Haswell cpu overclocking

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Im planning to get a 4770k and i want to overclock it to 4.5ghz. If i get the corsair h80i what temps can i expect when playing battlefield 4? this is for a new build btw. The parts will be a NZXT phantom 410 case, a corsair cx 600 watt psu, 8gb of 1600mhz ram from corsair, obviously a 4770k on a gigabyte z87 mobo with a gtx 750ti sc, and the case will be using a few SP120 fans quiet edition.
EDIT: i might go with the 4670k instead. and still overclock it a good amount.
 
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Good to know.

I couldn't tell you what temps you'd get at 4.5GHz, depends on the chip and it's hard to find reviews that demonstrate a similar situation.

I would however get a Z97 motherboard (will support Broadwell upon release in case you're interested) and if you can, get a 4790k which is intended to release on June 2nd. If this is true, then it would be a far better choice than the 4770k - it turbos to 4.4GHz at stock, so you're guaranteed a healthy performance boost over the 4770k. Moreover, it has improved TIM to reduce heat, which will help you reach your 4.5GHz goal.
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im not going to want ultra graphics and being able to play on 1080p. im going to do a lot of video editing with sony vegas and im gonna do some stuff in photoshop. mainly graphics design. ill get a better gpu later but im not gonna shell out 300 on a gpu when the 800 series is coming out soon.
 
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Good to know.

I couldn't tell you what temps you'd get at 4.5GHz, depends on the chip and it's hard to find reviews that demonstrate a similar situation.

I would however get a Z97 motherboard (will support Broadwell upon release in case you're interested) and if you can, get a 4790k which is intended to release on June 2nd. If this is true, then it would be a far better choice than the 4770k - it turbos to 4.4GHz at stock, so you're guaranteed a healthy performance boost over the 4770k. Moreover, it has improved TIM to reduce heat, which will help you reach your 4.5GHz goal.
 
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Agree with JOOK-D entirely. Suggest you research the 750 on the graphics hierarchy charts on this site. Low power use and cool but not really a gaming card. It doesn't matter what you overclock your CPU to when your GPU is holding back your gaming experience so much. I assume this rig is mainly for gaming as you're asking about BF4 temps. If you do go for a max haswell overclock, I would recommend you delid the CPU. This is a very easy process but I personally don't like the razor blade option. Try one of the vice methods. Much less likely to cause damage in my view. I just put one edge of the board against one side of the vice, the edge of the heat spreader against the other and heated with a hair dryer/heat gun (on low heat) while gradually tightening the vice. Eventually the lid just pops off. The boards are much more robust than you'd imagine. Check out vice/hairdryer haswell delid videos. I got a massive (approx 20 C), free temp drop for very little effort, freeing up much greater overclocking potential. No warranty though!
 
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id rather not delid or anything. i might just wait for the 800 series cards to comeout so the price of the 700 series cards will go down a little. and i might as well get a different mobo to support broadwell. is there any clue as to the price of those cpu's? i dont wanna go over $350 for one.
 
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To partly answer you original question, after delidding my 4770k and using the larger H110 cooler, I get 8 deg C over ambient temp at idle and just creep into the 50s C range running Prime95 (more demand on CPU than any game). That gives me a big buffer for further overclocking before hitting the max 85 deg C that I'd never exceed. I should point out that I'm only overclocked to 4.2 atm; waiting to complete my custom water-cooling loop before pushing speeds.
Xfire 290x GPUs are coping just fine in any game ;-)
By the way, I'm using a LG 34UM95 ultra wide monitor that's just perfect for editing. Bloody expensive, but there are much cheaper widescreen options that you might want to consider if you are mainly editing.
 
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im just gonna use a standard 1080p asus monitor. i really dont wanna delid since its kind of my first build.
 
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