old i5 2500k

stobbsie · 25 Apr 2014 at 13:29

hello again guys n gals ,i came here a while back needing help overclocking the cpu , tbh i think all i did was disable c1e and increase multiplier to x40 which got me to 4ghz my temps are idles 24c maxed out running prime 95 at 49c
so my question is can i take this cpu to 4.4ghz with just the multiplier and not change voltages ,cpu cooler corsair h80 push pull (purchased from OVERCLOCKERS) never had a problem with it super low temps kicks all my old air coolers ass

cpu i5 2500k
mobo z77a-g42 msi gaming
8gb gskill ripjaw
1tb hybrid ssd
gtx660ti asus

pob9 · 25 Apr 2014 at 15:59

probably but have u got vcore on auto? also what vcore are you getting on full load?

stobbsie · 25 Apr 2014 at 17:37

not sure how would i check that

stobbsie · 25 Apr 2014 at 17:41

cpu z shows vid:1.3461 v , i dont think i changed vcore when i changed multi to x40 tdp:95w cpu idling at 26c now and power 14.4 watts

pob9 · 25 Apr 2014 at 18:11

with that voltage ud probably hit 4.5g the problem is i suspect ur motherboard is set to auto voltage this will allow the mobo to put whatever voltage it thinks the cpu needs to be stable. usually this is much higher than needed. so if u change the multi to 44 ull probably be seeing high temps and a silly voltage pumped thrugh ur cpu
see if u can find a setting to set a fixed vcore and set it to 1.30 volts. then test and check what volts cpuz says ur running

stobbsie · 26 Apr 2014 at 10:09

IN MY PREVIOUS POST ABOVE I SAID CPUZ SHOWED THE 1.3+ V BUT I USED CORE TEMP NOT CUPZ you still around pob just that i downloaded cpuz and that says the core voltage is 1.000 v but goes up to 1.048 v , the first voltage i got was from core temp,both programs show different voltages or am i wrong i dont know
i googled and read ""Core Temp is showing you the VID, not the actual voltage. CPU-Z is showing you the real voltage."" is this right/
i went into bios to try to set vcore to 1.3 but i only seem to have option of auto volts like i can choose 1.2000v or 1.4000 no option for 1.3 and the vcore was going a little over 1.2v in the bios

stobbsie · 26 Apr 2014 at 12:19

if you read the post above do you think id be better off just leaving cpu at 4ghz

pob9 · 26 Apr 2014 at 15:38

if auto is ur only option give 44 multi a try and keep an eye on the voltage and temps. it shoudnt need more than 1.3 v for 4.4 but as long as temps are ok (70 or under) try not to let the volts go over 1.38. and yes use cpuz for the core voltage the vid is a different thing altogether.

stobbsie · 26 Apr 2014 at 16:55

thanks