I’m a beginner trying to overclock an i7-6700K. I followed several tutorials and did some testing with LinX (only about 5–6 runs using 80% RAM), and I’ve also played Cyberpunk for over 10 hours.
So far, I haven’t noticed any major issues. For the overclock, I’m using per-core ratios set to 49 / 48 / 48 / 47, with 1.39V core voltage. My cooler is an air cooler with dual 120mm fans. Temperature-wise, even under sustained load, it has never exceeded 83°C, and during gaming it usually stays around 75–78°C on average.
My CPU cache ratio is set to 45 (min/max the same), and LLC is set to Level 6. The temperatures don’t seem dangerously high to me, but the voltage seems relatively high, so I’m not sure whether this is actually a bad setup or not. Would this be considered safe enough for daily gaming use?