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Can i clock a i5 2500k with stock cooler and still be stable?

Woody_FX

Woody_FX

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Hi guys,

Load of parts delivered to my work today. So going to assemble my pc tonight.

i5 2500k 3.3ghz
Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 S1155 mobo.

I was kinda considering overclocking the cpu for the luls. I probably dont need the extra speed but always interested in doing it anyways to see what happens.

Can I get an overclock on the cpu without sacrificing stability with the stock heatsink and fan?
 
Justintime said:
4-4.2 will be fine, 4.4 with a good low voltage chip..
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Yeah, this. I've got quite a dog of a chip and still managed a comfortable 4.2GHz overclock on the stock cooler. It got a bit toasty under Intel Burn Test but ran at that speed 24/7 for three months 'till I bought a Noctua cooler.
4.2 felt plenty fast for the use I was giving the machine, too :)
 
No point in overclocking on the stock heatsink when you can get a decent after market cooler like the gelid tranquilo for around £20 and get an easy 4.5ghz.
 
I wouldn't risk it mate, like already said, coolers like the Gelid Tranquilo are cheap enough and apparently, are great, and if your not overclocking excessively, then they will be fine for keeping the temps in the safe range!
 
Woody_FX said:
Hi guys,

Load of parts delivered to my work today. So going to assemble my pc tonight.

i5 2500k 3.3ghz
Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 S1155 mobo.

I was kinda considering overclocking the cpu for the luls. I probably dont need the extra speed but always interested in doing it anyways to see what happens.

Can I get an overclock on the cpu without sacrificing stability with the stock heatsink and fan?
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Go for it! You can overclock it but heat is the issue with poor cooling rather than stability. Why not just give it a small manual overclock keeping mindful of your temps to familiarise yourself with your new rig? It'll be interesting just to see what you can get out of a stock cooler, then if you decide to upgrade the cooler you'll know the ins & outs of your new system & be able to quickly get the most out of it.
 
You could try overclocking it to what intels "turbo mode" is. As you know that the stock cooler can deal with it running at that speed.
 
I ran mine at 4.2 with stock cooler for a year on the original B2 Asus P8P67 Pro idle around 35c a few hours on bf3 60-65c. I recently tried to push it further having finally got around to water cooler (for silence not because cooling was a problem) but can only get 4.3 Stable :/ will run at 4.5 but bsod at least once a day and doesn't take much more than half an hour to fail prime, this could either be because I missed something with the settings or running it at 4.2 for so long has worn it out a bit :D anyways performance at 4.2 compared to stock did make it worth it for me :p the extra bit you will get beyond that by using an after market cooler doesn't justify the cost of it imo.
 
thought Sandy Bridge were meant to be 'super cool' running chips? hell my 'eight core' Bulldozer does 4.2GHZ on stock cooler without much hassle and that has a ton higher TDP than a 2500K.
 
Gashman said:
thought Sandy Bridge were meant to be 'super cool' running chips? hell my 'eight core' Bulldozer does 4.2GHZ on stock cooler without much hassle and that has a ton higher TDP than a 2500K.
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They are.

Its just that the fan speeds up and gets noisy at higher Hz, Anandtech+Guru3D both did like 4.4Ghz± with the stock cooler easily enough.
 
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stulid said:
They are.

Its just that the fan speeds up and gets noisy at higher Hz, Anandtech+Guru3D both did like 4.4Ghz± with the stock cooler easily enough.
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same problem my AMD stock cooler had as well then, not so much that it couldn't keep the chip cool but just it had a really really irritating high pitched fan noise, that in itself is reason enough for one to get a nice big heatsink with a slow spinning fan on it. can't put a price on peace and quiet! :)

as well, my stock fan used to go upto high RPM rather quickly as well, due to a setting in the BIOS which wanted to keep the chip <45*C for some obscure reason, even though they are totally fine upto ~62*C, tended to use Speedfan to keep it quiet by running at lower RPM but higher average temperature, still within the limits but not so much that the fan would drive you to the point of wanting to top yourself!
 
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