How to overclock the i7 4790k & 2400MHz Memory
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2020
- This is a longer format how to video. I personally don't like how to videos that skip around and don't show the whole process. This is my solution. A mostly uncut video about overclocking your processor and memory. I hope you all enjoy!
Test bench specs
i7-4790k
MSI z97s Krait Motherboard
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2400MHz Memory
Nvidia GTX 980ti 6GB (EVGA)
1000w EVGA Gold power supply
Cryorig H7 Air Cooler - Наука та технологія
This…. So far is literally the best explanation and video I have found on the internet explaining everything… you sir are the man.
great video brother, I still have my 4790k thing is a beast.
thanks for the video..now i'm ready to oc my 6 years old Devil Canyon..👍👍
is devil canyon a nickname for the 4790k?
@@mochi_r6945 It's the name for the entire Haswell refresh line
Thank you for the video! It's clear you put a lot of work into this tutorial.
Thanks so much! :)
Very well taught and shown. Great tutorial!
Fun to watch and a good, steady and clear voice. Well done.
Unfortunately, my 4770k hit a wall at 4.4ghz at 1.25V.... Even delidded with 1.4v max avx temps stayed under 100C but i could never find stability over 4.4Ghz. But EOL is coming up and itching for an upgrade so i might give it a try again just for fun.
my 4770k almost same results, been running 4.4ghz @ 1.26v for years now
wow, best overclocking video i've ever seen
Great tutorial. I decided to simply use the OC Genie button which overclocks both CPU and DRAM automatically with optimized voltages and timings. The CPU frequency is 4.4Ghz with this button feature. The motherboard was Z87 MPOWER MAX (same CPU).
I did this with a similar feature on my z87-a motherboard. It overclocked my i5 4690k to 4.1 ghz. Later I tried manually overclocking and I got to 4.5 ghz with lower temperatures than the 4.1 auto overclock. I've read this is typical of auto OC features so you might want to try doing it manually.
Awesome video man. Perfect for a beginner like me. Keep it up!
Stunning guide, thank you so much ! I was able to get my 4790k at a stable 4.7Ghz but the poor thing seems to be incapable of pushing 4.8Ghz.
Helped me out loads!!!
I live in a very hot climate so could only mildly overclock and go to 4.6ghz and 1.175v with the cooling I have, it's clipping around the 80 degrees mark which is fine. Don't want it hotter.
It's been running perfectly stable for around 1 week now 😊
Thank you so much for your help.
its fine
If it's rock solid stable at 1.175, you have a pretty good chip, possibly good for 5ghz, the 3rd/4th gen chips are really easy to delid and well worth it
Nice video, important point is ram frequency. It is making a stress on cpu IMC module, so I think better to stay 4.6 or 4.7 with 1.32vcore or lower. Thanks for video.
Thanks! I dropped the voltage a bit more because temps were getting a bit too high for my liking :)
Great video, thanks. Ended up with almost twice the frames.
this video helps me a lot now i can play helldivers 2 with 6600 xt with no lag, thanks dude
Thanks so much for taking the time and doing this.
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching!
Thanks, got a little boost to 4.6Ghz at 1.25v. works like a charm
This is fantastic, thank you so much!
Could you help me please. Ratio is Auto for me and I got 4.4ghz once I put 46 like you'vegot and adjust voltages my pc starts but game crashes straight away and once i restart i got whea uncorrectable error. I put voltage to 1.30 and still keeps giving error until i put everything like it was, it simply doesnt want to overclock
at the end of your video why didnt u give ur final bios settings...... i only hear 4.7 what is the voltage?
My motherboard asked me what type of cooler I had and auto overclocked it for me, Im getting 4.7ghz on a 4790k but I cant find a place where i can change voltage etc im using the asus maximus hero motherboard
You could use Intel Extreme Tuning Utility on this CPU, its much easier and faster to tune the overclocks and has built in monitoring and stress testing.
That’s super interesting! I’ve only used that program to undervolt my laptops but I’m interested to see if overclocking with it is decent. I’ll check it out thanks!
