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Is the temp and voltage a tad high for a 2500K?

Phil2008

Phil2008

Phil2008

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Hi guys, Ive just built my new pc today and Im giving it a test out and getting it running nice and stable before I start using it. How does this look to you, bare in mind Im using a TRUE cpu cooler.

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volts are fine, temps are fine, however id let the test run longer and to let the temps build up to there max really though, couple of mins it won't reach its max.
 
Volts seem a little higher than normal, nothing to be worried about...temps are fine. I say try for more jiggawatts at current voltage.
 
Seems good. You may be able to lower the volts, or you may not. My i5 needs 1.35 @4.6 same as yours.
 
Well guys Im not having much luck at getting it stable, as Ive just increased the volts another notch higher, Am I doing something wrong here? Also for some reason it doesn't like 4.5ghz as it hangs instantly during the POST
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Acolyte said:
Mine needs 1.372v for 4.6ghz, some chips just arent as good as others.
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Yeah I was looking on the net last night and people are getting there chips running at a much lower voltage then I am.. Also someone told me that OEM cpus dont clock as high as the retails and mines a OEM?
 
Phil2008 said:
Yeah I was looking on the net last night and people are getting there chips running at a much lower voltage then I am.. Also someone told me that OEM cpus dont clock as high as the retails and mines a OEM?
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thats not true...

oem chips are the same as retail chips but just comes without HSF.

overclocking is just like a lottery... no 2 chips are the same.
 
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Some of these chip just wont be able to go that far, mine only reaches 4.4 max have to put a lot of volts through it to go any higher then it is'nt stable i have it @ 4.4 on 1.32v won't boot @ 4.5 at all and for 4.6 needs over 1.5v , yours sounds like its reached it's limit m8 tbh shame but like garath170 said its a lottery
 
philip j fry said:
Some of these chip just wont be able to go that far, mine only reaches 4.4 max have to put a lot of volts through it to go any higher then it is'nt stable i have it @ 4.4 on 1.32v won't boot @ 4.5 at all and for 4.6 needs over 1.5v , yours sounds like its reached it's limit m8 tbh shame but like garath170 said its a lottery
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Im just trying 4.4 as 4.5 dont work at all and cannot get it stable at 4.6 :mad:
 
gareth170 said:
thats not true...

oem chips are the same as retail chips but just comes without HSF.

overclocking is just like a lottery... no 2 chips are the same.
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Totally agree, its one big cpu lottery

No diff between OEM and Retail at all apart from the extra 2 years warranty and no box/heatsink.

Mine was an OEM and I got lucky with it, runs at very low voltage compared to a lot out there.
 
Make sure you have vdroop or equivalent set to very high or extreme. And manually set the PLL too, maybe to 1.825
 
I dont use the load line, cos then you either have to have a fixed cpu volt that doesn't decrease when cpu is at idel or you have to use the auto voltage. So I have the vcore voltage "normal" and then I can increase or decrease the volts using the "Dynamic Vcore (DVID). then the voltage isnt fixed.

Ive just enabled the "internal CPU PLL Overvoltage" and now 4.5ghz works,, no idea if its stable yet, but I might be getting somewhere at last:cool:
 
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