mihapiha
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Hi guys.
After a long long time I'm really excited to finally have moved back to an AMD system.
I used to have an Intel i7-4930k @ 4.4 GHz for 5 years. Since The first Core2Duos hit the market I've not used an AMD system as my daily system, so I'm super excited and really happy about finally having (as an enthusiast) the proper performance reasons to switch.
The Asus Zenith Extreme was my MB of choice, and due to my good water cooling (2x 120.4 (or 480) 80mm thick radiators) I had little worries about cooling the VRMs and CPU.
Because I use the system for work and gaming, I wanted originally to upgrade to an 8-core CPU (actually considered the i7-7820k) but the Zenith was just so sweet with all the PCIe lanes that I really got excited about going to TR4. I've used SLI/Crossfire now for years and especially the PCIe lane limitation turned me off Intel.
I put an EK Monoblock on that motherboard. I also worried about the 2000 series not being supported by the motherboard if I got one from the retailer with an older bios.
Due to the 2000 series CPUs hitting the market the prices of the "older" 1920X dropped so much in price, that I couldn't resist getting the 1920x instead although I waited for a long time for the 2000 series.
I'm super thrilled with the results of my new CPU, however I'm very much confused by the temperature limitations and CPU voltages on the new system.
I googled and read various information on how hot a TR4 can get, but I must admit that I cannot fully understand what they mean....
Right now I found a 100% stable (clock 140% current) with a 1.375V setting in the bios and 1.417V displayed in CPUz. Even with super heavy load like Prime95 28.7 I get to a CPU temperature of 76°C (CPU Packages 76°C) about 30 min running small FFT. The VRMs are nice and cool even under this super heavy load at 49°C because of the EK waterblock...
The CPU is running with a 40.25 multiplier and 100.2 Bus Speed at about 4030 MHz. These temperatures are pretty much a worst case szenario.
I want to know whether I can push that CPU further. It will run 4.1 GHz but I need 1.425V bios / 1.47V CPUz...
AMD says the CPU is supposed to stay under 68°C... Which I think I'm at right now, because hardly anything other than Prime95 can push that CPU close to 70°C
Also I'm also worried about the seemingly high VCore. 1.417V doesn't worry me, but getting close to 1.5V seem way too much for 24/7 usage...
Have I found the maximum or can I OC further?
After a long long time I'm really excited to finally have moved back to an AMD system.
I used to have an Intel i7-4930k @ 4.4 GHz for 5 years. Since The first Core2Duos hit the market I've not used an AMD system as my daily system, so I'm super excited and really happy about finally having (as an enthusiast) the proper performance reasons to switch.
The Asus Zenith Extreme was my MB of choice, and due to my good water cooling (2x 120.4 (or 480) 80mm thick radiators) I had little worries about cooling the VRMs and CPU.
Because I use the system for work and gaming, I wanted originally to upgrade to an 8-core CPU (actually considered the i7-7820k) but the Zenith was just so sweet with all the PCIe lanes that I really got excited about going to TR4. I've used SLI/Crossfire now for years and especially the PCIe lane limitation turned me off Intel.
I put an EK Monoblock on that motherboard. I also worried about the 2000 series not being supported by the motherboard if I got one from the retailer with an older bios.
Due to the 2000 series CPUs hitting the market the prices of the "older" 1920X dropped so much in price, that I couldn't resist getting the 1920x instead although I waited for a long time for the 2000 series.
I'm super thrilled with the results of my new CPU, however I'm very much confused by the temperature limitations and CPU voltages on the new system.
I googled and read various information on how hot a TR4 can get, but I must admit that I cannot fully understand what they mean....
Right now I found a 100% stable (clock 140% current) with a 1.375V setting in the bios and 1.417V displayed in CPUz. Even with super heavy load like Prime95 28.7 I get to a CPU temperature of 76°C (CPU Packages 76°C) about 30 min running small FFT. The VRMs are nice and cool even under this super heavy load at 49°C because of the EK waterblock...
The CPU is running with a 40.25 multiplier and 100.2 Bus Speed at about 4030 MHz. These temperatures are pretty much a worst case szenario.
I want to know whether I can push that CPU further. It will run 4.1 GHz but I need 1.425V bios / 1.47V CPUz...
AMD says the CPU is supposed to stay under 68°C... Which I think I'm at right now, because hardly anything other than Prime95 can push that CPU close to 70°C
Also I'm also worried about the seemingly high VCore. 1.417V doesn't worry me, but getting close to 1.5V seem way too much for 24/7 usage...
Have I found the maximum or can I OC further?
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