How far can I go safetly

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 03:35

Using a Coolermaster HAF 912 case

Have a 220m on front & 120mm on side blowing in,
220m on top and 120m rear blowing out.

Gigabyte Z68a-d3-b3 mobo, 4x2gb 1600mhz ddr3 ram, gainward gtx 570

Intel Core i5 2500k with Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Cooler

Everything is running at normal speeds atm whilst running a blend test on prime95 heres some stats

Not sure which temperatures are right, the Gigabyte TouchBIOS software or RealTemp.
Processor is currently 33x (3.3ghz). Ive read a lot about people overclocking to 45x (4.5ghz) but mines reaches high 70s within a couple of minutes at that speed so I stop it as was told to stay below 80c.
How far could I go or should I be able to go overclocking judging by these temps and my cooling equipment?
And what about my graphic card aswel, is it worth overclocking that and to what speeds? Think its normal speeds atm

Thanks

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:18

hellooooo good afternoon

SeraphX · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:19

try 4.2Ghz for a start, then work up from there, making sure temps are ok and your not running too much voltage

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:27

being told on another forum that my CPU Cooler is bad and I should get a Coolermaster Hyper 212+ with dual fans.... are they right or is mine good enough?

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:28

by the way from those pics there, the temps, which is my CPU's actual real temperature? they are all different, hard to decide which is which :|

SeraphX · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:31

your cooling is good for a basic overclock, and yes there are much better coolers out there but if your cooler does the job to meet what you want, then it's not a bad cooler

MAXIBOY · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:31

the top four temps are the cores temp as it stands

jamesfreddie · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:35

you should probably get a something like a Corsair A70 the are quite good heatsinks and should keep your CPU even overclocked at a good temp.

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:36

ok so overclock it to 4.2ghz, and get it to run at the lowest possible vcore i can.. and then ill run prime95 and report back with what temperatures im getting
then tell me whether or not i need a new cooler

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:37

jamesfreddie said:
you should probably get a something like a Corsair A70 the are quite good heatsinks and should keep your CPU even overclocked at a good temp.

hm that one isnt on this list but this is where i saw proof that the 212+ is better than mine by quite abit

http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/cooler_master_hyper_212_plus_and_hyper_tx3,4.html

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:58

Changed to 4.2ghz
Changed VCore from Automatic to +0.010

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6800/unledql.jpg

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:59

Is that the right VCore I should try first or should I be going down -0.010?

Leeroy123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 15:17

every chip is different, you need to just mess about with it and stop posting over and over again without replys mate, thats what the edit option is for.

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 15:49

ok sorry about that will edit from now on then

right ive messed about with it for the past how ever long and ive managed to get the vcore to -0.180, it says its 1.15v in touchBIOS, cpu is at 4.2ghz thats the lowest VCore it would boot up in, it bluescreened on -0.190. so is the best for me to keep it cool ?

heres my temps now while running prime95 blend

hows this?

jamesfreddie · 30 Aug 2011 at 19:33

Xanity said:
hm that one isnt on this list but this is where i saw proof that the 212+ is better than mine by quite abit

http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/cooler_master_hyper_212_plus_and_hyper_tx3,4.html

Yes i am not saying that the 212+ is not better but once you look at spending £23 you may as well spend a extra £10 and get a even better cooler.

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 21:32

Is the one you mention better though? Just your the only person whos mentioned that one, everyone else seems to say to get the 212+

jamesfreddie · 30 Aug 2011 at 21:56

The 212+ is a half decent heatsink but the a70 is nearley as good as the d14 according to a few reviews.

DStruct · 30 Aug 2011 at 23:47

Im happy with my temps at 4.2ghz for now saves spending any extra money

Just tried overclocking my graphic card though, gainward gtx 570

default its at 732mhz and mem clock is 1900mhz

tried changing it to 750mhz and 1950mhz, was running fine..... temp stayed below 60degrees and the fan was only at 60%... but after about 20 minutes, deus ex crashed to desktop

I was hoping to increase the speeds even higher but after that game crashed, im not so sure i should bother.. blah