Willock
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Hi Guys,
I've just upgraded from a 2500k to a 2600k and got a new motherboard (ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3) and am currently in the process of overclocking + stress testing.
So far the new chip seems to be pretty good; 4.7GHz is 1-hour p95 stable at 1.36v (4.7 is my 24/7 goal, but by the looks of it it could do more?)
The real issue I'm having is with the way the motherboard handles the power to the CPU; on my old Asus board, you could set the power draw by percentage, from 100-140%, but on this new one you have to do it manually.
Now I've set it to 150w for both short load and long load, and as you can see in the screenshot below its maxing out its power draw at ~140w.
My question is if I keep going with the overclocks, and get it even higher, what TDP is considered to be the "safe" maximum? Considering the chip is meant to run at 95w, 140w seems excessive already.
Any experienced overclockers mind enlightening me?
Many Thanks.
I've just upgraded from a 2500k to a 2600k and got a new motherboard (ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3) and am currently in the process of overclocking + stress testing.
So far the new chip seems to be pretty good; 4.7GHz is 1-hour p95 stable at 1.36v (4.7 is my 24/7 goal, but by the looks of it it could do more?)
The real issue I'm having is with the way the motherboard handles the power to the CPU; on my old Asus board, you could set the power draw by percentage, from 100-140%, but on this new one you have to do it manually.
Now I've set it to 150w for both short load and long load, and as you can see in the screenshot below its maxing out its power draw at ~140w.
My question is if I keep going with the overclocks, and get it even higher, what TDP is considered to be the "safe" maximum? Considering the chip is meant to run at 95w, 140w seems excessive already.
Any experienced overclockers mind enlightening me?
Many Thanks.
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