new i5 build

scooby555t · 25 Sep 2011 at 18:29

ok just got rid of my q9550
so new builds up and running
heres the spec

intel i5 2500k 3.30GHZ
gigabyte z68-ud3p-b3
8gb of geil ennhance corsa ram

was wondering if someone could help me set the board up as nearly everythings on auto, running 4ghz slighty overclock
only voltage ive adjusted is the vcore which is set in bios to 1.225 and dram to 1.495 everything else is set to auto, i know nothing about the i5 boards and options so any help would be handy
thanks

Sin_Chase · 25 Sep 2011 at 18:33

Do not manually set the VCORE for 24/7 use

There are likely plenty of Giogabyte specific guides around and I would read through them all. You do want to make use of the Auto Voltages and only set the VCORE manually when probing for the clock you want stable.

Once you have found what speed you want to run and the minimum VCORE it takes let auto do the work and set an offset, either + or -. You can make full use of TurboBoost, Speedstep etc then.

scooby555t · 25 Sep 2011 at 18:45

ive got it manualy set to 1.225 its well below the info ocuk have said regarding the chip its also water cooled am trying to make sence of the guides but 1 say 1 thing and other says somthing else

Sin_Chase · 25 Sep 2011 at 18:46

It's not that 1.225 is too high, it's just that manually setting it means you cannot undervolt when downclocking.

scooby555t · 25 Sep 2011 at 18:56

so should i set it back to auto i'll take pics of the touch bios info

Sin_Chase · 25 Sep 2011 at 18:58

I am not familiar with Gigabyte boards but their SB implementation I imagine is quite similar to others.

scooby555t · 25 Sep 2011 at 19:01

emm confusing might just stick it back to default and run bios defaults my temps are inthe low 20s' and after gaming temps are into the low 40's though that would be ok for a small overclock