Where to start - overclocking 2500k

I have put in 36 I believe. To get 3.6 I think.

Was playing WOT and a temp alarm went off.

It was at 72c across all cores. I appreciate that may not be that hot. But it's chilly here. Come the afternoon that will be a lot higher.

So will see about getting an aftermarket cooler :)

I hate Dave (chips101) he got me hooked on WOT lol

Blown loads of money. Ah well lol
 
Also WOT FPS has gone up. Why?

I thought to get better FPS you had to change the GPU.

It v synced at 88-92 I believe. Before it was 58 - 62

When I turned off v sync it was like in the hundreds. 130fps lol
 
You need to ensure this over clock is stable too, run prime 95 for about 4 hours +, if there no errors them sorted.
 
The cpu helps with processing the game. Imaging what my 4.7 clock does to my games.

You my friend have now got the bug lol

have you been looking at new coolers yet.


You probably got a program with your mobo cd that auto clocks your chip. Or i think bios can do it as well. Which i think it has.
 
Yeah it deffo has some auto clocking ability.

Think i will leave well alone and get a cooler.

I see the point now in o/c for me - FPS :D

Should i buy this one that Ziddy1232 said about in post 2

I like the look of self contained water coolers from corsair :D
 
I can't comment on coolers to be honest.

I've been on custom water for years.

They say the silver arrow is the business for air but its not cheap. But you get what you pay for.

For closed water loops the h60 has a few faults so don't get one of them i think the h80 is the one to get.

But you could get a h50 really cheap and you could clock to 4.6 easy with good temps and noise
 
Ziddy1232 said:
And that is your opinion.

Mine is that it is trash, and that has been proven by countless benchmarks. Whilst it may not be a 100% necessity, it is highly recommended by more than enough people to get an after market cooler for overclocking, however modest it may be.
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its not my opinion, its a cold hard fact that it can handle a modest overclock while being a bit noisy, which is what you were thinking my opinion was. how noisy i really couldnt say as i dont own one, but it has been proven by countless benchmarks that it can handle a modest overclock.

also, for what the OP originally wanted - an overclock just to say he'd done it - there seemed little reason to spend £25 on a new cooler. if he was saying the cooler was too noisy at stock speeds then sure, recommend him a new cooler, but theres no point in spending money for no reason

koooowweeee said:
i agree with all but the last bit.

Why do you have to leave the bclk and why not go over 1.38

I wish people would stop mis informing people about this.

Ocuk are selling overclocked chips with 1.4v

and asus have made a guide were they tell people to tweak with the bclk.

You can't go silly with it but you can do it.

Mine is set to 104 24/7
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*sigh* do i have to point out intel's own guidelies to everyone
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18227651

basically, while you can use a 104 BCLK clock and all that other stuff it will reduce the life of the chip considerably.

also, about the whole overclockers using 1.4V chips. i, along with quite a few others, were very surprised to hear about OcUK going against intels own guidelines. havent seen asus recommending the BCLK increase for overclocking, but i am even more surprised about that as it could damage a lot of motherboard stuff in the long run

seeing that BringTheRain has never overclocked before i thought it sensible for him not to mess with those settings that intel recommends you dont mess with
 
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well i am running at 3.4 so at least i can say my rig is o/c'd lol.

Gonna have a sit down and think and buy bits in order as to how useful they are.

As i want

Mouse
Mouse mat
Cooler
Cable management
New GPU
New PSU

:)
 
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BringTheRain said:
well i am running at 3.4 so at least i can say my rig is o/c'd lol.

Gonna have a sit down and think and buy bits in order as to how useful they are.

