Overclocking 4690K to 4.7 and beyond ...

[Davud]

Hi,
Today I installed DeepCool Maelstrom 240 AIO liquid cooler on my i5 4690K (Mobo: Z97-Ranger, RAM: Kingston Hyper-X 2400).
My experience in OC is limited to LGA 775 and air coolers. 😄
After Oc'ing to 4.7 with 1.29 voltage, and running a 20 minutes stress test, the average temp was 68~70 and maximum temp 74~77.
What do you think about the result? Should I aim for more?



I appreciate any opinions and suggestions. Thanks.

[cytotek]

With those temps, i dont think anymore would be much benefit as you'd probably need more Vcore which in turn will cause my heat and degrade your cpu faster.

Its a nice overclock and going from 4.7 to 4.8 wont be much of a difference, but say going from 4.4 to 4.7ghz thats when you'd notice performance in real world gaming and applications.

I have my 4820k at 4920mhz and there is not much of difference between 4.8 and 4920mhz, but there is a difference between 4.6 and 4.92

If you can keep the temps below 75 then push higher, if not, its not really worth it.

Best of luck with your future overclock.

[Davud]

Thank you cytotek 🙂