- Jul 31, 2018
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I bought i5 4690K with basic clock of 3.5 GHz and 3.9 GHz in turbo boost. After a year I bought a liquid cooler and overclocked my stock clock speed to 4.4 GHz. I had to set 1.3v voltage in BIOS in order to load windows properly and have a stable system with no blue screens or anything like so. I could not go to 4.5 GHz because of the temperatures so I stayed at 4.4 GHz for 2 years. Now I tried to lower the voltages in BIOS the same way I increased them when I OCed the cpu 2 years ago. Surprisingly even with 1.24v which is 0.06 less then before, my computers runs stable although temps are slightly lower as I lowered the voltage. I even made a delid and applied a new Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut paste between the liquid cooler and the cpu.
I was even able to OC my cpu to 4.5 GHz and temperatures would not go higher than 72 degrees celsius at max after one hour stress test - and by the way, its like 30 in my room as its the hottest season of a year and I think its best time to OC your system because air is the hottest in the summer.
With this temperature, I think I ll be even able to OC to 4.6 maybe even higher. I just remember that when I OCed my cpu first time, I could not lower to voltages as 1.24 was needed for a stable system back then. Now it suddenly requires less voltage which is weird.
I was even able to OC my cpu to 4.5 GHz and temperatures would not go higher than 72 degrees celsius at max after one hour stress test - and by the way, its like 30 in my room as its the hottest season of a year and I think its best time to OC your system because air is the hottest in the summer.
With this temperature, I think I ll be even able to OC to 4.6 maybe even higher. I just remember that when I OCed my cpu first time, I could not lower to voltages as 1.24 was needed for a stable system back then. Now it suddenly requires less voltage which is weird.
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