Over-clocking a 2500k on a gigabyte board.

[Philib]

Hi there. After doing a bit a research and having a go myself, I have managed to overclock my 2500k on a Z68X-UD4-B3 to 4.3GHz. But although I am happy with it I do question weather my vcore is a bit high (see sig).

So I was wondering, what setting are other people using with similar boards. Have I overlooked something or is it just the board? One of the reasons why I ask is that TTL recently tested a Z68AP-D3 and managed to overclock the same 2500k to 4.6GHz at only 1.14 volts

. That leaves me a little bit confused and I do wonder if I have made a massive cock up.

 

[SieB]

Hi there. After doing a bit a research and having a go myself, I have managed to overclock my 2500k on a Z68X-UD4-B3 to 4.3GHz. But although I am happy with it I do question weather my vcore is a bit high (see sig).

So I was wondering, what setting are other people using with similar boards. Have I overlooked something or is it just the board? One of the reasons why I ask is that TTL recently tested a Z68AP-D3 and managed to overclock the same 2500k to 4.6GHz at only 1.14 volts

. That leaves me a little bit confused and I do wonder if I have made a massive cock up.

CPU-Z was showing 1.14v because of speedstep, when the CPU is not being stressed speedstep lowers the voltage. Anything bellow 1.38v is safe for a 24/7 OC.

 

[Philib]

Well it was saying 4.6 in CPU-z so it must be being stressed to get that high.

 

[NoKz]

CPU-Z shows 1.34v so you're safe.

 

[Master&Puppet]

Yea, bump the core to 1.38 if you want to push it further but don't go any higher than that for everyday use. That will give you a few more hz.

It's worth playing around to see if you need to push it any higher though. I don't know what you mostly use your pc for but if it was gaming then run some benchmarks and see if OCing your cpu is making a worthwhile difference (or any difference at all). If you aren't getting any benefit then there's no point pushing the cpu anymore unless you want to just see how far it will go for a one off mark...