Core i9 10850K OC at 5100 MHz 1.35 volts
Core i9 10850K OC at 5100 MHz 1.35 volts
Time for overclocking. 1.35 V and higher voltages can cause severe problems for Coffee Lake CPUs because of the TIM used under the heat spreader. Luckily, the 9/10th generation uses solder again. Our Core i9 10850K was set to 5100 MHz at 1.35 volts. Again, wPrime 2.10 (3 times, 1024 M) was used. IDLE temperature measurements are taken on the desktop, with almost no stress to the CPU.
The temps shouldn’t go beyond 90°C, as otherwise, the CPU might degrade and throttling can occur (primarily applicable to the AMD Ryzen range, which generally operates at lower temperatures). Air coolers usually have a tough time with our Core i9 10850K. The Scythe Mugen 5 Black Edition is not an exception. Let’s try to push the voltage beyond the 1.35 V mark.
Core i9 10850K OC at 5100 MHz beyond 1.35 volts
There are four stages for the charts below:
- Default
- 5.1 GHz @ 1.35 V
- 5.1 GHz @ 1.4 V
- 5.1 GHz @ 1.45 V
The Scythe Mugen 5 Black Edition managed to keep the CPU temperatures under control only until 1.35 V; even the 1.4 V was too much (and the CPU began throttling). The final result is ok, considering the reasonable noise coming out of the case.
