My first overclock!

Jackaby · 5 Jan 2013 at 17:20

Very happy with the results, has been running absolutely perfectly + great temps! I'm aware the voltage is pretty high, but I've yet to see it go above 1.38 and from what I've read it's pretty safe to go up to 1.5/6 on the 2600k.

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jotto · 5 Jan 2013 at 18:05

JonSmith · 5 Jan 2013 at 18:12

1.31 is OK for that clock. I certainly would not go anywhere near 1.5V though! That's the realm of LN2 cooling.

FMTopfan · 5 Jan 2013 at 20:48

That is a great voltage for an overclock to 4.6GHz, and the voltage will pay off in maintaining low temps. I've never been able to reach 4.6GHz on anything below 1.35vcore when really pushing this chip running folding or benchmarking with SpeedStep off in BIOS, I have to compensate with 1.36 to keep the system stable 24/7. Certainly don't go above the maximum of 1.42vcore unless your prepared to buy another! And be aware that keep clocking it too high or overvolting will reduce the capability in future, in future like mine you won't be able to reach 5GHz no matter what you do and that included using 1.4v without success anymore.

For instance, I run Folding at 4.7GHz and have it 100% stable with vcore at 1.37 as you see below with it running constant the past 12 hours: