Intel Core i7 2700K on Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3

[DjTony90]

Hello! I have 5 days now the Intel Core i7 2700K on Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3

im stable at 4.7GHZ 1.39V with H100 for water cooling.... LLC at Level 6 ( keeps as much as it can the Voltage without moving ) DRAM 1600mhz...

temperatures is 35-37 idle and 70-75 maximum 100% load with Handbrake ( this program i ONLY USE for video editing and i need to take the maximum FPS i can... )

can i go higher ? anyone have/know about this BUILD i have to correct me with settings ?

Any help appreciated

 

[crashtech]

My 2700K needs a lot of voltage to be stable above 4.8GHz. I think where you are might be pretty good if it's stable, since all you are going to get is another 300MHz at best, and those last 300 can be pretty hard to get! Have you tried x48?

 

[DjTony90]

yes its stable with 1.40V but i dont see any difference in the FPS that i want... i have to go x50 and more to see difference

 

[crashtech]

I don't think it is worth it! Really the effort becomes very great for the gain. Most people only overclock to such speeds for the screenshot, then back it down a bit to do real work. Handbrake responds to more cores, so you may wish to consider the X79 platform if time is of the essence.

Check out this thread to see how various machines are doing:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2327881

 

[fixbsod]

I'd take the 4.7 and call it a day, very little room left and at a large cost (watts and heat).