OCing

Dude said:

Sounds good mate. I take it you already tried lowering the Vcore too?

Yupp. As low as it gets. May have to up it one more. But I see ppl getting 4.5 at 1.2v withe the same temps. That's y it bothered me.

IT all depends on the specific hardware Pat, Dude was kicking our butts with a stock Intel cooler. Some can OC to 4.8 at 1.2V, others need 1.4 or so.

It's the silicone lottery

Dude said:

It's the silicone lottery

Yup, I have two 3770Ks, one I've had to 5.2, just to brag, the other won't go more than 4.8.

I got it to 4.5 @ 1.160v... Just temp worried me... I'm too use to AMD lol.

I need a new case an new water cooler :) H80i ain't going to cut it this summer. Max Temp was 74c on hottest core with fan on normal.

while gaming for about 2 hrs, max cpu temp was 63c and max gpu temp was 72c

Looks good mate.

idk, just not happy with those temps...

anyway thanks guys!

digging up an old thread here....

after some testing i got stable at 4.5GHz fully

in prime 95, the temps hit ~75C @ ~1.2V. while gaming i seem to hit ~65C @ 1.216V. This is with an ambient temp of ~27C. How do you think these numbers are? do you guys think its safe for 24/7/365 usage? I game for hrs on end too.

Sounds Okay Patrick, especially for Prime. Volts are good on the lower end too. I don't start worrying till the CPU gets to 90C, I have Core Temp overheat protection set to shut down at 95C in one second.