Come watch me overclock my new system
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2600k can hit 5.1 if your lucky and skilled. Provided you have decent cooling, 4.7 should still be a breeze, be careful not to overvoltage too much though
It can hit way more than that with the right combination of components, skill and cooling.
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I don't recommend the OP pushes it too far though
What cooler are you using?
What software are you using to monitor the temperatures?
No air or water cooler can cool below ambient temperature so unless you're in a very cold place those temperatures are wrong.
Try CoreTemp or RealTemp to check the temperatures.
And FYI it's load temperatures you need to be checking.
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Erm, I'm using the socket 1366 £70 Noctua one that I made fit my socket 1155, I'm using AI suite II that came with my motherboard to monitor temperatures, my computer is emitting a TON of freezing air right now, it's making me so cold.
Believe what you like.
Unless you're in a room at near 0°C temperature you can't be getting near single digit CPU temperatures even at idle.
30°C is realistic.
9-10°C is impossible.
If we're going to take you seriously post a screenshot running Prime95 with CPU-Z and CoreTemp/RealTemp running as well.
That's why I asked for proof.
9 degree idle temperature with a cooler "that I made fit my socket 1155"
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So it's not 1.25V for 4866MHz as your screenshot shows 1.352V for 4810 MHz.
You need to run Prime95 and check the CPU core temperatures with CoreTemp/RealTemp.
Have you actually stress tested any of these overclocks? You don't seem to have spent any time doing that.
And why have you increased the Base Clock to 104.6MHz? Many of the system clocks are based on the Base Clock being 100MHz. Increasing it can cause instability and reduce the life of your components.
You need to run Prime95 and check the CPU core temperatures with CoreTemp/RealTemp.
Have you actually stress tested any of these overclocks? You don't seem to have spent any time doing that.
And why have you increased the Base Clock to 104.6MHz? Many of the system clocks are based on the Base Clock being 100MHz. Increasing it can cause instability and reduce the life of your components.
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I used auto-overclock, which increased both. The highest it has got to is 4.8 ghz, using 1.25 volts and 1.35 volts, I did say I was increasing the voltage now...
It also only overclocks under stress testing, so 4.8ghz is stress tested
Ontop of that I ran realtemp, It's giving me 22-23 idle and 50 load
EDIT: these clockspeeds are of turbo which explains why they only show under load, should I turn turbo off and see the highest base clock speed I can achieve?
Probably because that's what the reviewers do, and increase the base clock. You can't blame him if they do it.
But anyway.. your temps are not abnormal... just do what I said and download Realtemp or coretemp to get your real temperatures. AI Suite is terrible for reading temps. If you actually read the replies on here you would have realised that by now.
EDIT: Cool.. so you have run real temp. Excellent Run Prime 95 and select "Small FTT's" to stress test. The built in stress test if that's what it is on your auto overclock is really not a good enough test unfortunately 
Good luck and I hope 4.8Ghz is stable for you
But anyway.. your temps are not abnormal... just do what I said and download Realtemp or coretemp to get your real temperatures. AI Suite is terrible for reading temps. If you actually read the replies on here you would have realised that by now.
EDIT: Cool.. so you have run real temp. Excellent
Run Prime 95 and select "Small FTT's" to stress test. The built in stress test if that's what it is on your auto overclock is really not a good enough test unfortunately Good luck and I hope 4.8Ghz is stable for you
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It's not a 5GHz OC until it's been stressed and proven stable.. Just reaching xGHz isn't enough ;P