2500K (Sandy) over clock results

SimonMaltby · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:13

My i5 2500k (Sandy) kit arrived this morning

I have now built the rig and started to over clock.
Here are some pics and initial results will follow

SimonMaltby · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:13

Here are my first results

Vcore set to 1.3v in Bios and a simple CPU Multi set to 46
No other changes have been made.

Jokester · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:20

Niiiice, does the BIOS read 1.3V as Vcore measurement or is CPU-Z right?

Gibbo · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:23

Bloody hell mate thats impressive you got there so easy.

Mr Paul · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:24

Yeah not to bad at all

SimonMaltby · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:27

Jokester said:
Niiiice, does the BIOS read 1.3V as Vcore measurement or is CPU-Z right?

I will check later, I switched it off for a bit as I need to do some work

I suspect it will show 1.385 because the Asus windows software (as on screen shot) shows the same as Cpu-z

chippy08 · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:57

Nice overclock whats in the sector 5 box ?

bulldog147 · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:59

SimonMaltby said:
Here are my first results

Vcore set to 1.3v in Bios and a simple CPU Multi set to 46
No other changes have been made.

What is the max temp for this mate ? Just wondering ! I don't mean the cpu temp, I mean the core temp 0,1,2 and 3 ?

Jokester · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:59

chippy08 said:
Nice overclock whats in the sector 5 box ?

Looks like RAM, but I also spy OCZ RAM :confused:

w13dle · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:00

nice setup & results there, im liking the look of that efi, my pro is on its way im just deciding on processor & cooler

Gibbo · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:00

chippy08 said:
Nice overclock whats in the sector 5 box ?

That is Patriots very fast dual channel stuff.

DBT85 · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:03

4.6 at 52c looks nice! interesting that another guy using air is at 5ghz and about 7c cooler... let me find the thread.

EDIT:

1Day said:
46'c at 5 GHz

1Day said:
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU with a Scythe single fan.

Heat is not an issue with these CPU's.

Will have to see what mine can do!

the1gooner · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:05

Nice and easy overclock, looks like the 2500K is going to be much better value for money and a better buy than the 2600K.

chippy08 · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:06

This guy has got same board i want Gibbo but do you know if a noctua nh-d14 fits ok on this board. Sorry for hijacking the thread

steve258 · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:36

Very nice setup

very jealous now.

So it's true that these sandy chips can only do multi overclock then? meaning the 2500Ks and 2600Ks only? Does running fast bus speed make any noticeable difference on i5/i7? or is it so fast already that it's not going to make any difference? Sorry am a bit out of touch.

SimonMaltby · 7 Jan 2011 at 17:51

chippy08 said:
Nice overclock whats in the sector 5 box ?

I could not decide between High Frequency / Poor CAS or Lower frequency Better CAS so I brought 2 sets of RAM and will sell one when i'm done testing.

So I have 2x2GB Patriot 2400 CAS 9 and 2x2GB OCZ 1600 CAS 6
So far I have just used the Patriot at 2133 CAS 9

Todge said:
4.6 at 52c looks nice! interesting that another guy using air is at 5ghz and about 7c cooler... let me find the thread.

I'm a bet sceptical about this thread. There are no screen shots or confirmation of chip/mobo

I don't think 5GHz is going to very easy to achieve at all. So far I have managed to do superPi 1M at 4.7 but at 4.8 I get an instant blue screen.

There seem to be far more overclocking options than I thought there would be. The Asus board has a great DIMM control and Voltage adjustments. This is where the real fun begins imo finding a way to get the magic 5GHz. For now i'm happy that 4.6GHz almost out of the box was a nice easy overclock - comparable to getting 4.0GHz from an i7 920 in terms of difficulty.

DBT85 · 7 Jan 2011 at 18:21

SimonMaltby said:
I could not decide between High Frequency / Poor CAS or Lower frequency Better CAS so I brought 2 sets of RAM and will sell one when i'm done testing.

Will be very interested in any comparisons.

SimonMaltby said:
I'm a bet sceptical about this thread. There are no screen shots or confirmation of chip/mobo

Fair play, hopefully some screens will pop soon.

Sgt Tackleberry · 7 Jan 2011 at 18:55

Sweet, nice one....

How much did the cpu, mobo and ram cost?.

Rofflay · 7 Jan 2011 at 21:46

is it the camera flash or does that motherboard pcb look brown? i have seen a site showing both the msi and asus in brown pcb's and other sites clearly saying its black.

Barzini · 7 Jan 2011 at 21:55

That is a nice rig you got yourself there mate