Intel Core i7-3770K @ 5.0 GHz on ASUS P8Z77-M PRO (STABLE)

jnjnilson6

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What do you think? Am I extremely lucky to overclock my 3770K to 5.0 GHz on a motherboard under 250 euro?
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jnjnilson6

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The temperatures are very low since I'm using the Corsair Hydro Series H110 water cooling! At 5.0 GHz with it, I have lower temperatures compared to 4.2 GHz with the stock cooling!
 

jnjnilson6

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My hands were shaking while saving the BIOS settings after I had set the voltage! Thanks god my lucky chip decided to keep performing calculations and didn't break. IDK why, but the voltage I set in the BIOS is actually much higher than the actual voltage.. I've set a voltage of 1.575 Volts in the BIOS, but what CPU-Z shows is 1.448 ~ 1.536 Volts. I think that this is some kind of safety feature.. Since the CPU runs at 1.448 Volts when doing something intense, like running Cinebench R11.5 x64, I don't consider the voltage being a problem (The CPU runs at higher voltage when idle, and lower voltage when under pressure)! I am very happy with this processor!
 

jnjnilson6

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Of course, I'm not! Even working with full thrust, my CPU is 15 ~ 25 degrees away from dangerous temperatures! I am going to tell you a short story in which my lucky CPU didn't fail me again. I installed the water cooling, but couldn't see if I connected it properly, so I went in the BIOS and overclocked my CPU to 4.8 GHz (the cooling was not working) and booted up into Windows. I got to the part where I had to write my password, when a BSOD occurred! The PC restarted itself and I went in the BIOS again. I saw that the temperature was 97 C, but I was still unaware that the cooling system wasn't working. I thought it was faulty, or that I have a really bad chip which cannot handle 4.8 GHz. I removed the CMOS to empty it (at the time my BIOS had a bug and this was the only way for me to change clocks, if I didn't empty the CMOS, the clocks wouldn't change, so I had to remove it every time I wanted to change the speed of the CPU, yesterday I updated the BIOS and now I can set clocks without having to clean the CMOS.) and after I put it back on, I went to the BIOS again, and since my CPU clocks were set to default, (because of the clean CMOS) I saved and after that my PC turned off (the CPU turned itself off to prevent damage). Then I decided to check the cooling system and found out that it wasn't connected properly. I haven't had any problems since then. I guess that my chip is just awesome!
 

fudoka711

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Dang dude, so far it sounds like you lucked out with your cpu. I would still advise keeping the voltage that high though. I'm assuming you won't be running it full load all that often though, right?
 

jnjnilson6

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Yes, I don't think of pushing my luck too far.. I'll keep the voltage as it is! I'm not going to use my CPU's full capabilities that often, the most I'm going to get out of it is probably going to be while rendering a 1 hour video or something like that.. But this won't happen that often, so I don't think that I'll torcher it too much!