Which daily overclock would you run?

Cotti · 8 Jul 2016 at 14:08

Hey everyone I'm curious as to what peoples opinions are as to which of the following overclocks you would run on a daily basis. Both are stable and I don't believe either have a dangerous voltage or too high a temp but is the jump to 4.8 worth the step up in volts? Here are the Overclocks anyway the CPU is under water.

4.7GHz @ 1.285v 66c max
4.8GHz @ 1.355v 73c max

I've not attempted 4.9GHz as I believe the jump in volts would need to be excessive.
Many thanks

Paul.

Minstadave · 8 Jul 2016 at 14:15

I'd run the 4.7ghz clock, you'll never notice the difference in the real world and less heat and noise would win for me.

Glanza · 8 Jul 2016 at 14:36

Out the two 4.7ghz though 66c when your just cooling your chip seems alittle high for me.

Drangueos · 8 Jul 2016 at 14:41

24/7 I prefer to keep under 1.3V, wouldn't mind up to 1.35V.
So far my last 4 CPUs were running at 4.5Ghz and less than 1.3V

pastymuncher · 8 Jul 2016 at 14:47

4.7Ghz as you are not going to notice the extra 100mhz but less voltage and heat is always what you want.

abui1806 · 8 Jul 2016 at 14:53

4.7Ghz for me. For 4 core cpus, the difference of 100Mhz isn't much.

BluD · 8 Jul 2016 at 16:27

I run mine 100 mhz under its max for daily use, that last 100 mhz does require quite a big volt increase, i bet for 4.9 you would be looking at 1.43v looking at the increase needed for 4.8.

Just run at what ever your comfortable with as its you that has to live with the extra fan noise or heat by running it faster. I know when my room starts getting real hot in summer i start limiting my overclocks so i dont get too hot my self.

Cotti · 8 Jul 2016 at 18:51

Glanza said:
Out the two 4.7ghz though 66c when your just cooling your chip seems alittle high for me.

Sorry forgot to mention those temps are under a full stress test.

Cheers for the replies everyone!

OLDPHART · 9 Jul 2016 at 04:35

Even dropping down to 4.4 giving lower volta and temps, you wouldnot notice the differance.

My 5820K will quite happily run at 4.5 1.29v 24/7 with temps in the mid fiftys, but l'v dropped it to 4.2 for gaming and other tasks.

AdamScott85 · 9 Jul 2016 at 11:33

I would run whatever is highest as long as the temps are good enough.

BluD · 9 Jul 2016 at 12:57

Yeah in winter i do that, helps keep the room warm

In summer i do the opposite.

JanxSpirit · 10 Jul 2016 at 11:44

Given the choice between 4.7GHz and 4.8GHz, I'd go for 4.5GHz.

You're never going to notice the difference of an extra 4 to 7% over 4.5GHz unless you're mostly benchmarking rather than actually using the PC. I know it's fun to chase the last couple of hundred MHz, but it doesn't really make a significant real-world difference except in terms of power consumption and heat output.

PS Grats on the rig. It looks absolutely stunning! :cool:

Evian · 11 Jul 2016 at 02:35

4.8 if heat in you're room is not a problem.

groovesection · 11 Jul 2016 at 09:20

JanxSpirit said:
Given the choice between 4.7GHz and 4.8GHz, I'd go for 4.5GHz.

You're never going to notice the difference of an extra 4 to 7% over 4.5GHz unless you're mostly benchmarking rather than actually using the PC. I know it's fun to chase the last couple of hundred MHz, but it doesn't really make a significant real-world difference except in terms of power consumption and heat output.

PS Grats on the rig. It looks absolutely stunning!

This ^^
I used to OC my Phenom x6 hard (3.8 @ 1.48v) but it was really hot and cost me a fortune in electricity, it was a 140W TDP :eek:

In the end I ran it undervolted at stock with CnQ enabled lol

As has been said, that extra 100mhz will make no real-world difference, it will only affect benchmarking, hell even at stock you would not notice much difference.
I would personally back it off to 4.5 and drop the volts