Without buying an aftermarket heatsink or watercooling, is this CPU safely overclockable? I plan to get a EVO 212, what is a safe OC rate.
937444
I wouldn't suggest overclocking with the stock heatsink I've always read that it is unsafe. You void warranty by overclocking so I personally wouldn't risk it.
937445
I'm not familiar with watercooling but with good air circulation in your case, a cool room and adequate case fans you should be fine to overclock safely even with the stock heatsink as long as you aren't pushing it past 4ghz. Be sure to monitor core/mobo temps until you know how your rig will perform, there is abundant software around to do so. Also keep in mind the EVO 212 cooler is HUGE. It may be difficult to fit depending on your mobo and case.
937446
i wouldnt suggest OC on stock heatsink. the EVO 212 looks similar to what i got (Arctic Freeze 7 pro), i have my system OC at 4Ghz and in a full tower case i get no more that 55 C during the summer (in oklahoma we have high humidity for the summer), and now with winter set in it stays sub 45 C
937447
I haven't OCed my rig yet and I don't plan to until I get a decent cooler. From what I've gathered, it doesn't look like the stock cooler can handle an overclocked CPU. So, I suggest you wait until you get your cooler. Plus, this CPU is plenty powerful out of the box.
937448
It will somewhat depend on your case, but overall probably not much. I would recommend you go up little bit by little bit, and run a stress test while monitoring temps at each step.
937449
nooooo way, the standard cooling barley covers the cpu without overclocking. And remeber, when you start changing your processor's settings you invalidating the warritny. The fans they provide really arent engineered to maintain that sort of heat. However, you can purchase a nice cheap cooler master aftermarket fan like i did. It cost me 15 bucks and is actually better than watercooling which can be coslty to obtain and costly to clean up if you screw it up
2281757
I looked at lots of coolers and thought I would go with water cooled, but ended up getting a CoolerMaster 212 EVO HS/Fan combo and love it. Runs cool on a 4770K and it's silent.Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)
2130503
I use a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo. If you don't plan on doing extreme overclocking, I think it will serve you well. I run the cpu at stock settings, and the core temperatures at maximum load are roughly 50-55 C. No need to go overboard on cooling unless you plan to overclock.
479564
I've overclocked 2 of these processors the first would do 4.6 and the second will do 4.7 with vcore at a max of 1.4 under full load. Your results might be better or worse, I'm using custom watercooling to keep temps under 70c and an Asus Rampage IV Black.
266624
Great!! I never overclock because I have some sort of worry about it (I have before though and it is great!) and from by experience its perfectly fine without overclocking.
585593
Yes, overclocks great;update BIOS version if possible,always best to have latest drivers.
2015788
This is the same setup I have running on this board, 8350 with a 280. Under heavy load this cpu gets extremely hot so I would recommend a liquid cpu cooler and a case with excellent airflow. My rig has been running 24/7 without issue. The hottest I've seen my computer get was 134F with an ambient room temp of 87F.
315665
I'm currently Using this Processor on a LGA 1150 socket, Z97 motherboard. I have not been able to Overclock using the wizard without the computer Crashing the GPU (GTX 660) I have not tried to overclock manually. I can say that the fan that comes with it does a decent job and can be used for running High Quality games without overclocking (WatchDogs looks great, it has it's own problems, Tomb Raider works great on Max, Skyrim looks great too, But I do have 32gigs of memory as well) So, Yes. And Overclocking isn't needed so far, I can't find a game I want to play that can challenge this processor even at it's out-of-box speed.
1509683
if it's the 1150 compatible than it should you might run into memory clearance issues I used the hyper 212 evo and it was close as far as the heat spreaders not touching , got about 1/8" to 1/4" clearance with the 212 with the 212 and a 4770k had it OC'd to 4.4ghz and it only got to 60*c running Prime95 for 12 hours
2025122
It's hard to answer this without more detail on your setup (motherboard, memory, overclocking, etc), but my experience with this chip in a different build is that it's borderline - you may max out cores. If you're thinking about buying this chip now (that is - you *don't* already own it) I'd suggest getting the FX-8320 instead, which only costs a little more, runs cooler, and responds well to overclocking (I've been running both of these chips with Evo 212 coolers at 4.5GHz for several months 24/7 and the FX-6350 runs MUCH hotter).
29258
Ya, i have that and it goes very fast without overocking. If i did overclock it would be even faster!
1767345
The super clocked edition comes even more over locked than this one out of the box. If you're one to overclock anyways, thus one will be fine as I can get a 400+ ghz overclock easily. I have mine where I want it, but I can go further. And the temps stay fairly low, in the mid-upper 50's. The fan doesn't even ramp up too far!
2227826
Yes! I use a CM seidon 120m which isn't the best liquid cooler. Currently I have it overclocked to 4.6 ghz, but could go higher. Its such a great cpu, eespecially for the price.
1738871
I recommend this H110 280mm. It's been working great since I got it. No more overheat and crash
1132049
Max temp on this processor is 62c, for a longer lasting lifespan you don't want it above 58c under full load, I thought you should know this so you can make a fair judgement. The stock heatsink is not going to OC and keep you in that temp range under full load. The coolermaster hyper 212 is an excellent low cost replacement, I personally use a zalman 9900max but its a bit pricey for air cooling. When you OC this chip it can pull up to and a bit over 300 watts on 12v. Save your components the stress and spend a bit for a hyper 212
1003338
i have the card and it's great but not the watercooling kit. Have not found the need to overclock it. It runs games great.
336739
The standard cooler is good enough. You can't over clock this CPU anyways so an aftermarket cooler would just be a waste.