i5 2500k running hot

hardkore · 8 Sep 2011 at 21:00

Hey everyone

OK had my 2500k for about a week now and fancied giving it a good clock

I've got to 4.5ghz so far but running core temp and intel burn test the core temps jump to about 74c after 5 runs.

I heard the max temp for these chips is 72c so ideally i'd like to try and get temps down to mid 60's under stress if possible. I've noticed that when the cpu is at full load my voltage is 1.3711 which is far too much from what ive read.

How do i change the voltage? I've tried changing in bios but it just basically ignores my set voltages and goes straight to 1.37 at load. Idle voltage is around 1.1v.

Was thinking of trying 4.5ghz at 1.3550v and see if thats stable and good temps and if i can stay there ill be happy. BTW bclk is set to 100mhz and multi is x45

thanks

hardkore · 8 Sep 2011 at 21:41

from what ive read on other forums my cpu should be pretty stable @ 4.5ghz at 1.280v. If i can get to that then surely my temps should drop a bit?

hardkore · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:11

thanks for the replies. Still using my old antec 900 case with standard fans in all set to medium speed. Thats the thing, what voltage should i drop? tried setting cpu voltage in bios to 1.320 and it still jumps to 1.37 during stress. Can i simply set the pll voltage to 0 or as close as i can get to 0?

Im using core temp to monitor all four core temps not the cpu in general.

hardkore · 9 Sep 2011 at 15:25

Thanks for the replies again.

Found out my coretemp program was showing wrong volts for some reason? Anyway i set my cpu to 1.3v in bios and the asus mobo tool is reporting 1.275 idle and 1.293 under load stable after 5 intel burn tests and 5 hours prime95.

max temp on any one core was..... drum role....... 63c!!!

I'm happy with that 4.5ghz clock now