Safe to push to 4.6Ghz on i5 3570k (ivy bridge)?

jonte986

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Hello!
So, i decided yesterday to oc my cpu and i managed to get to 4.5Ghz and make it stable. (15 min in prime 95 gives me a max temp. of #1 67°C, #2 74°C, #3 73°C, #4 70°C, but they were 65, 72, 71, 68 average, and it is at 1.144v in full load). My question is: would it be safe to push to 4.6Ghz?
I've heard people say on youtube that going over 1.2v is nothing they would do since ivy bridges run hot but still some guy from asus says 1.35 volt is the max safe voltage. (And btw my second core didn't run that hot in the last test.. my room is hotter today, that might be why)
 

chriscornell

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The extra juice those 100Mhz would give you (next to nothing) are not worth it IMO. If the rig is running 4,5Ghz stable now, leave it at that.

Those temps are ok, I presume that your cpu is aircooled at the moment?