mikeyc33
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I always thought I had a bad draw on the silicon lottery with my 4670K as no matter what clock speed it would crash a stress test in a minute or two, sometimes after a few seconds and even at stock(Yes proper Stock TTL). Anyhow that was using a mediocre AIO Corsair H55 which I suppose you get what you pay for.
Now after upgrading to a custom loop namely Phobya Pure Performance 240LT kit with a few added extra fittings my CPU has been reborn and with it my enthusiasm.
I know these Haswell series run hotter than most but being able to run OCCT and not have it crash the test almost instantly is a massive improvement from my point of view,also getting a 17.7% 4Ghz overclock was just a dream in my wildest desire.
Thankfully I can now go forward and enter the world of water cooled overclocking with at least a little bit of dignity and with 4Ghz and only 1 core touching 70c temp no voltage tweaking I am now excited to know how much further this little silicon beauty can go. Who knows could in fact be a very decent CPU and that I've just not had the means to play and push it to its stable limit.
I know a lot of you here will be thinking whats so great about that , but believe me when I have been trying for a long time to get a single overclock this is as big as landing on the moon and for now I am a very chuffed bunny.
P.S May be in the market for a new CPU tomorrow if not too careful
Now after upgrading to a custom loop namely Phobya Pure Performance 240LT kit with a few added extra fittings my CPU has been reborn and with it my enthusiasm.
I know these Haswell series run hotter than most but being able to run OCCT and not have it crash the test almost instantly is a massive improvement from my point of view,also getting a 17.7% 4Ghz overclock was just a dream in my wildest desire.
Thankfully I can now go forward and enter the world of water cooled overclocking with at least a little bit of dignity and with 4Ghz and only 1 core touching 70c temp no voltage tweaking I am now excited to know how much further this little silicon beauty can go. Who knows could in fact be a very decent CPU and that I've just not had the means to play and push it to its stable limit.
I know a lot of you here will be thinking whats so great about that , but believe me when I have been trying for a long time to get a single overclock this is as big as landing on the moon and for now I am a very chuffed bunny.
P.S May be in the market for a new CPU tomorrow if not too careful