@@kotaharp8462 definitely is, it took like 20 minutes to find a stable clock using XTU
I did exactly as you did. Everything goes perfectly until I enter a game. It works for 5 minutes after which everything crashes, I read on the net and the i7 4790k processor supports a frame rate of up to 1600 MHz. what can I do...
hello how i cant see anything at my bios with oweclocking or something like that and i have lenovo h50 50 can u help me ? or i have to download something ?
I'm looking for it,thank you
Thanks bro for this Amazing video!
What does the i7 4790k achieve with oc in Cinebench r15 single core test? That would interest me but an asus z97 with Xeon E3 1230 v3 as a second pc. Is it worth swapping the CPU? Can you get the i7 4790k in Cinebench r15 single core to 200cb?
i see ur update version is 10.7 mine is 2.7 and i have the z97 g45 but both our motherboards had the last update in 2016, where did u find that update to 10.7?
hey im getting an i7 4790k and i have the z97 pro gamer mobo do you think i can achieve 4.7 ghz i also have 1866 corsair ram and liquid cooling
Thanks for sharing this with us, we are just too weak-minded to do this on our own so thank you very much :)
Mine ran @ 5000 MHz @ 1.42V ... stable for years ... no sign of degrading ... had to upgrade afterwards. ;)
Still cherish this CPU like my 1080 Ti
What cooler are you using?
@@irfan7249 I 'have' used the BeQuiet SilentLoop II 360
Just got done overclocking mine, went with your recommendation of 4.6ghz at 1.260 volts and it works flawlessly, tried going higher but it crashed and my temps were a bit too high for me. The question is with games and how much performance I actually gained from it lol
where does he say this info... in the end he gives up nothing or am i missing something here
I have the i7-4790k and z97 gaming 5
The system freezes when igpu driver is installed (windows update/MSI website/intel DSA Tool) system works fine with Microsoft basic display adapter
But won’t pass audio via HDMI
Won’t let me change resolution to 1440p or 4k
No option for custom aspect ratio to adjust the top,bottom,left and right if the screen
Does anyone know how to fix it
Nice video, MSI Z97 boards are OK, you can mod the BIOS with updated microcode on those rather easily; the latest is 0x28
I can hold 4.7 at 1.440 with a de-lid but the cache I can never really get past 42
I’ve never heard of that but I definitely want to look into! Delidding would be fun but I’d have to get a second chip to do that too :) thanks for the suggestions!
You need to play with the sub voltages for system agent and ring bus/cache voltage to get cache to 43-45. The ram timings also need to be perfect.
Very clearly presented. Subbed!
Thanks!
So after following I have full watercooling over my i7 4790k I got it too 49ghz at 1.265 my chip has always been a good one!
if they were bought at 1600mhz, will XMP not have other options then? only way to get the vengeance cl10 from 1600 to 2400 is manual OC ?
You could be kinda pushing it trying to oc it i mean if it works its great but the way i think you'd need to push more voltage to achive this oc which can be unstable in the long run
What did you end up doing?
Nice job .I learn lots thanks
i have a question, can i overclock my 4790k using my G1 sniper B5 motherboard?
4790k delided 4.8ghz / 1.335v/ 1.95 input voltage, pretty stable for the last 2 years. Core temperature stays around 60°C with 21°C room temperature in games.
PC specs:
Asus Z97 ranger, 2400mhz DDR3 XMP(11 13 13 31), AIO Fractal Design s36.
That’s pretty good!
I ran my ram at that speed until I discovered that ram at 1.7V and fan cooled managed 10 12 12 32 (Kingston Beast). I also noticed that 100:133 ram divider is more stable than 100:100, so I now run that ram at ca 2550 at 11 13 13 31 with custom secondary timings. Extra bandwith really helps in Pubg :)
What about your ring voltage and cache frequency? And did you also change load line setting and did you need to up the voltage on the memory controller (memio voltage) ?
@@martheunen load line calibration is set to level 6 (keeps the input voltage at 1.95v without fluctuations). I've tried to oc the cache multiple times, but I can't see or feel any improvements, that's why I keep it at 40 with "manual" 1.2v. I'm not quite sure what "memio voltage" is, but, if you talk about "VTT DDR voltage", for me is set to 0.825v( it should be half of the DRAM voltage).
