Intel i5 6600k overclock to 4.2

Aryanprince

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I never done any overclock before but I want to just do this modarete with my CPU. In BIOS I have some factory profiles for overclock and there are 4,2; 4,3 ... until 4.6. I set it to 4.2Ghz and it works just fine. I don't see temperature difference from stock. After Firestrike test max temp was 48c. (And from 7800 physics score stock i got 9000 after overclocking to 4.2). But I didn't set any core voltage and left it auto. It goes up to max 1.25 and rarely (i never seen it but hwmonitor showed as max 1.27). Should I leave it like that or i need to set manual vcore? And what would you suggest for my vcore to set in order to work at 4.2Ghz (i know it may be different for every cpu).

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Well i'ts perfectly safe as it is, although you could (probably) bring down the Vcore. Personally I run my i5-4690k @ 4.2Ghz at 1.1v, but again every chip is different, but you should try bringing down the Vcore just a bit.

True Buie

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Well i'ts perfectly safe as it is, although you could (probably) bring down the Vcore. Personally I run my i5-4690k @ 4.2Ghz at 1.1v, but again every chip is different, but you should try bringing down the Vcore just a bit.
 
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