***The Official 8HR Stability 5820k/5930k/5960X Overclocking Thread***

[Combat Fighter]

Been having a play with my 5820k, seems pretty solid at [email protected] and [email protected].

Is there a general consensus for what is a safe voltage for these chips? I.e no degradation over time at all. I typically upgrade once every 5 years or longer to get my moneys worth.

How good are these at teaming an overclock (say 4.2ghz at 1.2v) with the eco mode stuff? I don't fancy having it pull over 200w from the socket all the time. xD

You can go to 1.3v as long as your cooling is good.

 

[Muel]

You can go to 1.3v as long as your cooling is good.

What's a healthy temp for these to go to? Was sitting at around 57-59C when stressing 4.2ghz at 1.2v.

 

[Combat Fighter]

What's a healthy temp for these to go to? Was sitting at around 57-59C when stressing 4.2ghz at 1.2v.

I'd say anything up to 80c or there abouts. I know they are rated to go higher, I'm just not used to seeing high temps as I'm on water as I'm around 60c.

 

[LtMatt]

4Ghz Cache/Core stable at low voltage.

Spoiler

 

[garyfl]

hi guys, just took delivery of a 5930k es stepping batch no: j507b034

anyone know where this chip will play in the silicon lottery ? wont be able to build until 27th

 

[ketma]

Not sure on batch nos, but hope you get a decent one to be part of the club!

 

[Howling]

Spoiler

4.5GHz on 1.265v
Those numbers may change, that was just a quick OC I did yesterday so I have a baseline to work from

 

[Silent_Scone]

4Ghz Cache/Core stable at low voltage.

Spoiler

You need to run the actual cache test lol

 

[kamz]

Surprised not more x99 owners posted in here....perhaps their overclocks are not stable ?

I'll add mine here, wanted to find a stable starting point before any attempts to push it further.

5820k+Cache @ 4300Mhz, CPU @ 1.16v - Cache @ 1.3v

ASrock Extreme4 3.1, Crucial greens @ 2600 (not 2666 as stated in the pic)

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The above gives me the following in Aida Cache + Memory benchmark: