Intel I7 3770K Basic Overclocking

yogesh12 · Dec 8, 2012

Hi,

My Rig is,

I7 3770K
Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling
Corsair GS800W PSU
8GB Corsair Vengence Ram
Asus Sabertooth Z77
Nvidia GTX 660 TI

I have two questions...

1. Idle Temp of my CPU is 36c. Is it normal? Even with liquid cooling???

2. I want to overclock my cpu.. i want to be safe.. I dont like to touch bios all time.. so it will be onetime setup..

Please guide me...

EarthDog · Dec 8, 2012

Idle temps are mostly irrelevant. Its load temps that matter. No ti mention we don't know your ambient temps anyway...that said, the h60 isn't great either (as good as midrange air Iirc) but will get u where u need to go.

Im mobile or I would link you, nut in the intel cpu section is a thread with all the stickies in it. Use the 25/26/2700l beginners thread as the procedure us the same. Just start with 1.25v for 4.5ghz since you have ivybridge.

yogesh12 · Dec 8, 2012

EarthDog said:
Idle temps are mostly irrelevant. Its load temps that matter. No ti mention we don't know your ambient temps anyway...that said, the h60 isn't great either (as good as midrange air Iirc) but will get u where u need to go.

Im mobile or I would link you, nut in the intel cpu section is a thread with all the stickies in it. Use the 25/26/2700l beginners thread as the procedure us the same. Just start with 1.25v for 4.5ghz since you have ivybridge.

thanks man... is 4.5 a safe one?? i am considering some extra speed without affecting life... i saw in many websites that h60 liquid cooler is best so oly i bought it

costed around $100 (in india)... mostly my pc will be in AC room. So 28-32 will be idle temp...

Ajay57 · Dec 8, 2012

This is the guide EarthDog is referring to so read through and just take your time with your OC. AJ.

1, http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=693613

Also you use these to monitor your set up as well while you overclock your system.

1.http://blog.testfreaks.com/review/cpu-z/

2, http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

EarthDog · Dec 8, 2012

Yes thats safe... that is why it's up there.

yogesh12 · Dec 9, 2012

i am able to overclock.. but i din set any llp... my temp easily increases.. between 85~95.. i have Corsair H60 air cooler..

yogesh12 · Dec 10, 2012

its touching aroun 98 now

anyone??????

EarthDog · Dec 10, 2012

98c is too hot. Keep that at 90 or less when stress testing.

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