?
My case is Corsair Carbide 540 w/ Akasa Venom fans ( 3 140, 3 120 )
Prolimatech Megahalems w/ 2 Akasa Apache PWM fans
Avexir 8gb 2133 mhz ram.
Motherboard most likely will be a Gigabyte Z87X-OC.
And there will be 2 780s in there as well.

And before you say anything, watercooling is out of question here - I just had a small leak, fortunately no damage but scared me loads, so I don't want any watercooling in this case.

Thanks in advance for advice

 

[mickyflinn]

4.5ghz is achievable but as you aim higher due to the die shrink and the way intel has used thermal contact on the cpu then its not worth the effort.

 

[Bart_Hunt]

Thanks, I'll try that as soon as I get the motherboard

 

[Jumper118]

80-85c under full synthetic load.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

And check your default Vvore before you attempt any overclocking - that'll give you a ballpark of what the chip is capable of.