Overclocking my 2500k! :D

[Ibanez81]

Ive already Been discussing this in my Gallery Thread here:

http://forum.overclock3d.net/index....-case/page__st__20__gopid__455786#entry455786

But i thought it was better suited for this area to get more of a responce

If you read the Rig thread you will see the problems ive had/having

I will start Fresh from here though.

After completely Re-installing Win7 i now need to Re-overclock my system but manually this time rather than with AI suite.

So i installed everything i needed,updates drivers ect.

And went straight to running a Prime test, I have not Modified Anything in the Bios as of Yet apart from setting my Ram to 1600mhz (im sure it was at 1800mhz before but anyway)

This is the Prime test with the temps/results showing

My question is Where do i go from here as the options people are telling me to do i cant seem to do?

 

[Ibanez81]

ive now found that it helps what settings you choose on the Asus ezmode screen, You know the 3 icons you get easy,normal,performance ect or whatever they are called, you need to pick the top one and re-boot and then entr advanced bios and you have all the options unlocked

 

[yassarikhan786]

ive now found that it helps what settings you choose on the Asus ezmode screen, You know the 3 icons you get easy,normal,performance ect or whatever they are called, you need to pick the top one and re-boot and then entr advanced bios and you have all the options unlocked

Cool. Now get to overclocking it manually

. Be sure to report back.

 

[Ibanez81]

Well this is all im doing tonight lol

4.3ghz at 1.27v

2hrs 30mins of Prime95 deems it stable i think with 1 core only ever hitting 58c

will continue onwards tomorrow

 

[S_I_N]

will continue onwards tomorrow

whimp

muhahahahahahahaha

actually have no idea what time it is in ur part of the world lol but good job so far

 

[Ibanez81]

it was indeed 12:20am lol

Getting Idle temps of 14c

 

[yassarikhan786]

Looking good mate

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[Ibanez81]

ok, another stress Test done.

This time at 4.4ghz (doing it in small stages like you said)

1.28V

Load Line calibration is set to Ultra High

Ambeint temp of 20.8c

The readings show

52c

56c

57c

51c

And also a Screenshot:

The other Thing i wanted to ask about is this SpeedStep i think its called?

Where it keeps the system at 1.6ghz and puts it upto 4.4ghz when needed, Is this Safe to have Enabled? A guy was saying to me its dangerous having such a big jump in Vcore voltage? what should i do?

 

[yassarikhan786]

ok, another stress Test done.

This time at 4.4ghz (doing it in small stages like you said)

1.28V

Load Line calibration is set to Ultra High

Ambeint temp of 20.8c

The readings show

52c

56c

57c

51c

And also a Screenshot:

The other Thing i wanted to ask about is this SpeedStep i think its called?

Where it keeps the system at 1.6ghz and puts it upto 4.4ghz when needed, Is this Safe to have Enabled? A guy was saying to me its dangerous having such a big jump in Vcore voltage? what should i do?

You don't have to do the overclock in steps if you don't want to. Just push the multiplier to what overclock you want and then set the voltage accordingly and test for stability. I was doing it in steps when I overclocked, but it just wastes time, because of the prime95 stress testing after each stage.

As for the speedstep I would just leave it on as there is no point in the CPu running at its maximum speed when the desktop is idle or you are not doing anything CPU intensive. You can run it at the speed you want 24/7 and I don't think it will reduce the life span of the CPU that much, unless you go over the recommended maximum. As long as your below the maximum voltage then the life span of the CPU will not be affected that much.

 

[Ibanez81]

how do i disable the CPU PLL VOLTAGE like you said?

I can Disable an Option called Internal PLL Voltage?

 

[Ibanez81]

4.6ghz

1.300V

 

[Ibanez81]

Getting 4.8ghz at 1.350V

Wont accept 4.9ghz at 1.370V and im not sure i want to go any higher on the Vcore

Core 2 in prime95 keeps failing within a minute on 4.9ghz at 1.370V

 

[yassarikhan786]

how do i disable the CPU PLL VOLTAGE like you said?

I can Disable an Option called Internal PLL Voltage?

It should be on the AI Tweaker page where you set the voltages.

 

[Ibanez81]

dont seem to have that option

 

[yassarikhan786]

dont seem to have that option

I don't think it matters if the option is not there. As long as your CPU is stable and the temperatures are fine, everything is good.

 

[fcb]

Nice OC there. Temperatures look normal.