New chip is it that bad?

[SamyBoy13]

Hi there guys I just build I computer for my little sister who mainly plays minecraft, lego games and more.

Specs:
Intel g3258 with stock cooler
Asus Z97M plus
8gb cortsair vengance pro 2x4gb 1600mhz
gtx 960 4gb strix
PSU EVGA G2 550w (I know it's a over kill but I will be upgrading cpu later down a line to I5 and also I wanted to get quality power supply so system can be upgraded in the future as quality psu usually last very long time plus this one has 7 yrs warranty)

I just had some time yesterday to overclock cpu and I only manage to get 4.0ghz @1.1v with temps of 69 on hottest core on OCCT with linpack with AVX instructions (I run it for 1h). Then I let my sister play games on it and no crash for so far.

I have no idea if this is good as never have overclocked due core as I own I7 4770k that runs stable 4.5ghz @1.265v.

 

[justalex81]

why would you need to overclock it?

 

[SamyBoy13]

I wanted to reduce render times as she likes to record videos on youtube and when overclocked a little it performs better while rendering video. Although it still takes a while to render a video roughly 25-30 minutes for 10-15 minutes video.

 

[pastymuncher]

Don't use anything with AVX instructions to stress test Haswell or Devils Canyon cpu's as it really hammers them and if using adaptive or offset voltages it can force it to draw a extra 0.1v. You would never get that load in normal usage anyway. Use Realbench to test. 4Ghz with only 1.1v is ok. Give it more voltage and it should go much further.

 

[marc2003]

The Pentium doesn't support AVX instructions.

edit: 1.1v is nothing. I had to put 1.27v through mine to get 4Ghz. Even with that much voltage and the stock cooler, it was only hovering around the mid 60s while playing GTA V.

 

[pastymuncher]

Does it not? Learn something new everyday on here.

 

[joeyjojo]

Does it not? Learn something new everyday on here.

Didn't know that either!

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4
EM64T / Extended Memory 64 technology / Intel 64
NX / XD / Execute disable bit
VT-x / Virtualization technology

 

[marc2003]

An i3 is the minimum if you want AVX. The flac encoder certainly makes good use of it but I'm not sure of what other real world benefits it gives.

 

[AllBodies]

Also the stock cooler is garbage, so getting 69 degrees at maximum-stress-test load is very good.

If you wanted to push it any further, you'd want to go to around 1.2v and get a better cooler.

 

[Threepwood]

Also the stock cooler is garbage, so getting 69 degrees at maximum-stress-test load is very good.

Its totally fine for an overclocked G3258, there are only 2 cores making heat remember.

Just see how many more volts it needs to get to 4.1/4.2 and decide which is more worth it 4, 4.1 or 4.2 depending on volts/heat.

Ours got to 4.2 with little voltage increase, then would go past that with a heafty increase, so we stuck on 4.2.