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I5 2500k overclock to 4.0 Mhz on stock cooler at 80c Safe ?

jasonsony735

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Hi guys I've just over clocked my Cores to 4.0 MHZ on 1.200v setting to keep heat down and just run prime 95 and the max temp goes up to is 80C --

Is this Safe ?
 
jasonsony735 said:
Hi guys I've just over clocked my Cores to 4.0 MHZ on 1.200v setting to keep heat down and just run prime 95 and the max temp goes up to is 80C --

Is this Safe ?
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Thats fine as long as it keeps under 80c. Cant you do 4ghz on less voltage. I was doing 4.6ghz on the stock cooler on 1.25v.
 
As far as I'm aware, 80 is acceptable. Might feel a bit twitchy if I had a real application that was driving it that high, but Prime is usually an edge-of-the-bell-curve scenario.

Does anything else you do get anywhere close to that? Mine benchmarks similarly hot, but never tops 72C in real usage.


abbotsmike said:
Mine runs 1.38V (stock voltage) and 4.5ghz, never see it above 70ºC on a corsair h70.
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I'm pretty sure that's the maximum safe voltage, not the stock voltage... I really wouldn't want to use it as a starting point and go up from there! :)
 
eddiew said:
I'm pretty sure that's the maximum safe voltage, not the stock voltage... I really wouldn't want to use it as a starting point and go up from there! :)
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I've seen 1.38 and 1.45 touted as the maximum safe voltages from memory.

I'm not sure why mine does go quite that high, as I have the voltage set to standard offset voltage with an increased multiplier. If i remember correctly, I had it set to a negative offset, but I was getting BSOD (later traced to my GPU) and never got round to changing it back! Don't have the time to deal with if for now though, so it's staying! Thing stays nice and cool regardless
 
mine never goes over 60°C >.<
i wouldn't be happy with it at 80°C if i wanted it to last..!

consider getting an aftermarket cooler, you can pick up something which will massively bring ur temps down for <£20, usually well worth it.
 
ShakeNBake said:
mine never goes over 60°C >.<
i wouldn't be happy with it at 80°C if i wanted it to last..!

consider getting an aftermarket cooler, you can pick up something which will massively bring ur temps down for <£20, usually well worth it.
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how long are you wanting it to last 10+years! :p. they will last a good 2-3 years on 1.45-1.5v if you keep them just under 80c.
 
Shouldn't a stock cooler be good for up to 4.3 on stock auto voltage?

Mine's been oc'd to 4.6 since new but I thought with turbo on they went up to 4.3 anyway.
 
jasonsony735 said:
Hi guys I've just over clocked my Cores to 4.0 MHZ on 1.200v setting to keep heat down and just run prime 95 and the max temp goes up to is 80C --

Is this Safe ?
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Why don't you just get a better cooler, 290x and 1440p monitor surely a cooler isn't out the question, even something under £30 would enable you to take that 2500k to 4.6Ghz
 
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