My First Ever 'From Scratch' Build!
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Morning people!
I've been Tinkering around with my i5 overclock this weekend, I managed to get it to 4.5Ghz last night (which isn't very difficult). Then ran Prime95 for 15 hours and 46 minutes which I think is a reasonable stress test time. So far everything looks stable and temps arn't too high, 60C was the highest temp recorded by HW Monitor. The only thing I'm not sure about is the core voltage for the CPU, does anyone know if 1.320 Volts is too much for this clock speed?
Anyway here are some results from Prime95/HW Monitor/CPU-Z.
I've been Tinkering around with my i5 overclock this weekend, I managed to get it to 4.5Ghz last night (which isn't very difficult). Then ran Prime95 for 15 hours and 46 minutes which I think is a reasonable stress test time. So far everything looks stable and temps arn't too high, 60C was the highest temp recorded by HW Monitor. The only thing I'm not sure about is the core voltage for the CPU, does anyone know if 1.320 Volts is too much for this clock speed?
Anyway here are some results from Prime95/HW Monitor/CPU-Z.
Morning people!
I've been Tinkering around with my i5 overclock this weekend, I managed to get it to 4.5Ghz last night (which isn't very difficult). Then ran Prime95 for 15 hours and 46 minutes which I think is a reasonable stress test time. So far everything looks stable and temps arn't too high, 60C was the highest temp recorded by HW Monitor. The only thing I'm not sure about is the core voltage for the CPU, does anyone know if 1.320 Volts is too much for this clock speed?
Anyway here are some results from Prime95/HW Monitor/CPU-Z.
Hi,
I would say your doing just fine - if it passed prime for that amount of time and is stable then that is ok. As for the voltage of the cpu - it looks good to me, and well within spec as afaik it is reccomended not to exceed 1.35v by ocers, but many have and do exceed this, and have not blown their chips. The main thing is temps - yours are fine as far as I can see,for long term use I would not want temps much above 70 for comfort.Sure others will chime in here with oppinions.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Yeah I thought that 14 hours would be sufficient, I would have run Prime95 for longer but I wanted to play Total War too badly lol. It's good to hear my voltage isn't too high, that is the thing I was most worried about. I'm quite happy with 60C as my highest temperature, that is just using the stock thermal compound that came with the A50 CPU HS. I may buy some Artic Silver thermal compound and see if it makes any difference. Or go the other way and get a closed circuit water block for it, something along the lines of the Corsair H80 or something
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Yeah I thought that 14 hours would be sufficient, I would have run Prime95 for longer but I wanted to play Total War too badly lol. It's good to hear my voltage isn't too high, that is the thing I was most worried about. I'm quite happy with 60C as my highest temperature, that is just using the stock thermal compound that came with the A50 CPU HS. I may buy some Artic Silver thermal compound and see if it makes any difference. Or go the other way and get a closed circuit water block for it, something along the lines of the Corsair H80 or something
.Hi Mark,
Yeah I thought that 14 hours would be sufficient, I would have run Prime95 for longer but I wanted to play Total War too badly lol. It's good to hear my voltage isn't too high, that is the thing I was most worried about. I'm quite happy with 60C as my highest temperature, that is just using the stock thermal compound that came with the A50 CPU HS. I may buy some Artic Silver thermal compound and see if it makes any difference. Or go the other way and get a closed circuit water block for it, something along the lines of the Corsair H80 or something
Hi,
Might want to consider MX4 instead of artic silver - the artic silver is very good but it takes quite some hours before it reaches optimum performance, whereas the MX4 does so straight away and is easy to apply.Read some of the reviews by members who have bought MX4.
Mark
Hi Mark thanks for the advice I'll check it out! 
