i7 7700k oc and other questions.

lingarajug

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built new system with following specs

asrock z270 extreme 4
i7 7700k ( delidded using rocket tool, applied gelid gc extreme all over)
16gb corsair lpx 2400mhz xmp 2.1
corsair h80i v2
seasonic prime 650w gold
evga gtx 1070 ftw
samsung pm961 nvme 512gb ssd

have several questions

1. Used 4.7 ghz built in BIOS setting for oc, max voltage during full load with prime95 v 26.6 was 1.188 and max temp was 53C, do these look good and can i go any higher?

2. Temp on MB in bios appear to be much lower (4-5C) compared to programs like hwinfo64, havent used realtemp as i didnt dl but had this already d/l'd. is that normal?

3. if i use thermal grizzly conductonaut instead of gelid gc extreme will temps decrease by more than 5-6C at full load?

4. should i stick with corsair h80i v2 or switch to xspc waterloop for better temps?

thank you in advance.
 
#1 looks good and yes you can go higher but I recommend manual BIOS settings to do so.

#2 Use Core Temp

#3 That I do not know

#4 A full water block will allow higher overclocking as long as you increase the amount of radiator cooling field you have to improve your deltaT.
 

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Thank you, currently I have corsair spec o3 case that doesn't have enough room for a bigger radiator so I had to go for smaller radiator, had to remove one of the front fan to set h80i v2 as intake as recommended by corsair, will switch to better case later on,