OC on i5-4690k voltage and temp question

Spike

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I just finished my new build the other day (in sig) and finally tried some overclocking. Last night I changed the multiplier to 44 and left voltage on auto and let the pc run AIDA64 overnight (8 hour run). After that run the CPU (according to afterburner) hit a max of 56 C on one core, the others maxed between 52 and 55. I watched my voltage (set to auto) and it varied from 1.248 to 1.252. The CPU is being cooled by a Noctua DH-14.

So, thoughts on this result? I have my ram set to use the XMP 1.3 profile so it's running at DDR3-2133 and locked to 1.5V. The temps seemed good to me so I'm tempted on just leaving it. I know people recommend locking the voltage in, but I like the ability to drop voltage in idle and the max it went seemed to be within that 1.25 people say not to go above with air cooling.

Thanks.
 

Burpo

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That's fine.. Good temps & probably the sweet spot for your setup.
 

Spike

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Just played a few hours of BF4, hit 60 on two cores, 55 and 57 on the other two. Should I be worried? This is obviously winter but my office is pretty warm, I can only see it being a few degrees higher in the summer. Hopefully this temp at least holds, just wish it was a tad bit lower.