i7 2600k overclock

Andy7

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I overclocked my brothers computer earlier on. Does this look OK with the temps and voltage? Cheers in advance.

 
That's still ok, 1.4v is generally the safe upper limit.

But the difference from 4.6 to 4.8 isn't really noticeable or worth it IMO.
 
andy_mk3 said:
That's still ok, 1.4v is generally the safe upper limit.

But the difference from 4.6 to 4.8 isn't really noticeable or worth it IMO.
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I thought that myself to be honest. 4.6 is a nice speed and lower temps.

I notice that you are running the same chip, what temps and voltage are you using if you don't mind me asking :)
 
Temps at 4.8 appear well under control I'd be trying to see if this isn't one of the golden chips that can do 5GHz. I don't really buy into the idea that the difference between 4.6 and 4.8 isn't noticeable so you shouldn't bother. Surely the whole idea behind overclocking is to get the best performance out of the chip. If you follow the 200MHz doesn't make a difference argument to its logical conclusion you'd end up underclocking. It looks like your brother has a really great chip there why not get it running at it's full potential?
 
keep it at 4.8ghz,temps/volts are fine

EDIT: your vid seems high though at 1.512v? seems to be drooping a lot
 
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it means that's your actual voltage but due to vdroop under load its using 1.36v aslong as it doesn't spike to 1.5v when idle ect

you have all powersaving enabled? using offset
 
wazza300 said:
it means that's your actual voltage but due to vdroop under load its using 1.36v aslong as it doesn't spike to 1.5v when idle ect

you have all powersaving enabled? using offset
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I have all power saving stuff disabled and only have Speedstep enabled. Not using offset.
 
PieEater said:
Temps at 4.8 appear well under control I'd be trying to see if this isn't one of the golden chips that can do 5GHz. I don't really buy into the idea that the difference between 4.6 and 4.8 isn't noticeable so you shouldn't bother. Surely the whole idea behind overclocking is to get the best performance out of the chip. If you follow the 200MHz doesn't make a difference argument to its logical conclusion you'd end up underclocking. It looks like your brother has a really great chip there why not get it running at it's full potential?
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If you can then there's no problem. But for a 24/7 clock 4.6 is a big jump from 3.4. The extra 200mhz will help in benchmarks but not always worth the extr volts and heat.
 
I wouldn't run above 1.4v 24/7,it could degrade the CPU

Offset will only give you lower idle temps/voltages
 
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