Hello guys, as now i dont use my pc as heavily as i was before, im thinking to undervolt it, in hope to reserve its life and overclock it again later in the future when it is getting obsolete. I have a 4790k @ 4.4GHz 1.2v, couldnt get any lower than 1.2v i guess my chip didnt win the lottery. Then i tried to underclock it and i managed to get 4.0 GHz at 1.025v, tested with prime95 small ftt, managed to get from high 70C to high 60C temp, and power draw from 120W to 80W using cpuid monitoring software.
So as the title says, does it matter? Do i get more lifetime out of this chip by doing this? I do plan using this chip for long time after all. Yes i get lower performance, but i doubt i need that extra juice anymore, just doing some mild gaming and watching nowadays, i doubt gaming can take advantage of that 400MHz difference, or do they? I use kraken x61 with 1 fan plugged off because it start making noise, and a gtx 970 if that matters. Cheers.
So as the title says, does it matter? Do i get more lifetime out of this chip by doing this? I do plan using this chip for long time after all. Yes i get lower performance, but i doubt i need that extra juice anymore, just doing some mild gaming and watching nowadays, i doubt gaming can take advantage of that 400MHz difference, or do they? I use kraken x61 with 1 fan plugged off because it start making noise, and a gtx 970 if that matters. Cheers.
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