3570k overclocking limit?

RomanStan

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Oct 30, 2013
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I have an i5 3570k with a cooler master hyper 212 evo heatsink, how high should I go without the risk of damaging anything?
 

leeb2013

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it varies chip to chip. I run mine 24/7 4.4GHz, 1.14v. Reaches 62C max which I'm comfortable with. It'll hit 4.7GHz around 1.25v, temps around 80C max. By 4.8GHz it needs 1.3v and temps get to 80C quicker, I just tried this too see, but not worth it for the extra heat, V and power usage. 4.4GHz seems to be a good compromise, 30% o/c, not much extra heat.