The end of my 2500k :(

harryface · 25 Dec 2017 at 00:20

So I've had my 2500k for about 6 years and it' been great. A few months ago I was lacking a bit of umph so I went to a 4.8 overclock. Fully stress tested it and no bsod issues. The Last week or so I have been getting random bsods. I rempved the overclock bacl to default but it continued. Had one when I was clutching a win in pubg. Not ideal. And today is when it all went down the pan. I was demoing some rift games to the fam and just kept getting bsod aftr bsod which eventually resulted in a bsod loop. I'e managed to get it to boot by keeping the clock speed at the base speed but giving it a bit more voltage. But it still bsods after about a hour of prime95. I'v run the ram test and that came back fine. I guess it' time to upgrade. Hope there is a tempting boxing day sale for me !! 8700k yes please

JoshR1989 · 25 Dec 2017 at 00:28

Not done bad though tbh, I'd of got index trigger finger for new tech by now anyway tbh lol

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Josh.

Andrew_McP · 25 Dec 2017 at 00:38

Clan 2500K salutes a fallen brother. Our grief can only be measured in megahurts.

AiiR · 25 Dec 2017 at 00:44

Press F to pay respects

geordiejc · 25 Dec 2017 at 00:47

FoxEye · 25 Dec 2017 at 00:57

There can be only one.

MissChief · 25 Dec 2017 at 02:19

4.8 is pretty high on a 2500k and it's lived a good life! See if you can pick up an i7 2600k as a stopgap?

~>Dg<~ · 25 Dec 2017 at 08:56

pick up a 8700k move into the future.will last you just as long and youll be glad you done it.also wonder why you waited so long

pob9 · 25 Dec 2017 at 09:03

i've had to drop my overclock back on mine to 4.4 it's on its way out

it's had a good life

Doogles · 25 Dec 2017 at 11:49

~>Dg<~ said:
pick up a 8700k move into the future.will last you just as long and youll be glad you done it.also wonder why you waited so long

Nah mate we all know Intel will do 8c/16t Z390 this time next year wait it out one more year and get cheaper DDR4 too!

Dirk Diggler · 25 Dec 2017 at 12:48

Andrew_McP said:
Our grief can only be measured in megahurts

Made me lolz

~>Dg<~ · 25 Dec 2017 at 15:36

Doogles said:
Nah mate we all know Intel will do 8c/16t Z390 this time next year wait it out one more year and get cheaper DDR4 too!

probably be even dearer.prices just go up now. dont expect much of a change.difference wont be that much in games either.

MissChief · 25 Dec 2017 at 16:07

I can't see DDR4 pricing dropping until 2019 when the factory being built comes on stream. There's a lot of demand for memory and it' s in manufacturers interests to keep pricing high.

Doogles · 25 Dec 2017 at 18:49

MissChief said:
I can't see DDR4 pricing dropping until 2019 when the factory being built comes on stream. There's a lot of demand for memory and it' s in manufacturers interests to keep pricing high.

They can keep prices high sure but at some point it will stop others from upgrading, if they keep the prices to high then people won't be upgrading to newer platforms because of the prices being too high.

MissChief · 25 Dec 2017 at 19:21

Doogles said:
They can keep prices high sure but at some point it will stop others from upgrading, if they keep the prices to high then people won't be upgrading to newer platforms because of the prices being too high.

True, but demand from businesses and mobiles will mean plants will be retooled to flash memory than DDR4.

Westie · 25 Dec 2017 at 19:27

had my 2500k at 5ghz only lasted 3 years lol now its been turned into a keyring!

Doogles · 25 Dec 2017 at 19:44

Westie said:
had my 2500k at 5ghz only lasted 3 years lol now its been turned into a keyring!

Mind me asking what voltage did you use and what temps did you get?

harryface · 25 Dec 2017 at 21:04

Westie said:
had my 2500k at 5ghz only lasted 3 years lol now its been turned into a keyring!

Idea!!

~>Dg<~ said:
pick up a 8700k move into the future.will last you just as long and youll be glad you done it.also wonder why you waited so long

Yep I agree. Is 8pack doing a bundle tomorrow???

Westie · 25 Dec 2017 at 21:13

Was under water and 1.42 temps never went above 75 from what I remember..

Was a brilliant CPU

Caracus2k · 26 Dec 2017 at 10:27

Doogles said:
They can keep prices high sure but at some point it will stop others from upgrading, if they keep the prices to high then people won't be upgrading to newer platforms because of the prices being too high.

PC enthusiasts represent a rather small part of the total demand for ddr4 which is being driven a lot by mobile phone sales. So a drop in consumer computer upgrades due to high memory prices is unlikely, on its own, to have much of an effect on global pricing for DDR4