@@jabalajabolindest4852 Thx. yes i think i meant the ddr VTT cause the ~0.8V rings a bell. Not sure about the 'should be half' though. I Have LP ddr3 @1.35V and the VTT DDR was never under 0.7 default. I'll have to look into that some more.
And yeah, I only mentioned cache OC for possible stability problems, not as a peformance boost per se.
Thx again and stay safe!
I can't remember the voltage on mine ,must be 1.16 or 1.18 volt @4.5 ghz with ram at 2400 mhz . Very good CPU for his time 👍
i cant find another profile for my ram when i set it to xmp it locks it at 1886 and i cant seem to get my 2133 speeds that it says on the ram.
specs are i7 4790k z97 gigbyte something fancy motherboard ive had for a while
Thanks for the guide, I pushed mine to 4.9 @ 1.29v (70c) but once I tried 5hz even at 1.34 she said nope and wouldn't stay stable. Think it is worth deliding?
what a win of silicone lotery .......you sooo lucky my is 4.7GHz on 1.279V 76°C - cooler master evo 212 push-pull - i think about water cooling and pust to 4.8-9? :D
Great guide, but once we setup this overclock the processor keeps at 4.7ghz all the time, is there a way a setting to let it drop cores and voltages down at idle/low usage?
I was able to do it with ASUS Gryphon Z87. There is an option in the voltage in BIOS that is called 'Adaptive', you specify there max stable voltage for max clock and it uses that voltage when under max load and it drops the voltage and clocks when CPU is idle.
Can you do this cpu overclocking with 1600 MHz ram ?
You can OC in windows with intel Xtreme tuning engine
Back in 2015 when I got a 4790K and started playing around with overclocks, I learnt to keep the CPU temperature under 85C. The moment it goes over 85C performance crashes, regardless of the clock speed. Best I could get was 4.7GHz at 1.3v
smth not right, prob some protection kicked in, try disable those
I have a problem with the i7 4790k after using easytune on G1 z97 sniper gigabyte motherboard my temperatures went unstable and now trying not to kill it I underclocked it to 3.9 ghz. Any solutions. After I set the defaults from the bios which is 4.4 ghz I start the computer then it immediately goes to 90 degrees then drops down to idle. And same going in cinebench the temperatures jump to 100 degrees immediately. I have artic esports duo for cooler.
check the bios again, the default should be 4.0ghz i believe
thanks to your video now i see that my motherboard actually doesn't support 3 or 4 sticks of ram, as my speed has been downgraded to 1333 instead of 1600
Hey man... U should bump up the LLC (Load line calibration) its not gonna raise the temps on ur cpu but its gonna make it more stable!! It worked for me! y have it at level 5.
think hes enabled it, aggresive one actually
got the same cpu and ram. always ran it at default 4.4 and lowered the voltage to 1.2 to get lower temps. got a lot of crashes in Star Citizen Alpha, which led to disabling the XMP profile to fix. A game under development apparently doesn't like overclocks.
SC has more issues than just weird hardware requirements lol hopefully it's more optimized by the time it releases
Great guide! it has really helped me. I've so far got my i7 4790k at 4.7 ghz @ 1.26v stable and gaming. I got it semi stable at 4.8 ghz @ 1.28v and 4.9 ghz @ 1.34v (temp maxing at 80C @100% cpu usage), but when I game at those frequencies it freezes up after about 15 mins. It seems to pass short stress tests, but BSODs on games. Should I continue to bump up the voltages by like .005v increments and stress test for longer, or just settle on 4.7-4.8 ghz? I'm concerned that my CPU is just inherently unstable past 4.7 ghz no matter the voltage. What about other BIOS OC tweaks? My MB is an Asrock z97 extreme 9.
Delid that cpu. Mine had bad factory paste under the ihs and after liquid metal delid it dropped 40C
@@momfiethehunter504 Yikes, I'm new to CPU overclocking and de-lidding is a whole other level, lol. I managed to get my 4790k up to 4.8 gHz on all cores at 1.325v completely stable and the temps don't go passed 70C at 100% load. I'm just trying to close the bottleneck at bit for gaming on a RTX 3080. I don't want to upgrade my system until DDR5 comes out.
