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Hi all, first post. Recently getting into overclocking to squeeze some more juice out of my i5-2500k that's been with me for 11 years or something. And before I went into it, I read a lot and followed some guides. Most of them saying 4.5GHz is what you can get out of if and 5GHz when you're really lucky. So I tried and went for that 4.5GHz, but something probably went wrong. Because the first attempt got me 6.8GHz, which kinda scared me. So I directly dialed it down, but still got 5.9GHz GHz base speeds. This time I went with it. Did some stress tests and ran Prime95. Core temperatures peaked at 66 Celsius and general CPU temp peaked at 58 C. It seems to be stable. My question is, is this ok or am I stressing this old CPU too much? Should dial it back down to the recommend 4.5GHz I've been reading about? Any more tips? Thanks for reading!
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Hi, im currently running my i5-2500k at 4.4ghz stable and using a GTX760 2gb windforce overclocked edition card.. will i be able to run battlefield 1 ive done the system requirements lab can i run it and it says i dont meet the minimum specs required.. after 6 years its the first game ive come across that says i dont meet the minimum does anyone have a similar setup and can they play the game at 1080p.. i dont want to buy the game and find it wont run.. looking forward to your replies.. ive always loved the battlefield games
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Ok, so my main question: Is anyone here owning an asus strix RX480 OC or similar with an i5-7600k i7-7700k or a ryzen 1600/1600x 1700x/1800x? Because I would really like to know the results of any game benchmark so I can compare with my current rig with an i5-2500k ( OC to 4.7GHZ and stable in 100% all cores stress test with an Asus P8Z68-V PRO mobo) to see if I have any reason to upgrade. I looked around for some videos/tests and reviews but nothing conclusive. I know the i5-2500k strongly bottlenecks a GTX1080 compared to the 7th gen i7/i5 but I would rather get some first hand info from an owner of my videocard (or similar) + one of the new CPUs to comapre to my exact set up. Thanks in advance and ask if you need more info. -
So I have an i5-2500k not overclocked. My motherboard doesn't support it apparently. Currently I have an Asrock H61M-VG4. I bought it because the original motherboard was bad (I found this pc at a garage sale for $50 it was a steal). I have 12Gb of RAM and a EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SSC GAMING ACX 2.0+. What are my options? Should I bite the bullet and buy a used Z77 off of ebay considering I can't find it anywhere new? I'm seeing some enthusiasts getting 4.5ghz on air cooled systems. I don't want to water cool. I don't need to run games at 4k 1080p is completely fine with me. What I'm noticing slowly is that my cpu is starting to bottleneck my 960. I can run for example Quantum Break on medium but my GPU utilization is only at 60% while my cpu is pulling 95-100 while playing. My other thoughts are to get a new motherboard and pick up a 4690k. Any thoughts are appreciated.
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Hello everyone! This is my first time in overcloking and I would like to know if this voltage is acceptable? Here my setup: GA-P67A-UD4-B3 i5-2500K Corsair DDR3-1866 16GB Vengeance CL9-9-9-24 Corsair H115i CPU Cooler Actually I have reach this speed and process the stress test with prime95 with no freeze. Clockspeed: 4.6ghz BCLK: 100 VCORE: 1.442v if I do not exceed 1.50v is acceptable not to damage my cpu? Thanks.
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Hey there guys, In the past I've posted my past attempt of overclocking this CPU in hopes of getting the final juice out of it before a major upgrade. I was running a 4.5ghz OC on voltage settings setup to auto. But I've noticed it was running pretty hot. I've since lowered the additional CPU voltage to +0.05 and the additional turbo voltage to +0.04 (essentially the lowest positive voltage i could see) in hopes of getting the voltage down and lower the heat. I'd like a few tips on how I could lower the temperatures even more (if possible) and if 1.328v on the vcore is good? Do I need more? Do I need less? Needless to say I am a rookie at ocing.
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Hey there community... I just wanted to hear your oppinion I'm quite new to OC-ing with this recently-made rig, so i was wondering if I did this correctly... (just cranked up the multi to x40) and set the RAM to 1866MHz... The CPU cooler I'm using is: CM Hyper 212X. PSU: ThermalTake SmartSE 630W Is that CPU Voltage O.K. at this frequency or I can lower it. I've read somewhere that this ECS mobo isn't that good for overclock. I've ran the AIDA64 FPU Benchs and they're quite close to i7-5820k (6436) and i got 6401. Woow, that really surprised me. Looking forward for the community response
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Greetings everyone, I am currently building a budget PC to use for emulation and light gaming, built from mostly used parts thus fare. However i have run into a bit of a dilemma. I was given a i5-2500k based PC for parts due to the motherboard not working. Along with the processor it also came with 8 gigs ddr3 ram, a Seasonics 80 Bronze 480 watt power supply, and a ATI Rradeon hd 5870 (also have a GTX 580). However finding a new LGA 1155 motherboard has proven a little difficult. New boxed boards are ridiculously expensive and the refurbished options are better priced but freak me out quality wise. Would it be better to forget the legacy i5-2500k and just invest in a Ryzen 3 2200g or 5 2400g system? Thanks Mike C
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Hey, I was just wondering if my cpu is running too hot, I've OC'd my i5-2500k from 3.3Ghz to 4.3Ghz and as of right now while im just watching movies or browsing the internet my temps are as follows: Tj.Max is at 98C. Core #0: 40C - 44C Core #1: 39C - 42C Core #2: 36C - 40C Core #3: 40C - 45C I have a Cooler Master Hyper 212 X and was wondering if I'm running a bit too hot, if I should att some thermal paste, reposition the heatsink etc... While playing Titanfall 2 at high and Battlefielt 1 at medium my temps are around 70-75C on about all four cores, is that too high? Thank you!
