New computer build.

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I don't really know anything about overclocking. The vcore I can see is higher than what you were saying it should be previously? But how do I reduce it? I don't want to do to much modifying because I have never done it. This is currently just the OC genie button pushed in. And yes this was just on idle.

Thanks :)
 
Well you'd have to probably OC it yourself without the OC Genie. The OC genie settings will be fine though if you want to stick to that.

If you do want to do it yourself you need to up the multiplier in the BIOS, ignore your bus speed that should be a 100, and then your V-Core voltage you could set to about 1.3V, run prime for an hour or so to make sure its stable, then if it is, jump back into the bios and lower the V-Core just a fraction more, re-test with prime, and if it's ok, try and lower the v-core a little more.

The trick is patience and to do it incrementally. 1.3V should easily let you up the multiplier to about 44 to give you an overclock of 4.4Ghz, but if you just want say 4.2Ghz then you put 42 instead.

It works by multiplying the multiplier by the bus speed. So obviously 42 x 100 is 4200 which is 4.2Ghz.
 
Go into bios, Overclock tab. Change Vcore 1.3V. Lower is safe. It either works or it doesn't.

Then load the CPU 100% with Prime 95 for 15 mins for a quick run, or until the temps stabilise, keep monitoring temps. 15 mins is not enough for a test run but should give a good estimate. If it's stable and the temps are holding, then you can try 1.28V. If you are lucky and have a good chip, prime95 should be stable for an hour+. The lower the better for the CPU, and the lower Vcore, the less heat.
 
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Yeah, try Vcore first. 4.2GHz is a decent overclock, but stabilising it at a lower voltage would be nice. 1.28V would be good, lower even better.

Once it's stable, you can play around with small increments and increase the multiplier / voltages if you're greedy.

Just like tuning a car :)

Then you can play with the memory voltages as well, and reduce Dram voltage a little. Timings wont affect much, but you can try lower them too once you have stable RAM at low voltage.
 
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Thanks for all of the responses. So that does sound easy enough, but for me because I am not an expert overclocker all I want is the best speed possible while being the most stable it can. So would this be just sticking at 4.2 with a a 1.3/1.28V vcore?

Thanks :)
 
Yeah that's what I'd do. Decent OC level (from 3.3GHz), and low-ish voltages. I would think 1.3V at least would be achievable at 4.2GHz. The rest of the parameters should be fine with OC Genie, it's just the Vcore that's too conservative.

The lower the better for the CPU. Same for RAM (less stress on memory controller inside the CPU). Just dont shoot everything going over 1.65V Vram Voltage and 1.4V Vcore voltage :)

It depends how much you time wanna spend tweaking, but I'd be happy with 1.28 vcore and 1.55 Vram.
 
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Ok right so BIOS, Overclocking, vcore to 1.3V. Then open prime95 and hardware monitor and let it run for 15mins first? I have never used prime either!

Also this is keeping the OC genie button pushed in? It's ok to modify the settings that it has already set?

Thanks :)
 
1.55V. Depends what it's at.

It's best to not do too much at the same time. If it's safe under 1.65V, then leave it to that, just tweak the vcore to 1.28-1.3V at the moment, and after it's stable and nice, decrease vram to 1.55V. then lower if you can be bothered. SOme peeps get their ram stable at under 1.5V, it all depends not all CPU / RAMs are equal.
 
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I'm not sure about the compatibility of modifying OC Genie settings. I don't see why you couldn't though.

But if you do turn OC Genie off, it is still really simple to do without OC Genie.

I personally at the moment have mine at 4.4Ghz at 1.208V, I'm hoping to push that down to about 1.18 if I'm lucky. I've also had this running full whack on prime95 for about 4 hours and it was stable with max temps of about 65 celcius but averaging about 63.

hope that gives you some idea of what you may be able to achieve. Note I am using a H50 though on push/pull so temps might be a little better than some standard air coolers.
 
DRAM voltage is at 1.664V?? =/

And J-Fro thanks, that's impressive :P

I just didn't want to get into overclocking because I want everything to be running just normally really. Thought I would try the OC genie because it does it for you!
 
Right this is all starting to make me a bit worried now! This RAM said 1.5V normal which is why I got it!

Also before I start making changes should I save the original settings with OC genie?

EDIT: Without OC genie!
 
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Hmm I am now thinking of not using OC genie and either doing it manually or not at all. From what everybody has said it seems to be better to do it manually really. Just don't know if I have the guts for it! =/
 
Lol so at stock the DRAM voltage in bios is 1.488V. Which makes me calmer :P Just dislike the CPU speed. The CPU core voltage is 1.176V.

Also the DRAM timing mode says auto, does this matter?

I want faster speeds but am too scared of what might happen :(
 
leave it on auto. CPU-Z seems to show 1600MHz (800 x 2).

Keep those settings, and read up on overclocking 2500K, and ask the overclocking board, they'll guide you safely through the minefield when you are ready.
 
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Right well here's what you should do to overclock your 2500k:

save your current profile in the bios
set the multiplier to By All Cores > 44
set the Load-line Calibration to Extreme
set the VRM Frequency to Manual > 350
set the Phase Control to Extreme
set the Duty Control to Extreme
set the CPU Current Capability to 110%
set the CPU Voltage to Manual Mode > 1.35v
set the DRAM Voltage to 1.5v
set the VCCSA Voltage to 1.125v
set the VCCIO Voltage to 1.15v
set the CPU PLL Voltage to 1.8125v
save this profile

If everything seems ok +1 the multiplier for 4.5GHz. You could start at 43 to be safe and work your way up.

Manually set base clock to 100, do not go beyond this!

Presumably you have got the drivers for the hd 6950 from ati? Personally I 'd recommend 11.4 drivers as opposed to the newer 11.6.

You will also want to install the updated intel rst (10), will help with the ssd, I presume this will be on the disc with the mobo....
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Also this is what Jason posted a while ago. It's similar to what you guys have said but has a few extra things. Would this be ok settings if I man up and do it manually?

Thanks :)
 
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