i5 2500k overclock - how long before considered stable?

DaveJ-UK · 17 Sep 2011 at 13:43

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stulid · 17 Sep 2011 at 13:49

Rum Prime95 for well over 7hrs, also use Intel burntest set to extreme and multiple (20+) runs/tests.

Rik1254 · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:07

Now I dont think thats entirely an unstable OC. Mine fails to respond after I put it to sleep and a lot of people say its down to either the PSU or thr GPU. Both of these worked perfectly when I was using it with an AMD PIIx3, so Im assuming its either the i5 or (and this is what Im pinning it on) is the P67 board.

Just put it into sleep mode and try turning it back on to see if that is a problem or not.

In regards to the level of testing:
I test with IBT on High for 5 tests, I dont really use the computer enough to warrant a lengthy test. 7 hours of prime....thats my average 2 days use of the computer

OLDPHART · 18 Sep 2011 at 12:52

When you use IBT, all the results should have e-002 on the end, if any have e-003, your CPU is not stable.

DaveJ-UK · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:35

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logi-cat · 23 Sep 2011 at 16:44

Intelburntest or LinX (same thing) are good benchmark to use as they stress all the cores. I ran my 2500k at 4.5GHz with 50 iteration and it's stable. The benchmark will be able to detect instability within the first few iterations.