2500k overclocking

the wopster · 7 Jan 2011 at 23:45

here are my first results @4.5ghz 6hrs prime stable will go for 5ghz tomorrow

hash70 · 8 Jan 2011 at 03:38

nice chip mate

bulldog147 · 8 Jan 2011 at 04:49

Nice one! These are the best chip (overtake Intel quad core Q6600 for anyone to upgrade to i7 2500k)

Good luck to your 5GHz tomorrow but it will be much hardest thought, do not overdo your vcore of more than 1.4v) Are you using air cooler or custom water cooling ?

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 06:43

custom water

bulldog147 · 8 Jan 2011 at 09:53

woppy101 said:
custom water

That ok then, why not try 5Ghz then. Good luck.

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 10:16

im struggling at the min to get to 5ghz i can do 4.6ghz @1.35v but even with 1.45 i cant get 5ghz to boot

Cookeh · 8 Jan 2011 at 10:37

Drop the multiplier down - see if you've reached an FSB wall

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 10:41

you dont overclock through fsb with sandybridge you use multi to overclock

DBT85 · 8 Jan 2011 at 10:48

From the two screens it looks like you are doing this on the Turbo as one is as 16x and one is at 45x is that correct?

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 10:53

yes thats how the overclocking works on SB

1Day · 8 Jan 2011 at 11:02

woppy101 said:
im struggling at the min to get to 5ghz i can do 4.6ghz @1.35v but even with 1.45 i cant get 5ghz to boot

What motherboard are you using?

1kiwi · 8 Jan 2011 at 11:08

Can you get 4.8ghz to boot?

DBT85 · 8 Jan 2011 at 11:09

woppy101 said:
yes thats how the overclocking works on SB

I thought that i saw in reviews they were not using the turbo but actually setting it so that it always ran at a certain speed. Turbo means that it'll throttle back frequency and voltage, setting it all manually and disabling turbo will allow you to have a little more control.

That what i got from the reviews anyway.

EDIT: and reading again i believe i may have been wrong.

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:02

1Day said:
What motherboard are you using?

asus P8P67

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:03

beh* said:
Can you get 4.8ghz to boot?

nope stuck @4.6 nothing will boot after that im probz missing somthing

bulldog147 · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:07

I knew it, after 4.6Ghz - it getting much harder to overclock, just like i7 920 after 4.4Ghz, it much difficult.

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:27

still a 1.3ghz overclock is nothing to be sniffed at

MumboJumbo · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:34

I read somewhere there are only two voltages that make any difference when overclocking. One is vcore and the other I forget its name.... ICCP? mmm that doesn't look right.

1Day · 8 Jan 2011 at 14:20

woppy101 said:
asus P8P67

Not sure if you mean the Evo or one of the others so here are the latest BIOS for your board/s.

ASUS

- P8P67 (1053): http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS/P8P67-ASUS-1053.ROM
- P8P67 Evo (1053): http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS/P8P67-EVO-ASUS-1053.ROM
- P8P67 Deluxe (1053): http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS/P8P67-DELUXE-ASUS-1053.ROM
- P8P67 Pro (1053): http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS/P8P67-PRO-ASUS-1053.ROM
- Sabertooth P67 (1503): http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS/SABERTOOTH-P67-ASUS-1053.ROM
- Maximus IV Extreme (0653): http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS/MaximusIV-Extreme-ASUS-0653.ROM
- Maximus IV Extreme (0065): http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS/MaximusIV-Extreme-ASUS-0065.ROM

the wopster · 8 Jan 2011 at 14:29

thanks mate i will try that later this afternoon after the football