Checked my current spec and noticed the RAM is running at 1333 rather than 1600.
My fault as I missed the * on the MB speeds that said it will run at 1600 when OC.
MB is a MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 which comes with an 'OC genie'. Not exactly experienced with OC so turned it on and let it set everything rather than me make a hash of it. CPU went from 3.3 to 4.2GHz and RAM speed went to 1600...yay!
However CPU temp jumped from 68 and slowly climbed to 90c before I put it back to stock. This was just at the BIOS screen and not under any load so something will need to be done. I have an artic freezer pro CPU fan and an antec 900 case.
I've looked up a water cooled sync which is about £50...but another 8GB of RAM is about the same.... which would be the better way to go?
Build is getting older now but has been great for the 6 or so years it's been running
Specs:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
My fault as I missed the * on the MB speeds that said it will run at 1600 when OC.
MB is a MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 which comes with an 'OC genie'. Not exactly experienced with OC so turned it on and let it set everything rather than me make a hash of it. CPU went from 3.3 to 4.2GHz and RAM speed went to 1600...yay!
However CPU temp jumped from 68 and slowly climbed to 90c before I put it back to stock. This was just at the BIOS screen and not under any load so something will need to be done. I have an artic freezer pro CPU fan and an antec 900 case.
I've looked up a water cooled sync which is about £50...but another 8GB of RAM is about the same.... which would be the better way to go?
Build is getting older now but has been great for the 6 or so years it's been running
Specs:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit