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***Official Ivybridge Overclock Thread***

sadbuttrue said:
Various other forums. I've been following a few threads on the subject. Most that attempt delidding know the risks and can afford a replacement. As such they tend to just report their failure inside the thread rather than make a song and dance about it, like the handful of "woe is me" threads :)

I'd estimate at least a 1 in 5 failure rate. High enough for me not to try anyway.
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I have only read of one person damaging their 3570k when delidding.
Still there are risks involved but if you are handy and take your time, as well as heating up the chip in the oven first, it is easy enough to remove.
Of course warranty is then gone and maybe the resale value compromised but I have never had a chip fail on me yet where I have needed the warranty
 
CPU: 3770K @ 4.4Ghz
Mobo: Asus Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX
Cooler: Corsair H100
Max temperatures: 78c CoreTemp after 20min Prime95
Voltage: Stock, 1.190v
Other settings: None
Stable? U tell me?

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SkeeterUK said:
Just bought the 620, its a bit over my budget of 30 which it came to 43 delivered but well tbh im sick of my room being a boiler at night in this weather i have no idea if this will make my room cooler or not but if it helps a little with cooling the air my comp puts out usually then its a win for me as well as cooling the 3570k when its all setup.

I know it probably wont help at all with the air temp in my room but on the off chance it does then great. Cant be worse than what my current setups doing with a tuniq tower on i guess lol.
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Think the appeal of the 620 or closed loop cooling for me at least is the noise reduction, so much quieter compared to air. Think you pay for that more than anything, a 40-50 quid air cooler might cool the cpu better than the 620.

I also bought my 620 because a lot of massive air coolers wouldn't fit into my old amd mobo since the ram was too close and would press against the radiator, so sent it back and bought this.

Pushing hot air out into your room is ideally what you want tbh, though it only really is an issue when stress testing/folding your comp for a few hours or longer. My room only starts boiling when folding on a hot day.

I'd recommend buying a good 120mm fan to push into your new cooler.
 
ilovetechno said:
CPU: 3770K @ 4.4Ghz
Mobo: Asus Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX
Cooler: Corsair H100
Max temperatures: 78c CoreTemp after 20min Prime95
Voltage: Stock, 1.190v
Other settings: None
Stable? U tell me?
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78c at near stock volts is a tad high. I get 60c prime95 on stock volts and it goes to near 70c on IBT. I'm on your temps at 1.3v using a worse cooler.

Also I wouldn't say it's stable after 20 minutes of stress testing. I've folded 100% for 3 days non-stop, then had 2 blue screens in a day and had to up the vcore to stability.
 
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HankScorpio said:
78c at near stock volts is a tad high. I get 60c prime95 on stock volts and it goes to near 70c on IBT. I'm on your temps at 1.3v using a worse cooler.

Also I wouldn't say it's stable after 20 minutes of stress testing. I've folded 100% for 3 days non-stop, then had 2 blue screens in a day and had to up the vcore to stability.
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Thats what i tought!

Still that 78c was on 1.2v that i just had tested before bring volts down to 1.190v.
But its my first ever atempt at OC with new pc and ivybridge.
Gonna bring volts down a bit and test it on prime for a couple of hours on fft!
 
1.30V is my limit - but only because over that temps become silly high (upper 90s in prime, and mid 90s during video encode)

4.5 @ 1.28 is my limit with my Noctua NHD-12
 
HankScorpio said:
Antec 620 with a cheap ebay 120mm push fan.

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uhoog

Isn't even screwed in properly, just hanging by a thread of 1 screw :D

Nope, haven't de lidded mine, though I'm tempted, but can't afford a failure :)
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Is that extra fan pointing in the right direction? I thought u were suppose to push and pull out of the case not in? With the fan lable showing it means doesnt it that its trying to push air in the case when the other fan is probably trying to push it out unless thats pointed in as well?

Just thought they were suppose to go the other way thats all?

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This is what i might be paring with the 620 later, ill keep that where it is i think then stick the radiator to it then the fan that comes with the 620 on after that so the antec fan can push what it can through the radiator and the led fan i have will push whatever it gets out quicker. Should be ok shouldnt it?
 
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They're both going one way, out of the case. Probably looks wrong because it's a cheap piece of ****. Ignore the fan on the roof of my case, that's an exhaust as well.
 
Antec advise pulling air in the back, and reversing the whole process, so you get cool air right over the radiator. My case has decent air flow, I ignored them and left the exhaust at the back.
 
RedToasty said:
Mine was getting a few kernel power issues, but bizarrely only when I had XMP turned on for the ram, it's been fine with it off, even selecting the same timings manually (9/9/9/24, 1.5v, 1600)

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Haven't tried any higher than 4.6, quite content with it running at decent temps. Seems to run very cool, this is only 15 minutes of blend obviously, I've seen 70 degrees max after hours and hours of small fft though.

4500mhz
1.2v Core in the bios
EIST and friends turned off
iGPU off (Virtu MVP needs a bit more support before I bother, too many broken games for a tech aimed at improving gaming)

MSI Z77A-GD65
Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 (2x 4GB)
Corsair AX750 PSU
Antec 620 CPU Cooler
Antec 900 case (the older one)
Palit Jetstream 680 GTX
i5 - 3570k
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Not being able to PM is a bitch so quoted the person id like an answer from if possible.

I have the same motherboard and processor as you with the free geil black dragon, ordered at 12:30 yesterday for delivery today but has not yet arrived ><

Anyway back to my question, I purchased the retail kit so will be using the stock cooler and have never overclocked and have always been afraid to as I cant afford new parts if I **** up but I was wondering what the risks were in upping the 3570 from 3.6 to an even 4ghz and what exactly would I need to do in order to achieve it.

Not 100% I will do it and might well leave it as is but never hurts to ask just incase :)
 
RedToasty said:
Antec advise pulling air in the back, and reversing the whole process, so you get cool air right over the radiator. My case has decent air flow, I ignored them and left the exhaust at the back.
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So should I be pulling the air from outside the case and using the inside pc case as an exhaust? Pretty sure it said on the box to use the fan supplied to stick it going out of the case. OR should I be having both fans set up as PULL/PULL instead of push(inside)/pull(outside) ?

Either way I've currently not got a problem with temps. 65-70c @ 1.280v folding all day. Temps jump by a few c when I'm gaming since my gpu below goes from 36c idle to 70c.
 
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alphaomega16 said:
Anyway back to my question, I purchased the retail kit so will be using the stock cooler and have never overclocked and have always been afraid to as I cant afford new parts if I **** up but I was wondering what the risks were in upping the 3570 from 3.6 to an even 4ghz and what exactly would I need to do in order to achieve it.

Not 100% I will do it and might well leave it as is but never hurts to ask just incase :)
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Can't answer your question but it would be nice if you reported back with your temps at stock with the stock cooler :)
 
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