Hey all, recently got a new CPU (i7 6700k) and MOBO (Asus Z170-A). My cooler is a 5~ year old Corsair H60... but it seems to do the job for now until I can invest in a new case / cooler.
My question is this... I recently overclocked the CPU to 4.5 GHZ @ 1.3v. I've been told / read multiple places that you don't want to see your CPU go over 80-85 or so during stress tests for the lifespan of your chip. However, I get very different temps depending on what benchmark I do.
On my current overclock I hit a MAX of 85 in Prime95 version 26.6 (pretty sure... whatever the recommended version is), but on Realbench I only max out around 75 or so. While gaming (not 100% stress test loads, obviously) I'm usually anywhere between 50-65 absolute tops (for instance running TW Warhammer on ultra).
Could I maybe be safe to crank up my voltage / clockspeed a bit more until I hit 80-85 on realbench? Or would it be smarter / safer to keep it where it's at seeing as I'm already getting those temps on Prime95.
Bonus question: My GPU is an EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ Edition (factory overclocked "to the max") whatever that means. I've never seen my GPU go over like 79 degrees at 99% usage. Idk what safe GPU temps are... but could I potentially overclock this beyond the factory specs as well? Thanks in advance for the answers, I'll be replying to every post ^^
My question is this... I recently overclocked the CPU to 4.5 GHZ @ 1.3v. I've been told / read multiple places that you don't want to see your CPU go over 80-85 or so during stress tests for the lifespan of your chip. However, I get very different temps depending on what benchmark I do.
On my current overclock I hit a MAX of 85 in Prime95 version 26.6 (pretty sure... whatever the recommended version is), but on Realbench I only max out around 75 or so. While gaming (not 100% stress test loads, obviously) I'm usually anywhere between 50-65 absolute tops (for instance running TW Warhammer on ultra).
Could I maybe be safe to crank up my voltage / clockspeed a bit more until I hit 80-85 on realbench? Or would it be smarter / safer to keep it where it's at seeing as I'm already getting those temps on Prime95.
Bonus question: My GPU is an EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ Edition (factory overclocked "to the max") whatever that means. I've never seen my GPU go over like 79 degrees at 99% usage. Idk what safe GPU temps are... but could I potentially overclock this beyond the factory specs as well? Thanks in advance for the answers, I'll be replying to every post ^^
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