Why my i5 is consuming so much power? (Overclocking topic)

Vraneck

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Hello community,
I have somekind rare problem with my i5 4690k crashing after overclocking. I tried to overclock it with some tutorials, yet on start my cpu consumed much more energy than cpu on video.

I've been lookign on toms hardware similar topics, but this seems kinda odd and i want to make new post for this.

Below i am sharing my cpu: MHz, Voltage and temperature and CPU based PC SPECS. If something is unreadable tell me, ill just rewrite it.
http://imgur.com/a/RWgt0

Few more things:
-Case airflow isn't perfect but it does its job. (SilentiumPC Gladus M35 = 2x120mm fan)
-If you lower voltage, it will crash
-If you set voltage to auto, it will pass intel burn test, yet it will crush on games a 0,5h later
-I ve tried to boost up frequency up to 4.35MHZ, passing Intel Burn Test at 84*C, than crashing at games (Call of Juares Gunslinger and Overwatch)



At the end i want to apologise for hurting your language :), I am not native.


 
Solution
First off, set your base clock back to 100mhz. You should not be touching baseclock when overclocking an unlocked CPU - it can cause all sorts of weird problems.

How do you know how much energy your CPU is consuming?

If it crashes, that means it's not stable. To get it stable, you generally need to add more voltage. If it's not stable at 4.25ghz with ~1.28v, your CPU is a below-average overclocker, but that's silicon lottery, you just got unlucky. Given how poor of an overclocker your CPU appears to be, I would probably just leave it at stock.
First off, set your base clock back to 100mhz. You should not be touching baseclock when overclocking an unlocked CPU - it can cause all sorts of weird problems.

How do you know how much energy your CPU is consuming?

If it crashes, that means it's not stable. To get it stable, you generally need to add more voltage. If it's not stable at 4.25ghz with ~1.28v, your CPU is a below-average overclocker, but that's silicon lottery, you just got unlucky. Given how poor of an overclocker your CPU appears to be, I would probably just leave it at stock.
 
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