Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Overclocking specs/temps

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Overclocking specs/temps

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Posted onPost created on February 03 2014 17:19 ET by Chris Ferrell

Hello All, I have never tried overclocking my computer until recently after a lot of reading but I have a few questions for you more experienced folks. I am running my i7 3770K @ 4.6GHz with a core voltage of 1.300 and on Prime95 for about 4 hours it has been fine so far. My question is that while monitoring CPU-Z, I'm noticing the frequency jumping around which tells me that the CPU is throttling. It seems stable right now and my highest core temp is 77C but I don't know if throttling is normal or if I need to make a change to keep the frequency clock constant @4.6GHz. Thanks ahead for any help

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Posted onPost created on February 03 2014 17:57 ET by Sean Zarella

I run the amd 955t black and have it cranked to 4.2ghz air cooled using the NOctua nh-d14 stressed using prime for 6 hours holds @ 128f udle around 98f dont notice any throttling at all maybe intel.

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Posted onPost created on February 03 2014 22:54 ET by Thiago Braga

Hi Chris,
I`m getting the intel i7 3770K tomorrow. I don`t know the answer for your question, but for those that have hyperthreading active, you must switch off in BIOS. Some experts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/FSX-Performance-issues-tips-tweaks/178280192282579 advise me and I do see lots of different in FSX been stable. You can give it a try.

Thiago Braga (DVA9545)

Posted onPost created on February 05 2014 23:49 ET by Chris Ferrell

Thanks for the info. I'll have to try that and see what I get. Just to update, I did finally manage to find complete stability with an overclock of 4.4GHz as of right now. I ran Prime 95 for the last 20 or so hours and I haven't seen any throttling and my temps are holding steady at 69-71C. Something interesting that I noticed is that at idle, with Real Temp running, my temps were around 29C but when I went into the BIOS to make a change in voltage, I noticed that the motherboard said my temps were about 10 degrees or so higher. I'm thinking that's why it was throttling at any higher voltage and if I'll make it any higher than I am right now, I'll have to look into custom cooling. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with 4.4GHz

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Posted onPost created on February 08 2014 12:34 ET by Chris Ferrell

I did manage to squeeze 4.4GHz out of my 3770K as of right now but I don't think I truly have the cooling to get higher. I have a Cooler Master Seidon 240M and it's just not keeping it from throttling above 4.4. I do have another question for anyone who might be able to help so here goes it....

I am running Real Temp and Prime95 for stress tests and when I have the voltage stable (no throttling and no shutdowns) at 4.4, I bump the multiplier up to 4.5 and the heat don't go up that much but after about 4 minutes of stressing, it starts to throttle. My temps @4.4 with 1.240v stay at a max of 72C but @4.5 with the voltage slightly higher, they max around 77C and I'm not sure that should throttle at that point.

******Here's the kicker that I can't figure out. I did notice that the stable 4.4GHz overclock at idle shows anywhere between 28-31C but when I went into the BIOS to make adjustments while searching for 4.5, the motherboard was saying the core temp was about 12 degrees higher???? Which one's right and is that likely why its throttling?

Sorry for the long post but even though I've researched and read lots, I'm still NEW TO OVERCLOCKING so I look up to you more seasoned folks for help. THANKS VERY MUCH to those of you that have and will help me in the future.

Chris Ferrell

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