- May 27, 2016
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I was just recently helped on another thread about my i7 4790k on MSI z97 Gaming 5 motherboard with stock cooler running WAY too hot (in the 100c) while playing Overwatch.
I am looking into getting a watercooling for this so that I can use it back at its full potential but not where I will destroy the chip like what it was doing to itself.
BUT right now someone told me that my core ratio was too high (it was on auto) and that MSI's boards are crazy about overclocking your chip whether you want to or not, and I had no idea it was doing this. I thought that it was at a stable 4ghz, but i guess it was pushing it further once i started to use the cores so tht the games ran really well? I am not sure.
I just recently fixed the CPU ratio to 26 so that it is at a fixed rate of 2.6ghz which allows me to play my favorite games (Overwatch, league, rocket league, etc.) very well and I recently tested the temps while laying and they seem a constant 55-60 ish range. Which is MUCH better than what was going on.
**I feel that this is low enough to keep the temps down as well as let me play games just fine, should i raise or lower it maybe? with the stock cooler still on it**
What would you suggest I do? Or what watercooling should I get?
**Side Note - I do go to college and I will be packing up and moving 30 -45 minutes away so I am not sure that watercooling would be good for that kind of movement? am I right?**
**I will be getting AS5 thermal compound soon (or some other) and will reseat my cooler to my CPU to make sure that it is okay, and this may have been the problem, it may not have seated well, I am not sure**
Specs:
i7 4790k
MSI z97 Gaming 5 motherboard
Antec Three Hundred Two Mid-Tower Case
Stock CPU Cooler
MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X
16gb of ram (not sure what) 1600
I am looking into getting a watercooling for this so that I can use it back at its full potential but not where I will destroy the chip like what it was doing to itself.
BUT right now someone told me that my core ratio was too high (it was on auto) and that MSI's boards are crazy about overclocking your chip whether you want to or not, and I had no idea it was doing this. I thought that it was at a stable 4ghz, but i guess it was pushing it further once i started to use the cores so tht the games ran really well? I am not sure.
I just recently fixed the CPU ratio to 26 so that it is at a fixed rate of 2.6ghz which allows me to play my favorite games (Overwatch, league, rocket league, etc.) very well and I recently tested the temps while laying and they seem a constant 55-60 ish range. Which is MUCH better than what was going on.
**I feel that this is low enough to keep the temps down as well as let me play games just fine, should i raise or lower it maybe? with the stock cooler still on it**
What would you suggest I do? Or what watercooling should I get?
**Side Note - I do go to college and I will be packing up and moving 30 -45 minutes away so I am not sure that watercooling would be good for that kind of movement? am I right?**
**I will be getting AS5 thermal compound soon (or some other) and will reseat my cooler to my CPU to make sure that it is okay, and this may have been the problem, it may not have seated well, I am not sure**
Specs:
i7 4790k
MSI z97 Gaming 5 motherboard
Antec Three Hundred Two Mid-Tower Case
Stock CPU Cooler
MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X
16gb of ram (not sure what) 1600
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