Overclocking my 5960x

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Hey guys

I had the 6850k and I replaced it with my brothers 5960x

I want to overclock it to 4.2 and I'm afraid of the tempatures ..

When I had the 6850k I overclock it to 4.1 am it was on 40c max on gaming.

An I know that t 6850k is 14nm and the 5960x is 22nm.. so the 5960 is hotter..

The cooling system that I have is ek predator 360.
It is the best AIO water colling.

So what do you say guys the 5960x will be much higher temperatures on 4.2?

Or it's better to switch back to the 6850k because it's a newer generation??

Thanks allot!!!
 
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The Original Ralph
maybe i wasn't clear - ETU will display voltages that each profile you downloaded wants to change to as well as allow you to adjust them from inside windows
then you can run a benchmark test - they generally run for 5 minutes

once done the benchmark score will give you some idea if it was beneficial, plus it'll display the max temp you hit

but seeing what others with your same motherboard and cpu are running should tell you what you asked
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i'm going with the 5960x and one of the reasons was the larger lithography (22mm) means a larger area to transfer the heat out, so it should be easier to cool

Most of the reviews i've seen indicate the 5960x will go 4.5 predictably stable, so i was hoping to go 4.2 - 4.3

fwiw
 
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haven't researched that but suspect if you google "overclocking i7-5960x" you'll get a ton of hits

i was planning on using Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility (ETU) solely for the fact that once you've run a benchmark test, the option pops up to compare your results to others - if you select it, it will open a page on HWBot.com - you can choose to register or not, but even if you remain anonymous, you can go to the "Analyze" page

there you'll find a graph, and your position will be on it with an arrow showing you where you place. At the top of the page, select comparisons to your cpu and your motherboard. The graph will change to only show those. But what's nice is, you can scroll over the other dots - hover over each one and you'll see what their benchmark was, what clock speed they were running and more importantly the compatibility with your system. Anything showing a compatibility over 80%, clik on that "dot" and on the right you'll see the option to download that user's settings. Down load them, i label them with their clock speed & compatibility, that way i can download a number of them.

Once you've got some, you can import them into the ETU utility, and using those settings, choose to change your settings to whichever one you select. ETU will change your settings in your BIOS, including core voltage values from within windows (sometimes it will require a reboot to fully implement the changes). But you can then try each one out. Obviously, i try the ones that show 100% compatibility first.

But a warning, whenever i leave ETU on my system, my Bios settings seem to go unstable and change around mysteriously. Once I'm true and have selected the one i want, i save a screen shot of the ETU page where you can change the values if you want, but capture the one you've settled on and then i un-install ETU.

Google for the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, it's a free download from Intel

Hope that helps
 
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Gilibong

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Yeah I heard about it.
But the overclock that I am doing is from the bios. This is the way that I know.
Just asking what is the average temperature? And what is the lowest core voltage that I can set for it.. because I know that the lower voltage is lower heat..

Bdy
Thanks for your answer!!
 
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maybe i wasn't clear - ETU will display voltages that each profile you downloaded wants to change to as well as allow you to adjust them from inside windows
then you can run a benchmark test - they generally run for 5 minutes

once done the benchmark score will give you some idea if it was beneficial, plus it'll display the max temp you hit

but seeing what others with your same motherboard and cpu are running should tell you what you asked
 
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