Further overclocking I5 2500k

drhax · 22 Sep 2013 at 08:54

I am currently overclocked at 4.4 with CPU cooler/heatsink. When playing games, temps hover at 50C. I overclocked to 4.6 and ran prime but temps got to 80C within mins but its virtually the same result at 4.4 but thats been stable for ages. Also my vcore goes up to 1.42 at stress at 4.6 is that ok?. I'm not bothered if it shortans the lifespan a bit.

Finners · 22 Sep 2013 at 10:59

1.42 volts sounds high for 4.6, are you using auto voltage? If so there's a good chance its using a higher voltage than needed.

What cooler do you have also?

swiftmetal · 22 Sep 2013 at 11:15

Never ever use prime 95 it proves nothing at all but hurt your CPU.

The best way to test your stability is to use your computer how you would normally and just monitor your temps and is they are decent then that is your own personal stress test.

Finners · 22 Sep 2013 at 11:20

Source for Prime 95 damaging CPU's? I actually find it the best programme to test for stability on my 2500k.

swiftmetal · 22 Sep 2013 at 11:25

You degrade the CPU by stressing it to a level which is impossible to hit in any other way. Just like a car putting extra miles on it for no reason there is no point.

Don't believe me thats fine ask ocuk's resident oc guru 8 pack and argue with him about it and see what a man with an insane cv on this type of thing would say about it.

Nocky24 · 23 Sep 2013 at 08:12

swiftmetal said:
You degrade the CPU by stressing it to a level which is impossible to hit in any other way. Just like a car putting extra miles on it for no reason there is no point.

Don't believe me thats fine ask ocuk's resident oc guru 8 pack and argue with him about it and see what a man with an insane cv on this type of thing would say about it.

How do ocuk do stability testing on their bundles then? My vote would be to use prime for a couple of hours and play games etc (general usage) for a couple of hours as well.

swiftmetal · 23 Sep 2013 at 08:26

Best to ask them to be honest.

Doomedspeed · 23 Sep 2013 at 08:46

The thing is though 8 pack knows exactly what he's doing he knows what vcore and llc (and other settings) are needed to achieve whatever speed..

Prime 95 is a good way of finding out if anything is wrong with your settings |(too little vcore, too low LLC)...

its the easiest way to get your CPU working 100%.. I don't run it for more than half an hour (mostly 20 minutes).. Then its just a matter of gaming..