What is considered a decent overclock for an i9 7900X on liquid AIO cooling?

Cromulent · 22 Mar 2018 at 12:25

I currently have my system running at 4.4Ghz but I'm wondering if I could push it any further? I have pretty high-end components along with a really good quality power supply.

I'm just not sure what kind of speeds other people have been getting with this CPU? I've never been that good at overclocking so I'm at a total loss here.

I've also just updated the BIOS / UEFI to the latest version to fix the Spectre and Meltdown bugs so that might have an effect on my systems performance.

subbytna · 23 Mar 2018 at 15:44

What sort of temps you getting at stock levels? The i9s are toasty, even for an AIO

Cromulent · 23 Mar 2018 at 17:10

subbytna said:
What sort of temps you getting at stock levels? The i9s are toasty, even for an AIO

Could you recommend some temperature monitoring software? If there was something that just ran in the background and saved the temperature information to a log I could look at later that would be great.

james_2k · 23 Mar 2018 at 17:33

Hwinfo for temps.

I’m running per core over clocking at 50,49 and the remaining 8 cores at 48.

subbytna · 23 Mar 2018 at 20:16

Cromulent said:
Could you recommend some temperature monitoring software? If there was something that just ran in the background and saved the temperature information to a log I could look at later that would be great.

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/hwinfo64-download.html

As James said

~>Dg<~ · 23 Mar 2018 at 21:25

once you notice big ramps knock it back one.the heat really ramps up on these.

trawetSluaP · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:37

My 7900X hits 75C in a fully custom loop... I really need to get this thing delidded.

james_2k · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:38

Lol. That’s all?? Get it overclocked properly then

trawetSluaP · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:44

james_2k said:
Lol. That’s all?? Get it overclocked properly then

That's at stock!

Don't want it going any higher.

I set the Asus sync all cores and it was running at 4.5 but hitting 100C haha admittedly on auto volts though.

james_2k · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:47

Oh I see. What are you using to check temps?

trawetSluaP · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:48

james_2k said:
Oh I see. What are you using to check temps?

The Aquaero and HWInfo.

james_2k · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:49

Sorry I mean what stress test ?

trawetSluaP · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:50

james_2k said:
Sorry I mean what stress test ?

Ah sorry, don't use benchs, just the stress test in CPU Z and Folding@Home/Video Encoding

james_2k · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:52

Ok cool. well that seems a bit high for stock. Have you reseated the cooler at all?

I’m annoyed they didn’t solder these cpus. Would be much better.

trawetSluaP · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:56

james_2k said:
Ok cool. well that seems a bit high for stock. Have you reseated the cooler at all?

I’m annoyed they didn’t solder these cpus. Would be much better.

Not yet, has an EK Block on it and I can't be arsed to semi dismantle the loop to reseat the block. I don't think that's be the issue though although it may be worth a try.

james_2k · 24 Mar 2018 at 15:59

Nothing to lose. Well except everything if you aren’t careful

I have an ek block on mine, in gaming will sit between 45 and 75 depending on the game. As I have one core set to 5 ghz it gets the main workload and backed up by the second one at 4.9ghz. So those cores are normally quite a bit warmer than the others.

trawetSluaP · 24 Mar 2018 at 16:01

While gaming mine hovers around 60C.

Why oh why would they not solder such a high end CPU!?

james_2k · 24 Mar 2018 at 16:02

Cheapskates.

Plus they want to give humbug and amigafan something to laugh at us about

gavinh87 · 24 Mar 2018 at 16:13

james_2k said:
Cheapskates.

Plus they want to give humbug and amigafan something to laugh at us about

Someone missing from that list

james_2k · 24 Mar 2018 at 16:15

Haha. Loads missing ! But amd guys don’t get it. 8-)