@@brianfox771 if temps dont go higher then 70 you should be fine. The voltage your currently at is the limit most overclockers would go to so i would not suggest pushing it further
@@brianfox771 Try lowering your vccin so it’s 1v higher than your vcore
Seriously confused with this! how are you managing 4700mhz with 1.26v? My pc requires 1.3v, and despite getting temperatures at 60c max, my pc continues to bsod!
Is it working on MSI H97 Mainboard?
What about Intelburn or prime 95? Overload is a better suggestion?
ibt is hotter
thank you my friend very good!
Great video! I guess I'm lucky to have my 4790k running 4.8GHz @ 1.22v, full load temp ~63C. I can definitely go higher, but I'm happy with the GHz and low temp right now. I'll keep this awesome CPU for another 2-3 years.
What? I've veen running my 4790k at 1.47ghz with 1.29v and it bsods while playing games and at the windows login screen, I had to bump it up to 1.3 just for stability, what are you on about?
@@bobtheboneboy6531 it's just silicon lottery, I'm lucky to have a good chip.
@@peterzhangww I have 3 of the same cpu and not a single one can manage it.
@@bobtheboneboy6531 I understand, my old 4770k was bad too, can't even get stable 4.2GHz @ 1.3v
When I had my 4790k i pushed it till 4.8 GHZ and it was partially stable with 1.324v .. the temps were around 70s as I had a Decent aio to cool . The thing is the cpu is very stable on 4.7 GHZ using 1.24v -1.26v
I’m running 4.6 at 1.23 volts and 76 degrees. With a noctua nhd15
It is a high temperature for everyday use. Water cooling is better.
@@DervisVejzovic 🤡
@@Jamal-fx1gv Im running my i7 4790k at 4.9 ghz (1.265 V) max temp 65 - DELIDDED
Is your case airtight or something? I'm running 4.6 at 1.28 V and never gets above upper 60s with the same cooler.
Would a 4790t also overclock to that level and does every z97 boards can do the same overclock options?
old k chips usually guaranteed 4.5ghz
oh nooo! Iv’e been using the intel stock cooler on this cpu for years I didn’t know it had overheating issues
Appreciate the work that has gone into this! Is there a big difference between 1600MHz ram and 2400MHz ram? I have a 4790k that I'm running at stock speeds (slightly undervolted) with 16GB of 1600MHz ram, but I'm thinking about upgrading to 2400MHz if I get the chance to pick up a cheap kit used. From what I've read online the difference is marginal, but I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts are on the matter. Regardless, keep up the awesome work!
not that much of a diff , in performance u get 3 or 4 more fps, in my opinion is not worth the money
The majority of newer games you will see a massive increase in fps as they like High frequency ram and low timings I went from 1600mhz to 2400mhz and seen a massive difference especially in the 1% lows. Main fps went up by around 15-20fps in some games I'm using the 4790k 4.7ghz and an rtx 2060 super if that helps
Maybe disabling eist, turbo, & c-states would help? Glad I got mine stable at 4.7Ghz @1.276v
they could interfere the stress tests
Buen video pro tengo el mismo procesador solo que con la tarjeta madre MSI z97 gaming 5 el oc lo deje en 4.6ghz
When I stress test the ram the available memory continues to drop. Is that normal?
Mine did this aswell, the graph were not stable. Would be nice to get a reply on this.
My 4790k running at 4.6ghz with 1.2v and using like this for 5 years... also z97x gigabyte g5 board.
the my 4790k is at 4.5ghz stable with 1.25v on g7 :D I wish I could go up again but I can't. :(
Thanks, got my CPU to 4.7GHz 1.36V
Hi, can you advise me with this...it has some effect change... Min.CPU Cache Ratio>auto or 44
CPU Management Configuration..
Enhanced Intel Speed Technology...Enabled/Disable ?
Turbo Mode... Enable/Disable ?
