2500k Gigabyte z68xp-ud3p voltage concerns when overclocking

WillSK

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Hi all,

I am currently in the process of overclocking my 2500k system to the desired 4.5 mark.

here is the current guide i've used and it's stable so far after 12 hours prime blend with temps no higher than 65 degrees

I5 2500K 4.5GHZ

BIOS VERSION - F6

CPU CLOCK - 33X

BCLK - ( DISABLED ) left at default 100mhz

EXTREME MEMORY PROFILE XMP - ( PROFILE 1 )

SYSTEM MEMORY MULTI - ( AUTO )

CPU CLOCK RATIO [33X]

PWN FREQUENCY CONTROL [ AUTO ]

INTERNAL CPU OVER CURRENT PROTECTION [ AUTO ]

INTERNAL CPU PLL OVERVOLT [ AUTO ]

RATIO CHANGES IN OS [ DISABLED ]

INTEL BOOST TECH [ AUTO ]

RATIO 1 - 4 [ 45 ]

TURBO POWER LIMIT [ 250 ]

CORE CURRENT [ 250 ]

CPU CORES ENABLED [ ALL ]

CPU ENHANCED HALT C1E [ AUTO ]

EIST [DISABLED]

C3/C6 STATE SUPPORT [ AUTO ]

CPU THERMAL MONITOR [ DISABLED ]

BI-DIRECTIONAL PROCHOT [ AUTO ]

\Advanced Memory/

EXTREME MEMORY PROFILE X.M.P [ PROFILE 1 ]

SYSTEM MEMORY MULTI SPD [ AUTO ]

PERFORMANCE ENHANCE [ STANDARD ]

DRAM TIMING SELECT SPD [ AUTO ]

CHANNEL A - B [ AUTO ]

\Advanced Voltage Settings/

MULTI-STEPS LOAD-LINE [ LEVEL 6 ]

CPU VCORE [ 1.330V ]

QPI/VTT VOLTAGE 1.050V [ AUTO ]

SYSTEM AGENT VOLTAGE 0.920V [ AUTO ]

DYNAMIC VCORE [ AUTO ]

GRAPHICS DVID [ AUTO ]

CPU PLL VOLTAGE 1.800V [ AUTO ]

DRAM VOLTAGE 1.500V [ 1.600V ]

DRAM VREF 0.750V [ AUTO ]

DRAM TERMINATION 0.750V [ AUTO ]

CH-A/B ATA VREF 0.750V [ AUTO ]

CH-A/B ADDRESS VREF [ AUTO ]

The only differences are that because i'm using the special edition white vengeance ram my DRAM voltages are lower. currently showing running at around 1.368v in easytune 6

My main concern is that although i appear to be stable for about 3 hours now doing prime blend. Easy tune shows my vcore being 1.392 volts.

Is this too much? because according to realtemp my vid is 1.38 so i'm guessing i will need at least that to run stable which sucks as i know some good chips run 4.5 at 1.34 volts

Anyways let me know what you guys think as i'm still new to overclocking

appreciate your time!
 
Pritty sure you are ok for 24/7 use, but my impression is that you can hit 4.5 whit lower volts than that on that chip, check the threads on the forum, alot concering the i2500, a popular and great processor it seems!

Edit: It seems that 1.4 is also safe for 24/7 use! Even -->1.5v is "safe" as you PROBERLY dont damage your chip very mutch( if you dont mind halfing the life time of your chip to 5-7years), if cooled properly!

What kind of cooling do you have? Temps? Dont go past 70 on full stress test if you dont want to damage your computer!

By the way, im quite a noob in this, all my info on this chip is found on this forum, but im pritty sure it is correct enoufh! But look around in the forum,you could proberly go alittle lower whit the volt, but you are SAFE as it is, but why settle for good if you can get great;-)
 
So what should i lower then my Load line or my vcore. I'm guessing load line??

have tried overclocking with dvid in the past and although i though i was stable i started getting problems eventually :'(
 
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