i5 2500k 1st time OC

magicoi · 15 Jul 2013 at 13:22

Hi 8 Pack,

Can you throw any suggestions my way for an OC to about 4 / 4.5 Ghz on the system in my sig?

I appreciate its an old chip nowadays so perhaps itll be an easy answer for you!!

Thanks !

lee1101 · 15 Jul 2013 at 13:26

Do you have an aftermarket CPU cooler as this would be the first thing that would need looking at.

magicoi · 15 Jul 2013 at 22:51

I do indeed, a Corsair H-50 is in place to keep things cool!

nutsnut · 16 Jul 2013 at 00:29

I run mine at 1.33 volts for a 4.5ghz over clock. As e cooller too, though waiting for my new cooller to arrive.

8 Pack · 16 Jul 2013 at 22:29

Should be easy on UD3.

Multi to 45, BLK 100, RAM XMP, Cstates OFF, Speed step on, Spread spectrum auto.
LLC extreme. VTT 1.05 , IMC 1.05
Start at Manual voltage 1.3v core and test.

Depending on errors raise Vcore for stability. Keep an eye on temps while testing below 80 being fine on SB. For testing just use your PC as you would normally!!!

Any questions post back.

magicoi · 18 Jul 2013 at 12:49

Thanks for your time 8 Pack!

Ill give those settings a go this evening and post back the results !

Slam · 12 Jan 2014 at 22:27

what were the results?

Troezar · 18 Jan 2014 at 18:15

I pretty much used 8 pack's settings. At 1.33v vcore and 4.5GHz seems very stable in BF4, better than my over clock! The only thing I needed to enable was PLL over voltage or it wouldn't boot. Seeing up to 100% cpu usage in BF4 so going to try to squeeze a little more out of it.

Happy with it so far, cheers 8pack

8 Pack · 20 Jan 2014 at 11:18

No problem. Just use Core volts to stabilise and keep an eye on loaded temps.