CPU C-States... Auto ?
thank you in advance for your help, u cool Dude...
try yourself which one works best
What kind of voltage would you recommend for a light OC? I was gonna go to 4.4.
@Arnar Gotcha. I've got an AIO too. I'm gonna start with 4.6 then!
@Arnar The 4.4 GHz boost clock is not on all 4 cores. If you use all cores without any tuning the core clock would be at 4.2GHz. Therefore 4.4 GHz is already a slight overclock. Allthough I agree that he should go for a higher clock since it's very easy and going to 4.4 on all cores is only a minor difference in performance.
@@nothingbutlove4886 no, the 4.4 boost is for every core, unless you choose a diferent option in the bios....
I use intel turbo boost to reach 4.4ghz, is there any difference between this method and manually overclocking to 4.4ghz? Also what is the difference between adaptive and offset voltage? Which is better for lower temp?
Intel turbo boost only runs 1 core at that increased clock, overclocken runs all cores at an increased clock
@@BigBoyDuckie again, no, intel turbo boost runs whatever cores you tell it to run and will keep them all at max clock unless it has to thermal throtle....
id disable it and just enable the speedstep when things all stable (redo the stability test)
I got mine at 4.8 with 1.335v, 1.2v on the ring. But I have it delidded with LM and a Noctua NH-D 15 it hovers around 65-75c. Goes to show how crappy the thermal paste is on the stock chips (I used to hit 75 stock before delidding)
That’s awesome! It’s a lot more work than some people are willing to do though. I’ve always wanted to try delidding for the lols. Maybe I’ll do a video one it!
@@kotaharp8462 I used the vice method but I wouldn't recommend it (almost destroyed the PCB, was like half a mm away from one of the contacts.)
My 4790k is running 4633 Mhz stable on stress test and gaming
for me is the best setting 4,6 ghz @ maximum 1,30v - 1,33v offset mode/CPU can still idle on 0,77v (100% stable)
2,2 ghz ram CL 9 / 11 / 11 / 31 (2x 8 GB Triton X)
on a Z87- A (SLI Board)
where these people get 2000+ mhz ddr3s
Its only for H87 and z97 Mobo or I can be on the B85M Chipsets?
Hi! just look up on Wiki at DDR3 Intel Chipsets and you will see limits of clocks of each chipset. Btw, in CPU OC, as always your Motherboard allows to change Core Voltages and CPU Clock Speed, you shouldn't have any problem(point: is very unnusual to can't do that). Btw, on higher clocks and temps i should warn you for your mother safety, because of all the heat emaning from the CPU can harm your motherboard components around it. Simplily do as you want but be care of temps in relation of your mother type of cooling.
is it ok to use 2400mhz with stock 4790k CPU
@james stead i think i'd rather get a actual 2400mhz kit
Yeah I did this with mine before overclocking perfectly fine
I managed to run my 4790k stable @4.7GHz with 1,256 volts, RAM is also OCed from 1600MHz to 2200Mhz :) runs fine, the system scored around 950 CB R15 points and doesn't run warmer than 68 degrees celsius when stress testing with Prime95 (non avx). 4.8GHz didn't even run stable with 1,33 volts (instantly crashed, I guess 4.7GHz are the maximum and sweetspot or I need to increase other voltages but I don't want to). I am happy with my result :) Intel says that Vrin should be 0.4 volts higher than Vcore.
Yeah that’s a good overclock. Not sure what kind of voltage people were using when they got 5.0GHz but they probably also had binned chips. 68 degrees is pretty good!
@@kotaharp8462 thank you for your feedback. I am really happy with my system :) Tempa would be much higher if I would use Prime95 with AVX. But I think it is not required and it runa stable since around 4 months, so it is fine :D
@@ronnie3626 You should check the Ring voltage. My mobo gave it 1.050v at stock and had to increase it to 1.2 or my system would crash despite the higher CPU voltage applied.
That's a pretty good voltage for 4.7ghz. You can try pushing it to 4.8ghz with 1.3-1.31v vcore and input voltage around 1.95v. Don't forget the the input voltage, its really important.
