Overclocking i5 2500k

[sreeve1993]

Hi all,

I am still rocking an i5 2500K and I've been tinkering with my Overclock settings as I've been running @4.2GHz for sometime and I'm trying to push for 4.6Ghz.

It seems quite stable, and I believe I'm close to getting it perfect, but I have experienced a few crashes under medium load (browsing the web, watching Youtube), typical multi-tasking stuff. I am seeking advise from more experienced individuals to overlook my settings:

I'm on a AsRock Extreme 4 Gen 3 Motherboard, My settings so far:

Offset is set to +0.010
Additional Turbo Voltage +0.070

Idle fluctuates at 1.0-1.1V
Full Load at 1.4-1.44V
LLC: Set to level 1

Full load Temps sit just below 70c, never seen them hit above 75c.

Anyway, I am a bit curious with my Full load voltage, is this too high?
I have read that 1.4V is too high, unless this is only specific to over-clocks that are set to manual?

Let me know if you need any more information

Thanks in advance!
Stefan

 

[sreeve1993]

Hi PieEater,

Thank you for this information.

 

[sreeve1993]

At the moment I have it stable with 4.4GHz but when I go past this it's seeming difficult.

I don't think 4.6GHz is viable, and I'm when trying to run it at on fixed mode, to find the vcore it's getting too close to 1.4v.

The above setup I mention from my original post is a stable setup but it does crash at random times. Mostly when under medium load.

I have been looking into the i7 2600k, finding a cheap one is a good shout.