As i want

Mouse [default OcUK recommendation] logitech MX518 is a great mouse[/default OcUK recommendation]
Mouse mat boogie bug XL is on offer this week
Cooler i'll go along with stulids recommendation of the gelid tranquillo
Cable management you dont really need to buy anything for that, just spend a while routing one cable at a time to somewhere out of site
New GPU
New PSU

:)
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cant really recommend a new PSU or GPU until i know what you have already
 
Reaper 392 said:
its not my opinion, its a cold hard fact that it can handle a modest overclock while being a bit noisy, which is what you were thinking my opinion was. how noisy i really couldnt say as i dont own one, but it has been proven by countless benchmarks that it can handle a modest overclock.

also, for what the OP originally wanted - an overclock just to say he'd done it - there seemed little reason to spend £25 on a new cooler. if he was saying the cooler was too noisy at stock speeds then sure, recommend him a new cooler, but theres no point in spending money for no reason



*sigh* do i have to point out intel's own guidelies to everyone
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18227651

basically, while you can use a 104 BCLK clock and all that other stuff it will reduce the life of the chip considerably.

also, about the whole overclockers using 1.4V chips. i, along with quite a few others, were very surprised to hear about OcUK going against intels own guidelines. havent seen asus recommending the BCLK increase for overclocking, but i am even more surprised about that as it could damage a lot of motherboard stuff in the long run

seeing that BringTheRain has never overclocked before i thought it sensible for him not to mess with those settings that intel recommends you dont mess with
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were in that thread is there a post from someone who works for Intel. *sigh* another person making false claims.

Now if that was a Intel link i would have said ye ok that's true.

But its not and overclockers still sell chips with a clock granted 4.8 clock with 1.4 volts.
 
koooowweeee said:
were in that thread is there a post from someone who works for Intel. *sigh* another person making false claims.

Now if that was a Intel link i would have said ye ok that's true.

But its not and overclockers still sell chips with a clock granted 4.8 clock with 1.4 volts.
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did you even read the post i linked?
sandybridge OC guide said:
Right guys myself and our technical guys have spent the entire weekend and this morning in discussions with Intel regarding the alarming amount of reports of Sandybridge CPU's dying and have been conducting our own testing as have Intel to find out what is a definite no no....
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unless you can show me otherwise then it sounds like those are intels guidelines to me

also:
i5 2500k and i7 2600k shop page said:
These recommendations come from OcUK and Intel, your warranty is un-affected but we highly recommend you adhere to the above to make sure your CPU lifespan is un-affected
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thay couldnt make it much clearer to me that intel set those guidelines and OcUK agree with them
 
Ok so if what was said in that post is true the have spoken to Intel then do you think Intel would let them send broken chips back after stating on there site that they have over volted before they have oven sold them.

If they said there was a man in the moon because they have spoken to nasa would you believe that.

The facts are no one knows the safe volts other wise it would be on the Intel site like the info for older chips.

Also if the info was like this

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1578110

and came direct from a guy who works for asus then i wouldn't argue the point.
 
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BringTheRain said:
Yeah it deffo has some auto clocking ability.

Think i will leave well alone and get a cooler.

I see the point now in o/c for me - FPS :D

Should i buy this one that Ziddy1232 said about in post 2

I like the look of self contained water coolers from corsair :D
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I'd suggest the Corsair Hydro H80 if you're looking for that kinda thing. I've just built myself an i5 system, and it's keeping my cpu (Overclocked to 4.6Ghz) around 55-60'c under Prime stress testing, though it's a bit of a pain to fit (You'll need to remove the motherboard unless your case has a hole in the motherboard tray).
 
A lot of people are saying to just increase the multiplier and leave everything else on auto, but I've read that even at 4ghz, auto settings can put excessive voltage through, which could potentially damage the chip. Is this not true?
 
The Bit-Tech guide is what I used.

I did try just upping the multi first and leaving the rest to auto but this lead to ever changing voltages to my CPU up at 1.32ish.

Used the bit-tech voltages and all seems to be well, priming now.
 
I also had massive temp issues with the stock cooler and it even ran hot on idle at stock. The factory built watercoolers (corsair and antec ones) are really good, amazingly easy to fit and perform very well, yet are also quite expensive.

The silver arrow is the best air cooler you can buy and also outperforms most of the factory sealed watercoolers but can have issues with fitting in a case and with certain brands of RAM, which the water coolers don't suffer from.

What sort of budget do you have mate? Thats the big deal breaker when it comes to CPU coolers when it comes to overclocking. Aim for 4.5ghz min btw, as most i5 2500k chips do it easily on low volts.
 
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