@@Ediranii I tried out what happens if I apply more ring voltage but it was not stable, even with 1.35v and I really don't wanted to increase it even more. I think 4.7GHz are the maximum and sweetspot and I am happy with the result :)
Is there a problem if i oc my cpu with 1600mhz rams?
no
I have stable 4.6GHz on my ASUS Z97 with 1.25v. Temp ok.
Mine is to unstable it dies if i go to 4600mhz and 2.280 volts its stable att 4300mhz tho
mind you its 3.16 at default unlike this 4.0 def, so pretty good chip i must say
I have 4,6 with 1.26 but 4.7 with over 1.3 why ?
Higher voltage needed to achive higher speeds
Vut then you wncounter diminishing returns when the faster you go and more volts per 0.1 mhz you need
great video. seems like you have a great chip. my cpu is at 4.5Ghz and needs 1.29V to run it. i tried going for 4.6Ghz and it needed almost 1.38V which is too much. I think i will keep it at 4.5Ghz. nice tutorial tho!
Thank you! Glad you are happy with the overclock! I also like to go with safety and reliability than all out. :)
Make sure you have a good cooler. The cooler the CPU, the less heat it produces, meaning that you can OC more.
@@boggless2771 not quite... The CPU is going to produce a given amount of heat at a given voltage. A good cooler dissipates more heatl it doesn't make the CPU generate less.
@@Harmonic14 CPU efficiency is also a function of temperature. The resistance goes up when it's hotter. When your CPU is hotter, it's less efficient in terms of computational power per watt. So cooling a CPU also reduces the heat it produces.
@@boggless2771 erm.. no, what you say actually breaks the laws of physics....a voltage at certain amperage in a certain cpu or any electric/electronic device will produce X ammount of heat due wasted energy, it doesnt matter if you cool it or not, the heat it is there because energy that is not used is transformed in heat not because some magic. When your cpu is hotter, it is not less efficient in terms of computational power per watt because it is pulling the same wattage, it simply is taking more time to be disipated, be it at 30 degrees or 70. It is like you believe the better cooler you have in your cpu the less power it will pull from the wall, it is kinda funny. The amount of heat disipated is always the same, it is part of a cpu design. The only thing a cooler changes is how efficiently the heat is disipated, nothing else. Your computer wont start using less watts magically because you just changed your cooler to a better one, which is what your "theory" proposes and breaks the most basic laws of physics...Remember, energy is not created, energy is transformed. Better cooling does not generate less heat, simply dispates it more efficiently. Ask for a refund at your school, i think we used to learn this at the age of 12 back then....
Thank you
I overclocked to 4,7 GHz and on 100% stress test I have only about 65 C
Thanks for tutorial
i have 4.7GHz on 1.279V / temperature: 76°C / air cooling: cooler master evo 212 push-pull / cpu is delided and lapped :D i realy think about io water cooler and pust to 4.8~4.9?
@@michalhornak3655 yea I have water cooler and runs 10 C cooler as you can see get it too
A question I have 2*4gb starlite ddr3 ram no heatsink and 2*4gb hyperx ram with heatsink which frequency to go for ram
Hmm not sure what you mean. If you have both installed in your system, your motherboard will only allow you to run the memory at the speed of the slowest memory kit. So if you have a 1600mhz kit and 1333mhz kit, you motherboard will only allow 1333mhz. Does that help? :)
@@kotaharp8462 i mean can i oc ddr3 ram which has no heatsink just 1866mhz or 2133mhz base is 1600mhz
@@kotaharp8462 and i have a coolermaster tx3 air cooler not very good but can it help me oc 4790k to 4.2ghz ?
Ah okay. Well you can OC ram that doesn’t have a heatsink. Just make sure your case has good airflow and there is air moving over the ram. But if you ram is not rated to run at 1866mhz it may not OC to that frequency. It’s a 50/50. Good luck!
@@ayanchatterjee9601 how is 4.2 ghz considered OC when the CPU boosts to 4.4 at stock?
I've managed to get 2 settings, 1 for air cooled 1 for water-cooled.
