can someone help me OC my 2500k? i tried once and it was perfect, last time i tried i messes the voltages and the pc started turning of and on itself loads of times in a row..
Scary moment
You can use this as a rough guide to voltages to use, it's what two of my 2500K's needed. On a Gigabyte motherboard you might need to up the LLC to Extreme, been a long time since I used one on a 2500K.
Below is voltages on my
MSI Z77 MPower fully stable
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2500K: Batch No: 3138A838 (Costa Rica)
4.9GHz = 1.408 load (prime95), 1.408v load (IBT 2.54) 1.424v idle. (Manual CPU Voltage = 1.43v BIOS)
4.9GHz = 1.400v load (prime95), 1.42v load (IBT 2.54), 1.01v to 1.06v idle. (Auto CPU Voltage)
4.8GHz = 1.336v load (prime95), 1.344v load (IBT 2.54) 1.352v idle. (Manual CPU Voltage = 1.36v BIOS)
4.7GHz = 1.296v load (prime95), 1.296v load (IBT 2.54) 1.312v idle. (Manual CPU Voltage = 1.32v BIOS)
4.6GHz = 1.384v load (prime95), 1.408v load (IBT 2.54) 1.01v to 1.06v idle. (Auto CPU Voltage)
4.6GHz = 1.280v load (prime95), 1.280v load (IBT 2.54) 1.296v idle. (Manual CPU Voltage = 1.30v BIOS)
2500K: Batch No: L104A429 (Malaysia)
4.6GHz = 1.336v load (prime95), 1.36v load (IBT 2.54), 1.00v to 1.05v idle. (Auto or Manual CPU Voltage) (Maximum Clock stable)
4.5GHz = 1.328v load (prime95, 1.352v load (IBT 2.54), 1.00v to 1.04v idle. (Auto or Manual CPU Voltage)