Overclocking without Extra Cooling

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k0ld

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I have a couple of questions.

My first question is about overclocking. I am debating between the 4670k, 4770 and the 4770k. My question is without adding extra cooling hardware, what will a (preferably very) stable operating speed be? I would like to go with the 4670k and overclock in .1-.3 ghz faster but like I said I don't want to add extra hardware. So, what I am asking is, with the 4670k or the 4770k what is a very stable overclocked speed that I could stay at without having to add extra cooling hardware?


My next question should be easier to answer. The 4670(k) is an i5 quad core processor but the i7 4770(k) is also a quad core processor only it is considered an i7. What are the differences between the two?
 
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I wouldn't recommend ANY OC'ing on the 4670 with the stock cooler. I have one and they run very hot!

I ran the Intel Burn Test on the system in my sig with all BIOS settings set to "Optimized Defaults". Within 10 sec. the temps shot up to 94*C. and I had to abort the test. I have a new Noctura NH D14 SE 2011 which is waiting to be installed.

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The i7 has hyper-threading, which is pointless for gaming, at least at 99% of today's games, gives you some boost when running a lots of apps or multi-threaded apps, but games don't benefit from it. And I'd say, more you could achieve with a 4670K with stock cooling, could be, 3.6? 3.8? But those are guesses, as Haswell runs a bit hotter when overclocking compared to sandy bridge and Ivy bridge CPUs.
 
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Y0GI

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I wouldn't recommend ANY OC'ing on the 4670 with the stock cooler. I have one and they run very hot!

I ran the Intel Burn Test on the system in my sig with all BIOS settings set to "Optimized Defaults". Within 10 sec. the temps shot up to 94*C. and I had to abort the test. I have a new Noctura NH D14 SE 2011 which is waiting to be installed.

Yogi
 
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ess0523

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THe Intel Stock coolers are just not meant for Overclocking, so I would not recommend any overclocking with the CPU Stock Heatsink Cooler. I would try to buy a cheap air cooler or closed loop liquid cooler and then overclock, so you get MUCH better results.

You also can't use the 4770 for overclocking, only the 4670k or 4770k (the k means it is unlocked and ok for overclocking)

If you are definitely going to overclock and are going to use haswell then I would reccomend the 4770k just because it already starts better so it will be easier to achieve a better overclock with it.

After you do all this you could probably overclock the 3.5GHz 4770k to 4.4GHz - 4.9GHz

If you want to know the percentage off overclocks that get to what frequency, then check this out:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/06/01/intel_haswell_i74770k_ipc_overclocking_review/6#.Ua6RSm3m7_k

That is all and happy overclocking! :)
 
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