Overclocking i5-6400 ~ Newbie help

cyclingjas · 28 Aug 2016 at 12:06

Hi,

I am currently running my i5-6400 @ 4509.5/45101.1 it jumps a bit :rolleyes:

It runs at a lovely 28/30 dergrees Idle and 48 degrees full load.

Question is can it be pushed more ? It feel like it wants to go more ?

I am currently running a Corsair H55 with pull only config, I was also thinking of upgrading this from the standard fan and adding a push pull config, but I would like to use two half size 140mm fans, i see you can get them at half size allowing two fans to go into the same spot as one ? I just want to make sure they will be pushing as much air through as possible.

Equally I am wondering will I gain from pushing it more or not ?

I am a newbie to overclocking so please be gentle with me.

i am running the ASUS Z170-e Motherboard, GTX 960 2gb want to SLI these or maybe get at 1060 when money allows

snips86x · 28 Aug 2016 at 12:20

Not sure you will get much more from that, it seems to be overclocked already. Did you buy an overclocked bundle?

cyclingjas · 28 Aug 2016 at 12:25

Yeah I brought the 8 pack Bundle, but used my existing cooler rather than the one that came with it. I have the 050 version of the BIOS for the MB that i used and updated with the profile provided by 8 Pack, there was an option to manually over clock to 4.5 which i have done.

Its rather addictive seeing what you can play with, I think I am going to need deeper pockets !

Frank Jeagar · 1 Sep 2016 at 19:40

At 1.328v you have a bit left over to push it further, you probably won't need any form of fan upgrade based on your current temps.

Honestly though, your performance increase will be minimal and going past your current voltage is pushing it for a 24/7 overclock.

I'd still try it though just to see what your CPU can do, I do that with just about everything I overclock for the fun of it

Just don't push it past 1.4v...

U4iK · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:07

Hi there I am running an i5 6400 at the same clock speed as yourself.

One thing I have noticed is your memory is running at 2666, can you let us know what memory your running and what it is running at?

cyclingjas · 5 Sep 2016 at 00:09

U4iK said:
Hi there I am running an i5 6400 at the same clock speed as yourself.

One thing I have noticed is your memory is running at 2666, can you let us know what memory your running and what it is running at?

Hey sorry for the delay, this is what I have here

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB DDR4 2666MHz

Just treated myself to an M.2 240gig Card, what a difference that has made !!