- Oct 6, 2017
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Hello, everyone. I know that this has been debated over and over, but I am a (complete) rookie when it comes to things such as cpu voltages and speeds and I need your advices.
So, I finally bought my first I7, and it is a 4790k with an Asrock Fatality Killer Z97 mobo. I also have an Arctic Cooler Freezer Extreme Rev. 2 cooler on my CPU. If it matters, the RAM is made out of 12GB DDR3 Corsair running at 1600Mhz (2x4 and 2x2), and the PSU is a 600watts Recom.
1. In idle, the temperatures vary between 31 - 41 degrees Celsius, and in one hour of gaming, I noticed it never exceeded 70 degrees Celsius. Also, when surfing the web, listening to music or watching movies, it can reach almost 60. Is this ok? Isn't the gap too big, especially in idle (10 degrees)? For example, my last cpu (I3 3240), oscilated between only 22-23-24 degrees in idle.
2. I explored my mobo bios (without clicking on anything), and I noticed the following CPU voltages:
a) CPU Input Voltage 1.792
b) CPU Vcore 1.064
c) CPU Cache Voltage 1.160
Is this ok for my CPU? What does it mean?
3. How do I know my CPU is not overclocked? Because for the time being, I do not want to oc it, because my cooler and case are not very expensive.
Thank you very much.
So, I finally bought my first I7, and it is a 4790k with an Asrock Fatality Killer Z97 mobo. I also have an Arctic Cooler Freezer Extreme Rev. 2 cooler on my CPU. If it matters, the RAM is made out of 12GB DDR3 Corsair running at 1600Mhz (2x4 and 2x2), and the PSU is a 600watts Recom.
1. In idle, the temperatures vary between 31 - 41 degrees Celsius, and in one hour of gaming, I noticed it never exceeded 70 degrees Celsius. Also, when surfing the web, listening to music or watching movies, it can reach almost 60. Is this ok? Isn't the gap too big, especially in idle (10 degrees)? For example, my last cpu (I3 3240), oscilated between only 22-23-24 degrees in idle.
2. I explored my mobo bios (without clicking on anything), and I noticed the following CPU voltages:
a) CPU Input Voltage 1.792
b) CPU Vcore 1.064
c) CPU Cache Voltage 1.160
Is this ok for my CPU? What does it mean?
3. How do I know my CPU is not overclocked? Because for the time being, I do not want to oc it, because my cooler and case are not very expensive.
Thank you very much.
Currently, my case is very poor (only 2x80mm fans - one intake and one exhaust), but I will upgrade in about 2 weeks to a new case with 5 120mm fans (3 intakes and 2 exhausts). I don't think the CPU is overclocked, because in CPU-Z it never exceeds 4.390MHZ and a voltage bigger than 1.2V, and when not doing anything, these values downgrade to about 800MHZ and respectively 0.760V. I also see a lot of values to 'AUTO' in my bios, so I guess it's not being messed with. Btw, how do I reset these values to default (complete rookie, as mentioned)?
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