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Uh oh!

OT: damn, no Core2's? Crap, my Wolfdale is still going strong @4.3 Ghz and I've had it past 5 on a different MB. My 3570k hits 4.9 (not stable) but don't think I've ever tried 5ghz. Maybe I'll drop the memory speed down to 1333 and see if it'll behave
 
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did aida64 stress tests for 15 minutes, cpu core temps up to 105ºC... Now going to play some games :)

I know, voltage is on high side... not likeing it, but it is on "auto" offset for the moment
 
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I know, voltage is on high side... not likeing it, but it is on "auto" offset for the moment

You need to change that!
 
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I can imagine 5 ghz is not obtainable by most modern processors. Most don't need that kinda speed to be productive anyways. I just want 4.5 outta my 4760k and i'd be happy. Right now, I'm back to bone stock at all facets now until I can vastly improve my cooling
 
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I can imagine 5 ghz is not obtainable by most modern processors. Most don't need that kinda speed to be productive anyways. I just want 4.5 outta my 4760k and i'd be happy. Right now, I'm back to bone stock at all facets now until I can vastly improve my cooling

There was a recent thread here (I'm too lazy too look), where someone got a 3770k on water to 5Ghz supposedly stable with good temps. But yea, it's rare!
 
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5ghz is easy with most chips after and including sandybridge.

it is harder on the older chips.
 
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I can imagine 5 ghz is not obtainable by most modern processors

750K/760K can achieve 5Ghz on air
8350 can achieve 5Ghz on sensible cooling (Noctua tower cooler, AIO, custom liquid)
Richland APU's can achieve 5Ghz on custom liquid without much issue
Sandybridge can achieve 5Ghz on cooling similar to 8350's requirements (high end tower cooler or AIO's)
Only Ivybridge/haswell has issues due to the thermal compound used. It's still an achievable number though on custom liquid systems.

There was a recent thread here (I'm too lazy too look), where someone got a 3770k on water to 5Ghz supposedly stable with good temps. But yea, it's rare!

That guy got the greatest chip I ever saw, he got insane clocks on like 1.23v. Chip lottery winner.
 
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That guy got the greatest chip I ever saw, he got insane clocks on like 1.23v. Chip lottery winner.

He's in the 1% group, the rest of us are just 99%'ers lol
 
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Yeah, keep thinking that.

thinking?

how many chips have you took past 5ghz dude?

i have 4 systems in mine right now which have all seen it and the new ones are much easier so....i will know what i have seen.

before i start to talk about the dozens of cpu i have overclocked for others.

overclocking today is easier than ever before with mob and bios geared for it.

heatsinks remove more heat today than they ever did before.

chips require less voltage than ever before and you think it was easier back in the day?


yea you can dream on dude.
 

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thinking?

how many chips have you took past 5ghz dude?

i have 4 systems in mine right now which have all seen it and the new ones are much easier so....i will know what i have seen.

before i start to talk about the dozens of cpu i have overclocked for others.

overclocking today is easier than ever before with mob and bios geared for it.

heatsinks remove more heat today than they ever did before.

chips require less voltage than ever before and you think it was easier back in the day?


yea you can dream on dude.
Let's see your 4770K at 5GHz please:)
I have only been able to get mine to 4.7GHz...
 
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where did i say my 4770k did 5ghz?

You didn't. But I just thought after your cocky statement (quoted below) that you must have been able to get the 4770K listed in your specs to 5GHz as well. I mean it is so easy and all.

thinking?

how many chips have you took past 5ghz dude?

i have 4 systems in mine right now which have all seen it and the new ones are much easier so....i will know what i have seen.

before i start to talk about the dozens of cpu i have overclocked for others.

overclocking today is easier than ever before with mob and bios geared for it.

heatsinks remove more heat today than they ever did before.

chips require less voltage than ever before and you think it was easier back in the day?


yea you can dream on dude.
 
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if you have the cooling i imagine it would be, but as mine is a dog the voltages it would need to do it (if it even would) are far beyond what even i would try with only water cooling.

but the haswell chips are an anomaly in the trend as well you know.

a trend which will not doubt continue its course when intel release their next chips with "improved thermal materials" what ever they mean by that.

what were your best clocks from 775? am2? am3? 1156 or 1366?

was you happy with 3.6? 4? 4.2ghz back then? 5ghz was sub zero cooling only territory then.

i know i was as 3.6ghz from a conroe core was bloody good going back then. 4ghz was almost unheard of for an air cooled quad at the time.

now chips will boost them selves to that, hell amd have shipped retail chips which run that speed as stock and they boost to 5ghz so to make out it is something out of the norm in this day and age is a pretty daft idea really.

is it not when you can go out and buy a 5ghz cpu off the shelf?
 
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cheers Johan, i am glad you understand my point dude :)

but not only is it that the speeds are getting higher. it's also much easier to overclock today as it is(/has?) become mainstream.

amd started it with the black edition chips when they made unlocked multi something everyone could afford and not just for the elite with the intel ee chips.

since then not only have mobo started to incorporate overclocking options into their bios they have been designed with it in mind. evga, msi, asus, gigabyte, asrock all have an overclocking inspired range.

there was very little of that back before the i ranges came out, before the be chips came out and back then getting high speeds was also much harder.

it took me much more work with the chips i got past 5ghz on 775 then any of unlocked k chips i have done it with since.
 
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I agree Marsey. It has gotten easier. Even though the 4770k isn't the next 5.0 chip for everyone most will hit 4.5 which is still almost a 30% increas over stock . That's a lot of performance just sitting there. As for the Mobos that Maximus hero I have , all I have to do is click on the 4.6 oc in bios and it does it for me P95 blend stable. I just had to try it to see how irt worked since typically auto tuners haven't been that great in the past but this one was bang on. So in reality "IF" someone has capable cooling all they have to do is select an option in bios and they're off to the races without any real Overclocking experience or knowledge.
 
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1st try i wanted to get 5ghz on 1,35v
2nd try i did it at 1,38v

i can go further but i dont see a point

all my cpus always did 5ghz easly
starting from 2600k ofc
2600k 3960x 3930k e5-1660 3570k 3770k 4820k and now 4770k

best for sure was e5-1660, i got it to 5,1 on 1,5v


i keep finding this links :D
 
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