Hi, im new to this forum so im sorry if this isnt allowed, but im looking for opinions/advice on my current overclock (this is first oc ever). but first i need to give you some background information: Im overclocking my cpu to be able to run a 3ds emulator called citra, citra only uses 1 core to run the game so when playing certain games that carry a heavy load Ie. pokemon sun and moon, there are huge fps drops. so the goal is to get my clockspeed as high as possible to be able to run the game smoothly. So i managed to get a stable 24/7 overclock of 4.7 GHz at 1.207v on air with max temps of 74 degrees with hyperthreading on, but only managed to pull 19-22 fps from pokemon sun and moon on the heaviest loads. Mind you thats better than the 12 fps i would have gotten before the OC. but i want to try to get it as close to 30 fps as i can. so i did an OC at 5.0Ghz with only two cores active (one for the emulator, one for the os) because i had stability issues with all 4 cores active (hyperthreading off obviously). i managed to get it stable for 8 hrs on max load at 1.53v with max temps of 90 degrees and managed to get citra running pokemon sun and moon at 22-30 fps (which is very playable). i realize this is a very high voltage to be running, but i figure because my motherboard allows me to save multiple OC profiles i could just run this OC when i want to play the game (couple hours at a time max) and then go back to my everyday OC of 4.7 when im done playing. will me doing this compromise my cpu? the temperatures when running the emulator never actually get passed 45 degrees or ever run the cpu on full load. So i guess the question is am i going to kill my processor over time by doing this?
thanks for everyones input in advance!
ill post my rig below
and also before anyone asks why i didnt get a 4690k if i was going to disable HT, its because i work in music and i need 4core HT for optimal usage.
MOBO: Gigabyte Z97x Black edition
RAM: 32 gb 2400mhz hyperx
CPU: i7 4790K EDIT: Delidded
CPU COOLER: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 140mm UFB
PSU: evga 850G2
GPU: MSI Gaming 6g GTX 980ti
thanks for everyones input in advance!
ill post my rig below
and also before anyone asks why i didnt get a 4690k if i was going to disable HT, its because i work in music and i need 4core HT for optimal usage.
MOBO: Gigabyte Z97x Black edition
RAM: 32 gb 2400mhz hyperx
CPU: i7 4790K EDIT: Delidded
CPU COOLER: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 140mm UFB
PSU: evga 850G2
GPU: MSI Gaming 6g GTX 980ti
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