Air cooled i7 4790k
Set at 1.115v core voltage giving 4.4ghz base 4.8ghz boost, 74c under load
Water-cooled i7 4790k
Set at 1.17v core voltage giving 4.6ghz base 5.27ghz boost 76c under load
Both completely stable
Did you get better performance on higher cpu boost than higher cpu base?
sorry if i explain myself bad,
i mean on what could give you better performance:
for ex:
5.0 base clock and no boost
or
4.6 and 5.27 boost
4.7 @ 1.275v good chip
I managed to achieve 4.7ghz @1.4v on my 4770k running at a stable 70c. Also got my 16gb Corsair DDR3 2133mhz kit running at 2600mhz @5.555v and its super stable. Might try reducing the volts on my CPU by just a tad so I can get a bit more life out of it.
5.5v??? isnt ddr3 normally at 1.5v? (max 2volts)
@@Hypnot47 1.555v my b
So i7 4790k to 4,6 GHz AND 1,260v it's that ok?
I can't get mine stable at 4.5Ghz @ 1.280v :(
@@4thcolour288 i just change my cpu.
Now I have i5 10400.
@@4thcolour288 1.280 at 4.5 here 87c at max on stress test
1.260 4,7Ghz 71°C
@@MarkGamer03 That's just crazy! Lucky you
Few thing's. Im not sure but you did not change main voltage for all core like 1.8 to 1.9 for overclock. I'm running at 4.7 at 1.260 and 1.830v plus cache 4.2 at 1.15v in the bios. Both frequencys are fluctuating depends on load. Second thing is your ram. You only change the clock but not the timing's so it doesn't matters anyway. My ram 4x4 GB base is 2133 9.10.10.31 did 2400 10.12.11.31 214 cycle 1.670v GSkill Try to pkay with timing's and last thing...on air 4790k do not go higher then 1.3v but of course with a good cooler.
I know its fairly late in the game.. For me to be askin you this , Buuuut what made you think it was simply the core voltage causing your overclock to not stick... Its doubtrful that it was my 4790k does 5ghz (actually 5060mhz) with about 1.365V - So 4.8ghz would run fine w. 1.275 - And therefor 4.7 would run fine with 1.225v ... Jus sayin the core volts are NOT all it takes at all . You couldve adjusted system agent .05 and digital IO .075 higher than analog (and analog just .025 higher than SA)
You mean, sa voltage offest can be 0.0500? IO analog 0.1250 and digital 0.0750?
Got my 4790k stable on 4.9 ghz 1.34V and cache (NB) on 4,6 ghz for 3 years now, i delidded this chip and using LM on the die and the headspreater~ using a noctua nh-d15 chromax max temps onaming mid 60's and on full load arround 75°C, got my ram (4x4gb) on 2200 mhz with 10-10-10-27 T1 timings. I used before a h100iv2 AIO but the temps wasnt better, on longer gaming evenings the temps are pretty high on an AIO and its very loud compared to this master peace Noctua. I could let run this thing on 5 ghz~ but for stable settings i would need 1.4v~ and this is not realy safe if u dont own a very good custom waterloop.
Can you run this cpu on 4.6 ghz with the h100i v2, while keeping the temps low?
@@1_luismm I was using the exact same AIO, sure u can but only with a delidded chip you will see low temps. With a stock one its difficult, but ye 4.6 is not realy high and that should work easy. But dude if u go water better set your target to 4.8 or something like that and dont forget your cache OC and your RAM.
why my i7 4770k in stock use 1.29 Voltage ?
synthetic programs can raise voltage behond its default
@@Hypnot47 my processor always uses this voltage and if i try to overclock it to 4Ghz then the system crashes
@@Warcity93 1.29 stock its not possible... have you tried to reset bios?
i have all in default
How is the best current GPU i can use with this CPU?
