what is the safe temp and normal idle temp using intel stock HSF?
now mine is at 50-55C =.=. juz using origin to dl BF4. zzz

c-states shld hit. so shld be at ambient min.

dude if like this ure going to die with bf4 which normally that series has heavy cpu utilization.

i know bro. will get new cooler by today or 2moro. yesterday i juz set it up to test and pre-load bf4 1st.

wta, how is your venomous X holding up at that clock?

This post has been edited by sai86: Oct 28 2013, 08:53 AM

very good but running at 4.5ghz no issue. max it can do is 1.25v in malaysia weather.

great. if i can't find the 1 i want, i'll juz grab as urs.
also, do you need to install any software provided by Asus in their CD?
i need to install the LAN driver to get my network working. i think i'll do clean install 2night to prevent driver conflict.

This post has been edited by sai86: Oct 28 2013, 01:35 PM

I think better install the drivers provided in the CD especially the chipset and Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST).

noted. since i migrate from different board and the driver still left inside, might got conflict in later on.
decided to get PH-TC14PE since its much cheaper than D14 n the performance is great too. (going AIO 240mm give me the headache to find the rad support for my casing as well).

oh yea. does the network/dl speed on Hero/Intel Gigabit is better?
i ask this coz yesterday i pre-load BF4 and notice that it hits 700kb/s high and stable at 650++ which i never encounter or reach before. (prior stable is 550+ and 600 at max)

This post has been edited by sai86: Oct 28 2013, 04:37 PM

I don't think if there is something special about Intel Gigabit port. Could be the server you are dling at is getting faster or got capped previously.

as what owikh said

only thing good about having the intel NIC is wake on lan function works better than realtek etc and theres if i am not mistaken intel nic doesnt load ure cpu at all.

^thxs for the explanation.
chged to Pantech and the idle now stands at around 32C.

btw at HardwareMonitor, i saw got 5th temp = Package . what is this aside from CPU0 to CPU3?
i wonder will temp shave off by few temp if i go for NF-A14 FLX/Noctua NF-A15 PWM to replace the stock fan
seems like phanteks stock fan is very good ady. even beat the two i stated.

This post has been edited by sai86: Oct 30 2013, 02:44 PM

Is this fine?

looks alright. It's better than my chip.

You have hit the TJmax of 100C and your CPU frequency was throttled down.
Your OC is not successful, unfortunately.
Try to reduce the vCore or CPU speed.

Is the new Linx stressing too much? Because with the older Linx I could do 4.4ghz without throttling. I'll try to reduce the vcore. My cpu ring ratio is at 4ghz.

need you to explain a bit for my understanding.

why is it considered not successful?

wouldn't that be more like not-so-optimal? because he did reach 4.3ghz and looks stable.

and why is it you say that it's throttled?

Yes, the LinX 0.6.5 is A LOT more stressful. You could determine it from the GFlops it generates (200+) vs 130+ with old LinX 0.6.4.

The OC failed because the core temps hit 100C (Tjmax for Haswell) and the BIOS will automatically reduce the CPU frequency to avoid the chip from overheating.
Thus, the 4.3GHz OC is not stable.

and so you determine throttle by LinX Gflops?

interesting. your definition of "not successful OC" is very strict.

my definition of fail is can't reach OS and can't run decently stable. i see his, can run 25minutes LinX i would consider successful already.

He could run 25 minutes but not at 4.3GHz. It was throttled down to stock clock aka no overclock.

sorry ah, not so advanced in OCing so will ask you Q.

from his screenshot, how you see it's throttled? Based on LinX Gflops?

The RealTemps shows that the max core temp hit 100C.
When CPU thermal protection kicks in, any board also will throttle the CPU frequency to reduce the temp down under 100C.