Bit late of a reply but thanks for the links! Bookmarked them all. I've actually bought a new modular PSU recently (should arrive tomorrow) so I can maybe get my case in a state close to like yours! Unfortunately I have an Antec 900 which are notoriously bad for cable management so I'll just have to see how I get on
Bit late of a reply but thanks for the links! Bookmarked them all. I've actually bought a new modular PSU recently (should arrive tomorrow) so I can maybe get my case in a state close to like yours! Unfortunately I have an Antec 900 which are notoriously bad for cable management so I'll just have to see how I get on
Hey Ryan,
Your welcome, linus tech tips isn't really going to help you build a PC but its good to watch videos about the latest and greatest bits of hardware. Good luck with cable management (you'll need it), the case I have wasn't too bad although it was missing some tie down points in what I felt where pretty vital locations but there you go! Post some pics when your done so I can oggle over your work
Hey Everyone,
We'll I've been putting my new PC through its paces this week, I've made a machinima video from bits of Empire: Total war I captured using FRAPS. I then edited it all together in Sony Vegas (I can't afford Premiere Pro or Avid) and converted it to HD 1080p AVI format before uploading it to Youtube. I think my 4.5Ghz overclock definetly helped with encoding the video and converting and the 560Ti sure helped keep the frame rates high during recording in FRAPS. Over all I'm pleased with the results and should have another video finished by tonight!
But for now here is the video:
The Battle - Empire: Total War Machinimahttp://youtu.be/KwTm_bOVMP4http://youtu.be/KwTm_bOVMP4
We'll I've been putting my new PC through its paces this week, I've made a machinima video from bits of Empire: Total war I captured using FRAPS. I then edited it all together in Sony Vegas (I can't afford Premiere Pro or Avid) and converted it to HD 1080p AVI format before uploading it to Youtube. I think my 4.5Ghz overclock definetly helped with encoding the video and converting and the 560Ti sure helped keep the frame rates high during recording in FRAPS. Over all I'm pleased with the results and should have another video finished by tonight!
But for now here is the video:
The Battle - Empire: Total War Machinimahttp://youtu.be/KwTm_bOVMP4http://youtu.be/KwTm_bOVMP4
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Soldato
Looks very smooth mate. Good to see the 560Ti does the job very well. I'm trying to get to grip with Prem Pro at the moment!
I see you play Dirt 3... May i invite you to the Dirt 3 Time Trail (in sig).
PS: How did you find OC'ing your 2500k?
I see you play Dirt 3... May i invite you to the Dirt 3 Time Trail (in sig).
PS: How did you find OC'ing your 2500k?
Looks very smooth mate. Good to see the 560Ti does the job very well. I'm trying to get to grip with Prem Pro at the moment!
I see you play Dirt 3... May i invite you to the Dirt 3 Time Trail (in sig).
PS: How did you find OC'ing your 2500k?
Hey Rhys thanks man, the Ti is a beast I love it! Premiere Pro is a good editing program much better than it use to be. I use to use it when I was a video editor because my boss hated Apple so wouldn't buy Final Cut lol. You should have a go with Adobe After Effects as well that's a very powerful piece of software.
You sure can invite me although I only have Dirt3 on the Xbox!
that was before my PC days! Yeah OC the 2500K is a breeze. Really easy and quick too, as long as you have a after market CPU cooler you shouldn't have any problems getting it to 4.5Ghz.
Hey Vent,
No I wish! That was just for the last couple of bits, like the graphics card, CPU, HDD and OS.
*UPDATE*
Hey folks,
I just finished work on another Machinima video. I hope you guys like it!
F1 2011 Machinima Video
Hey folks,
I just finished work on another Machinima video. I hope you guys like it!
F1 2011 Machinima Video
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Just had a read through this. Really nice well done build dude, looks stunning!
That pin removal video helped a lot as I wanna braid my cables and clean the inside of my case, total mess of wires haha
That pin removal video helped a lot as I wanna braid my cables and clean the inside of my case, total mess of wires haha
Soldato
Nice build
Great sleeving, I never had the patience!
Great sleeving, I never had the patience!
Hey John thanks a lot! Glad the video helped, I hate cable management so much! lol
Nice build
Great sleeving, I never had the patience!
Thanks, some companies sell extension cables pre sleeved. I don't know if the finish is up to the same standards as when you do it yourself but it will sure save some time. Bitfenix have their alchemy line of pre braided cables and so does Akasa.