I would say probably the gtx 1660ti or RTX 2060. They are roughly the same performance as the gtx 980ti
@@kotaharp8462 thnks anda gzz for the video, help me a lot
basically anything above 980ti (1070, 1660ti, 2060) would be bottlenecked at 1080p. If you play at 4k you could probably even go with the upcoming 3000 series :D
@@Ediranii this gpus wont be bottlenecked even at 1080p, wtf...I had this cpu for 6 years, I had 970gtx, 1080gtx and 2080gtx...and had same fps as these gpus tests show with the top cpus at the moment these cards were released, 2080ti and 3080 are already bottlenecked by 15-25 fps depending on a game and resolution, but this cpu is still a beast and if you have 60ghz monitor its not that important if you change it for a newer one
@@alexeysavinov2101 dude this CPU bottlenecks my 1070 dude and it's at 4.8 ghz. Try any CPU intensive game (insert Ubisoft title here) and you'll see where I'm coming from. AC Odyssey sees my CPU reaching 100% in most occasions where as my GPU stays at 80-90% utilization. Don't talk smack dude. I wouldn't write stuff like that if I hadn't tested them beforehand. At higher resolutions I agree it'll hardly bottleneck even the 3090 (at least at 4k) but at 1080p..... well just look at some tests by gamer's nexus to see my point being displayed for your viewing pleasure.
Just a small tip.. Try using CPUID HWMonitor, you can view core usage, temps, volts & wattage... very handy if you want to see exactly what's going on.
**Edit** I managed to get a stable 4.7Ghz @1.280V maxing out at 65°C.
Thanks for the advice! I’m not a huge fan of hwmonitors layout but I can definitely see how it’s a benefit when overclocking!
I overclocked to 4.5 but left turbo enabled and was able to reach 5.2 at 1.230v however my cooler isn't enough when I run the stability test I go 54 to even 60c on some cores.
What was your core voltage 4700mhz
think it was 4.13 at 1.45v, it boots at 4.3 but board cant handle it
I have 4770k at 4400 MHz and 2400 RAM ,11.13.13.1 t , has been working in this configuration since 2013 ! today it is already paired with 6800 XT, and a 4k monitor, everything is more than satisfied ! I think I'll change another video card))
Does this work with 1600mhz ram or I need 2400mhz ram?
any ddr3 is fine, but 2000+ ddr3 do faster and more responsive
Will 2133 MHz overclock to 2400?
Good question! If you purchased the memory for 2133MHz it should guarantee 2133MHz, anything past that is a 50/50. You can try it! The worst that would happen is you’d get a black screen and need to clear your cmos on your motherboard. Look up how to do that before OCing. But yeah, it’s a 50/50 if it will OC past 2133MHz. Good luck!
Kota Harp thank you for the answer! I’ll give it a go
lol some motherboards wont even run it at 2133, besides what do u need overclock for?if its games then 1333 will perform just the same as 2400...
Did stresstest on 4.4 ghz same cpu and got temperature around 100 and my computer just crashed facepalm
you need delid and use conductonaud from thermal grizly ..... temperatures will drop aroud 23°C try to lapping nad you will get next 3°C thats 26°C - to your 100°C i was on same boat bro :D
How long does overclocking take, with the stress tests? The whole day???
Can I just check back after 1 hour?
gonna watch this later, thanks.
Also, should I overclock? I don't use for gaming
I have videos on my channel about the 4790k and how much more performance you can get from OCing. It will shorten the life of your parts so you need to figure out if it's worth it for you. To be VERY sure your OC is stable they recommend a 12-24 hour stress test. I usually do 3-4 hours because I'm impatient. I don't push my parts to their limits so it hasn't given me issues.
@@kotaharp8462 well how much does it shorten it by. if i remember correctly OCing doesn't shorten the life at all or so marginally that 5-10 years later, you would already get a new pc anyway.
it's a day of my time of my computer being unusable so I guess I'll do it, except I think I'll get less than 10 % benefit from what it already is. but my logic is that in 5 years I'll have the money and much faster tech available then to be getting a new pc.
my reasoning is that I Should use up every ounce of juice on my system so 5 years from now, better than having a non-oc pc that wasn't used to full potential when I won't need it anymore, versus an oc pc which will probably still work after 5 years. (As long as I'll have my data in case of hardware failure, but that's safe on the HDD/SSD?)
Thanks,
@@lxMaDnEsSxl its different for each so find yours (methods)
no it mainly benefits game fps
I use Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. You don't have to go into BIOS that way.
DELID IT! And overclock it