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Originally Posted by
Ojala
alright thanks guys what do you think would be a realistic overclock for my setup?
As said above this, 3.8 to 3.9 is really what to expect.
In some cases 4.0 is the limit but certainly don't expect more than that
period from it on air.
I have an 1100T myself that hits 4.0 @ 1.40v's with ease and most should be capable of this or close to it.
Your cooler is about the same as mine (
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106178) and that was the realistic limit with it.
There is a caveat here.... My setup was on a test bench at the time, I suspect yours will be inside of a case meaning 4.0 on air may NOT be feasable, more like 3.8 @ 1.375v's would probrably be the limit here.
CPU-NB speeds of about 2400MHz with about 1.14v's - 1.18v's max voltage for the CPU-NB voltage setting is fine and won't stress the chip much nor make it heat up alot either.
If it will run with less voltage do it since this affects CPU operating temps, the lower the better here. If it needs a bit more then give it what it needs and no more, CPU-NB speeds beyond 2400 will need more voltage and cause more heat to be generated like all else you can tweak.
If wanting more, get another board, stay away from MSI and their crap-VRM chips, improve your cooling while you're at it.... Yada-yada-yada.
If for some reason wanting to stay with MSI consider this - My 1100T slayed my old 790FX-GD70 and I wasn't pushing the system hard when it died.
In fact out of the 5 MSI's I have here, 4 are dead....
ALL due to VRM failure.
Most anything Asus, Gigabyte or even ASRock would be better - Even the DFI's made right before they quit the biz of making OC'ing boards are better quality than MSI.