My first overclock - I5 3570k

[BakumatsuX]

Hello everyone. I have the following build:

cpu: I5 3570k @ 3.4ghz
cpu cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
motherboard: msi Z77A-G43
memory: Corsair Vengeance 8gb DDR3 1600Mhz
gpu: Asus 6600 Ti DirectCu II Top 2gb
psu: XFX core edition psu pro 550W

After some experiments and reading about overclock on I5, I was able to set the cpu clock to 4.4ghz. The vcore is set to 1.176v (offset to +0.08) and I got 79ºC maximum temperature after running Prime95 for 14 hours on default settings with 0 crashes and errors.
The average temp in full load is about 75ºC and on idle is 37ºC (important to say that the ambient temp on my house is about 27-29 ºC).

This is my first overclock and I want to ask you guys, if this is a stable overclock that I can use on a daily basis or should I try to lower the voltage a bit?

Thank you for you help.

 

[AdmiralDonut]

As a fellow 3570K owner, I'd say that seems like a perfectly reasonable OC. I have an almost identical OC on mine, at roughly the same voltages and with similar ambient temps, though my highest temp lately has been around 70°c. As always, if you can keep the voltage low then you should try and do so until the OC becomes unstable.

 

[BakumatsuX]

Thank you for your sugestion. I've tried some games since the oc (dead rising 3, skyrim with a bunch of mods and enb, tomb raider 2013) and got temps around 56-62 ºC. Still I gonna try to lower the voltage a bit and see what I get.

 

[BakumatsuX]

As a fellow 3570K owner, I'd say that seems like a perfectly reasonable OC. I have an almost identical OC on mine, at roughly the same voltages and with similar ambient temps, though my highest temp lately has been around 70°c. As always, if you can keep the voltage low then you should try and do so until the OC becomes unstable.

Following your sugestion, I tried to lower the offset of the vcore to +0.04, which set the voltage to 1.14v. Got an error about 2 hours in during the stress tests. The max temp on that was about 73ºC.
Next, I set the offset to 0.06 (vcore: 1.152v) and got 76ºC maximum temp while running prime95 for 8 hours straight. Didn't have any crashes or errors.
Quick question: after achieving the desired overclock, should I enable the eist, intel turbo boost and enhanced turbo options or do I leave them disabled?

 

[AdmiralDonut]

As a fellow 3570K owner, I'd say that seems like a perfectly reasonable OC. I have an almost identical OC on mine, at roughly the same voltages and with similar ambient temps, though my highest temp lately has been around 70°c. As always, if you can keep the voltage low then you should try and do so until the OC becomes unstable.

Following your sugestion, I tried to lower the offset of the vcore to +0.04, which set the voltage to 1.14v. Got an error about 2 hours in during the stress tests. The max temp on that was about 73ºC.
Next, I set the offset to 0.06 (vcore: 1.152v) and got 76ºC maximum temp while running prime95 for 8 hours straight. Didn't have any crashes or errors.
Quick question: after achieving the desired overclock, should I enable the eist, intel turbo boost and enhanced turbo options or do I leave them disabled?

My sincere apologies for taking such a long time to answer, but I have been without internet for quite a while. In response to your question, I would leave everything as it is if the system is stable during testing. It seems like you got a better deal in the silicon lottery than I did, as I have been forced to reduce my OC to just 4.2GHz after it became highly unstable. Congrats