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My new 2500K @ 5.0ghz

2 months mate. but ive been testing 4.8 and 4.9 also. 5ghz for me needs upto 1.59 so although it says im on that, im actually on 4.8 or 4.9 most of the time. I really want to get the volts down for all 3.
 
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woah that's a lot of volts for a 2600K @ 5ghz?

Man i'm still tempted to go back to 5gig lol

@ 4.5ghz atm 1.35v stable Prime 95 for an hr so good nuff for me
 
3t3P said:
joeyjojo how do you work out the wattage increases? multiplying the OC amount by the 95W TDP?

The readings I gave are at the wall yeh
170W idle
450W load
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It's addictive :) Up to you tbh mate :)

I just said that if 3.3 @ 1.17 is 95W tdp (from a quick google and official 2500k spec) then if power = C v^2 f (according to this) then the power for 5 GHz @ 1.49 is (1.49/1.17)^2 * 5/3.3 = 2.46 so 146% extra over stock or 233W.

As far as I'm concerned that's not worth it. As soon as you start ramping up the voltage, the power consumption goes up quadratically (50% more volts = 125% more power consumption). For me, as near to stock volts as possible is where it's at ;)
 
...but for the most people the PC is at idle 90%+ of the time.....SB will idle between .8 and .95 volts on most motherboards.
 
Yes gurusan and thats another reason i dont really mind too much how high the voltage is i use, as long as the temps are fine. I maybe only use full load for an hour a day at the moment.
 
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so at what point do you acknowledge that although temps are fine the volts are sufficiently high to be causing damage?
 
cheers Azarathal.

where is the evidence of dead CPU's?
I'm not saying 1.5v is safe 24/7 but where are these degraded/blown up chips?!
 
buzzlightweight said:
that is the $64,000,000 question. i have not seen any tbh and i have trolled a lot of forums!
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And you probably never ever will! LOL. Most people who have fried theirs will be trying to get an RMA so won't post anywhere that they've been going too high with volts/ghz :D
 
You won't see any because it just isnt happening. And saying something is 24/7 when offset is being used lowering the vcore 99 percent of the time, is a little false. 1 - 2 hours max a day ill be using enough load to make the voltage to the limits people are scared of using. That isnt about to put me off.
 
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Maybe its because although it reduces the life span of a chip they still have long enough life in them to last this far?

Maybe in 6months time we'll have a massive influx of fried chips with extra ketchup.
 
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