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E5200 "safe" overclocking..
- Thread starter K@rl
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Ive had to bring it back to standard clock speeds due to a really weird issue. When running at any overclock the 2nd core seems to max out while the other stays at 20%. I wondered why exporting a large flash file was taking for ages and it was only using one core. I dropped it slowly down from 3.4 to 3 and then back to 2.5 until it was stable again.
The funny thing is that the board is also uncompatible with the new 5670 I brought - as disucussed on another thread and I am thinking its a power issue with the board itself. PSU and all other components seem ok.
The funny thing is that the board is also uncompatible with the new 5670 I brought - as disucussed on another thread and I am thinking its a power issue with the board itself. PSU and all other components seem ok.
Using one core tends to be down to the software. I always get 8c or so gaps on all my chips when they are under light load. Under full load on all cores they all even out at max.
But it wouldnt matter if they didnt. [someone will say lap it, check your paste didnt get air bubbles] Just look at whichever temp is highest and work with that as your limit.
But it wouldnt matter if they didnt. [someone will say lap it, check your paste didnt get air bubbles] Just look at whichever temp is highest and work with that as your limit.
The temps are fine during normal usage and high usage and even when it was one core doing all the work the temps where not above 52.
I thought it might be the apps to but now its back to normal the temps are nearly balanced all the way up to full load no matter what program I'm running.
Even with it clocked the temps didn't go up much at all.
I thought it might be the apps to but now its back to normal the temps are nearly balanced all the way up to full load no matter what program I'm running.
Even with it clocked the temps didn't go up much at all.
If you're lucky. From my experience it's very hard to damage a chip from trying to boot it at too high a frequency, normally worst that can happen is that it'll refuse to post and you'll have to reset the bios to factory settings (CMOS jumper). Higher volts are more dangerous than trying to boot at higher frequency.