CPU OC and PSU

[faceman123]

Just thought i would share-

Brother had a corsair cx600 pile of trash psu, he could'nt get past 4.4

changed psu to evga g2 750w - oc'ed to 4.9ghz on his 6600k @ 1.36v

got told by many here not to bother with the upgrade lol

 

[joeyjojo]

Is a bit surprising. Sure no other settings changed? Replaced cooler? Was it failing stability tests before, or not POSTing, etc?

 

[faceman123]

Is a bit surprising. Sure no other settings changed? Replaced cooler? Was it failing stability tests before, or not POSTing, etc?

yeah would'nt post above 4.4 regardless, nope didnt change anything except multiplier lol, stable as rock

 

[z10m]

My mate bought my old components from me (CPU/mobo/ram/gpu) and he's running them on much worse power supply.
CPU requires much higher voltage to remain stable than when I was using it with my psu.
So yeah it does make a difference.

 

[joeyjojo]

Except that the CPU power is regulated by the motherboard, not the PSU.

 

[Jumper118]

Maybe that's why I couldn't get past 5.5ghz on my FX 8320 on single stage phase. I was running a cx500m.

I don't think it have ever seen an oc difference going from my cx500m to my super flower leadex Psu's before. I wonder if in this case it was not able to jump from the lower power States to full speed that was the issue.


It could also be the 8 pin cpu power connector on the motherboard or psu that fit together better on the evga unit as well.

 

[Doogles]

I wouldn't exactly call the CX series trash, they arn't great but get the job done. I use one for backup emergency.