how easy is it to overlock sandybridge?

JAPears · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:05

seriously considering an upgrade atm, i have a i7950, but its seriously p****** me off trying to overclock it and keep it stable (novice)
wondering how easy it is to overclock the newer generation of processors in comparison?

Surveyor · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:21

Very easy if you get a 2500K or 2600K processor (unlocked multiplier) and a decent motherboard.

JAPears · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:29

Surveyor said:
Very easy if you get a 2500K or 2600K processor (unlocked multiplier) and a decent motherboard.

i watched a quick video and all it seemed they did was change the multiplier and up the vcore?

Surveyor · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:31

JAPears said:
i watched a quick video and all it seemed they did was change the multiplier and up the vcore?

It depends how far you want to overclock.

Upping the multiplier and VCore will get you so far.

After that you need to tweak a few other settings.

JAPears · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:32

Surveyor said:
It depends how far you want to overclock.

Upping the multiplier and VCore will get you so far.

After that you need to tweak a few other settings.

lets say I was going to the same speeds as the overclocked bundles available from OCUK?
4.6ghz

Surveyor · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:40

JAPears said:
lets say I was going to the same speeds as the overclocked bundles available from OCUK?
4.6ghz

If you want an idea of what's involved read this.

JAPears · 30 Jul 2011 at 21:44

Surveyor said:
If you want an idea of what's involved read this.

great! thanks!

Surveyor · 30 Jul 2011 at 21:48

You're welcome.

Speed · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:04

Another good guide here: http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/overclocking/39184-p67-sandy-bridge-overclocking-guide-beginners.html

Edit: Post "The 4400".... *spooky X-Files music*... lol

Akagi · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:39

for the 'k' series cpu's, overclocking is laughably easy due to the unlocked multipliers, they will crack 3.8ghz on stock cooling, 4.8ghz with high end air cooling, and even 5ghz+ with some watercooling loops (though i do not recommend or promote this

)

just make sure that you get a motherboard with overclocking capability (most have them, so dont worry unless you are cheaping out on the motherboard. (DONT DO THAT!)

JAPears · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:42

yeah im loking at the p67 sabertooth atm... i dont have much use for a z68 board

Sin_Chase · 31 Jul 2011 at 12:52

I think I changed 4 or 5 options on my ASUS P8P67 and am running a 4.5GHz 24/7 overclock.

Too easy.

Broken Hope · 31 Jul 2011 at 13:21

acme15 said:
for the 'k' series cpu's, overclocking is laughably easy due to the unlocked multipliers, they will crack 3.8ghz on stock cooling

If Turbo works like it does on my 930 the 2600K will run at 3.8GHz without any overclocking at all at stock anyway, so that's hardly impressive.

Moothead2 · 31 Jul 2011 at 13:32

Going to be the first to say don't upgrade just for the sake of being able to overclock. the 950 is a very good chip still and you may as well wait until next year when the new Intel CPUs are out.

:(Rhodri:) · 31 Jul 2011 at 14:24

JAPears said:
seriously considering an upgrade atm, i have a i7950, but its seriously p****** me off trying to overclock it and keep it stable (novice)
wondering how easy it is to overclock the newer generation of processors in comparison?

If you're struggling with the 950 overclock then I don't see how a Sandybridge would help TBH as i7's are pretty forgiving clockers as well. What are you currently running at?

Surveyor · 31 Jul 2011 at 17:07

Broken Hope said:
If Turbo works like it does on my 930 the 2600K will run at 3.8GHz without any overclocking at all at stock anyway, so that's hardly impressive.

Only 3.8GHz on one core though.

Amidar · 31 Jul 2011 at 18:10

Surveyor said:
Only 3.8GHz on one core though.

Sure my Z68 motherboard allows turbo on either 1 core,2 cores or all 4 cores or does it just run turbo slower when using 4 cores,i've come from X58 so this Z68 is new stuff too me.

Surveyor · 31 Jul 2011 at 18:15

Amidar said:
My Z68 motherboard allows turbo on eitther 1 core,2 cores or all 4 cores.

Plenty of motherboards allow you to change the turbo multipliers but standard turbo, without tweaking the BIOS, is 3.8GHz on one core, 3.7GHz on two, 3.6GHz on three and 3.5GHz on four.

Amidar · 31 Jul 2011 at 18:18

Surveyor said:
Plenty of motherboards allow you to change the turbo multipliers but standard turbo, without tweaking the BIOS, is 3.8GHz on one core, 3.7GHz on two, 3.6GHz on three and 3.5GHz on four.

Thanks for that