I5-4690K with Corsair H60 watercooler recommended overclock

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I have an MSI Krait Z97S motherboard with an I5-4690k cpu with a corsair H60 watercooler.
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z97S-SLI-Krait-Edition.html#hero-overview

What do you think is a realistic, more on the safe side, overclock?

I am an oldschool overclocker , im talking celeron 366 to 500 days. From what I've ready I should go to around 1.25v and change multiplier to 43 (to achieve 4.3ghz).

It is not a time for arrogance or discussion so much , just the facts mam.

I am using this ram. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231615
 
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synphul
If you try that vcore at 43 and it's stable and temps are good, one of two things. Either try a multiplier of 44 and retest or stay at x43 and start lowering the vcore a tiny bit (1.23, 1.21 etc) and retest to get the lowest stable voltage. Otherwise you'll be running more vcore than necessary. For temps I use realtemp and/or hwinfo64 which gives various readings for temp, vcore, core activity, gpu use/temps etc.

I typically use prime95 v26.6 small fft's for thermal testing and ibt (intel burn test) along with memtest and rog realbench for stability once thermals seem to be in check. If anything fails, then try and adapt the settings either increasing vcore a tiny bit or backing off the multiplier.

Good read on haswell thermals...
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i have my 4690k clocked to 4.4ghz @ 1.23v stable with CM Hyper 212 Evo. I had it at 4.6 but i was pushing the temperatures a little too high with air cooling. you could probably hit 4.6 pretty easily with the h60. i wouldnt recommend going over 1.35v or 80c on load for extended periods of time.
 
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If you try that vcore at 43 and it's stable and temps are good, one of two things. Either try a multiplier of 44 and retest or stay at x43 and start lowering the vcore a tiny bit (1.23, 1.21 etc) and retest to get the lowest stable voltage. Otherwise you'll be running more vcore than necessary. For temps I use realtemp and/or hwinfo64 which gives various readings for temp, vcore, core activity, gpu use/temps etc.

I typically use prime95 v26.6 small fft's for thermal testing and ibt (intel burn test) along with memtest and rog realbench for stability once thermals seem to be in check. If anything fails, then try and adapt the settings either increasing vcore a tiny bit or backing off the multiplier.

Good read on haswell thermals (including 4690k devil's canyon).
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html
 
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First try with 1.25 Vcore and 44 multiplier. Run some stress tests like Intel burn test or AIDA 64. If it passes the stress test for 15 mins, lower the voltage by 0.025 and run the stress test again. Do this until your test fails(system reboots or BSOD occurs). The penultimate core voltage is the minimum voltage required to run @ 4.4GHz. Like wise you can do for any multiplier value. Minimum you will be able to overclock to 4.4GHz using 1.25 Vcore. If you are lucky like me, you can hit 4.5GHz with 1.175 Vcore. One more thing is don't increase your Vcore beyond 1.3 volts. Doing so will reduce the lifespan of your chip. Also, the temperature should be under 80 degree while running your stress test. If it increases beyond 80 degree, reduce the Vcore.
 
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