i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz

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Hey guys

Do these settings look OK? All I changed in the bios was this:


Max temps after 2 hours prime was about 75 with the venom air cooler. Screenshot was taken after it dropped from 75. Idle temps are 39-40 but it is hot indoors today.




All seems ok, maybe to warm? Any thing else I should be looking at guys?

Cheers for any advice. I mean after 2 hours at 100% all was stable, I wont ever use it at 100% for that long. What are the max temps I should watch out for?
 
Your core voltage is extremely low for a 4.7 overclock. Typical 4.7 core volt numbers are around the 1.35 - 1.38 mark.

If you're going to attempt a 4.7 overclock I would definitely advise you manually configure the voltages, it will help with stability.

As for the temperatures, they are relatively okay, since you won't ever realistically max your CPU usage like prime will. The max temp for your CPU is 98, but you really would have to be doing something wrong to hit that, you should only be concerned if you're hitting temps of about 80 since that can shorten the life of your chip.

EDIT: As good as prime is, I think IBT is better for stability testing
 
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Hi thanks very much for the info.

I wonder why I am stable for two hours with my core volt settings then. Should I just leave it and see if I get crashes or something with daily use? If I do then up the voltage?

Thanks again
 
voorhees1979 said:
Hi thanks very much for the info.

I wonder why I am stable for two hours with my core volt settings then. Should I just leave it and see if I get crashes or something with daily use? If I do then up the voltage?

Thanks again
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Run 3 or so hours of IBT and see what happens then go from there.
 
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lee20010 said:
Your cpu z is bugged. It shows that voltage on mine and others. check what the auto vcore is set at in the bios
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ah haaa yes, bios says 1.38. I have lowered this now so it is at 1.35, anything below is a bsod. I have a funny bios it has a dynamic vcore, so I can't just type or select the vcore I want, I have to + or - numbers untill it reaces the reight vcore. Example if system in bios shows vcore at 1.38 I have to minus 50 etc until I reach the desired vcore.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI

But anyway 4.7ghz with 1.352 vcore atm. Will run some tests and see if its stable. First will be 3 hours of bc2 :)

This is a new upgrade form my [email protected]
 
Mate, my new build in my sig is new, and my board is the one above yours, it has the same issue. I've managed to get 4.6 at 1.35. I cannot seem to get 4.8 even at 1.38v. I swear Im missing something, then again, I'm a noob lol.

But yeah my cpu-z, hwmonitor and realtemp software fail to pick up on vcore.....
 
Yeah pretty weird setup with the vcore aye. Oh well, I now have mine at 4.6 with 1.34 vcore. Another 2 hours of prime and all stable, max temps were 73.

Think I will stick with this for now, do some gaming and encoding and see how she performs. I must say I was one of the guys who kept saying no point in upgrading an overclocked q6600 for an i5 2500k. God was I talking rubbish, I have tried a few games and other stuff and the performance difference is huge, not just a little.
 
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Hey

About to run some IBT tests but wanted to clear something up.

OK so cpuz is bugged for me and reads the wrong vcore, so I set in my bios 1.344. Now when I run prime coretemp vid goes from 0.99 to 1.381. So which one is telling the truth is my bios wrong or is coretemp telling porkies when it says 1.381 when running prime?

Cheers
 
No idea pal, we have the same board, I set mine in the bios as 1.35 but when running HWmonitor and IBT, its 1.39v. I'm going to just leave it, thankfully i have good cooling so its not much of an issue, but yeah this 'just up the multiplier' message means nothing sometimes lol
 
Hi I have been a bit confused over my vcore & other OC settings. I have upped my i52500K multiplier to 46 & offset the voltage - 0.040 on a Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H board using the Akasa Venom Cooler. I ran Prime for 1/2 hour to take a pic & the temps are similar after 8 hours which I have ran previously.

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So in my bios the vcore is 1.30 my system is very stable, doeas this seem OK or is the vcore too low?
 
lee20010 said:
No idea pal, we have the same board, I set mine in the bios as 1.35 but when running HWmonitor and IBT, its 1.39v. I'm going to just leave it, thankfully i have good cooling so its not much of an issue, but yeah this 'just up the multiplier' message means nothing sometimes lol
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I forgot we could run touch bios :) So I launched touchbios when running prime, it shows you all the bios settings and shows the vcore, with prime running it did go upto 1.344 :) then back down to 0.9 something when it was turned off.
 
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