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Yeah so bf1 is kind of trash for me rn... I’m able to comfortably play battlefront 2 perfectly fine without any lag on my pc but when it comes to battlefield 1 it’s like it just doesn’t care. Playing on medium (depending on which map) I get around 40-55 FPS I’m I’m lucky 60 for a couple of seconds... but in battlefront two on ultra I can get a stable 70 FPS on ultra? The game for me right now is unplayable because of this and I feel like I even got a better performance out of my old 770 gpu... anyone got a good explaination to why this is happening? Anything I can do to fix it since battlefront 2 has the same requirements but run A LOT better. specs: i5-2500k @4.3Ghz Asus GTX 1060 6GB Dual OC 8GB DRAM GA-P67A-D3-B3 motherboard 250GB ssd 2TB HDD
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Hello, so I have a little question regarding my pc. I'm using BF1 as a reference and I'm wondering what I could expect from my current PC. I would like to play BF1 on medium/high, however currently I'm just getting around 40-60 FPS depending on what's going on, usually it stays around 50-55 FPS which really sucks. I don't really know but I feel like my computer should be able to run it better than it currently is. Thankful for answers! Motherboard: GA-P76A-D3-B3 CPU: i5-2500K @ 3.30 Ghz GPU: ASUS DUAL GeForce GTX 1060 6B OC RAM: 8GB
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So, I'm having some questions regarding my pc, well mainly my cpu... So I've tried overclocking it two times using a guide for my cpu and motherboard. When I'm done my pc doesn't want to boot the OS, so I thought I'd just run it with the stock clocking so I set the values back to it's original state. I checked my cpu when I got back on my pc and it said it was running my i5-2500k at 3.10 Ghz, so I went back and checked in the BIOS and it was apparently set to x31 so I just changed it to x33 to get it to 3.30 Ghz, but this time, after changing it to x33 it is currently running at 3.60Ghz? Also, how far do you guys think I could push my cpu with the clock speed without having to change anything else?What could cause this? Now that it's currently running at 3.60Ghz it seems that performance is worse than at 3.30Ghz. I didn't change any voltage or anything when I went back and set it to x33. Is it safe to run it at 3.60 Ghz without changing anything else but upping it to 3.60? I would like to OC my cpu at some point because right now I'm not getting the FPS I want in games like BF1 and PUBG with my i5-2500k and GTX 1060 6GB... I'm currently getting about 55 fps and sometimes drops to around 45 in BF1 (playing on medium) and in PUBG it's usually around 50-70 depending on where I am in the game (playing on very low). Btw my motherboard is a GA-P67A-D3-B3. -
So I'm getting a i5-2500k that is 1155 socket with Corsair 380t which is a Mini ITX case. So I need a Mini ITX motherboard with 1155 socket. I could only find one from ASRock.Is there any other ones because 1.) I couldn't find any others and 2.) That ASRock one does not look to be that good.(I think becasue I'm kinda a PC noob) Thanks for all you help -Connor
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As title says. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience and has a decent understanding of what 5ghz took aswell as if theres any of the minor settings you can adjust to reach a steadier result. My specs are as follows: Case: Fractal Design Define R5 PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750W RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL9 2x4gb CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.6Ghz, 1.315v CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 GPU: PowerColor TurboDuo R9 280 @ 1100mhz core clock & 1450mhz memory clock Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120gb HDD1: Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 750gb HDD2: Hitachi HDT721025SLA380 250gb OS: Windows 10 If there's any more info you need please just post below and i'll do my best to find out. Appreciate any and all answers! UPDATE: After trying out different settings and such I ended up getting a stable 5ghz, although at 1,476vcore... Which ran 50c-ish degrees idle and peaked at 85- which is way too high for my personal tastes. I ended up loweriing it to 4,8ghz and managed to get it stable at 1,380vcore. The temps were drastically improved aswell. With mid-high 30s. And after running prime95 while I slept for about 12+ hours with no crashes and not a single degree past 74C, although it was mostly in the low 60s. I think that's how i'll leave it. It's a shame I can't be able to reach 5ghz on terms which i'm personally fine with, I greatly appreciate all the help and discussion in this thread, You guys are amazing! Thanks to everyone who posted in this thread!
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I was wondering if it's true that the i5-2500k is as overclockable as people say it is, I intend to overclock it from 3.3Ghz to 4.7/8Ghz with a cooler master Nepton 120XL. People say the 2nd gen CPU's are way more overclockable than 3rd gen ones, is that true? Any feedback is welcome! Thanks! -
Here's what I came up with (assume anything I haven't added I already have): http://pcpartpicker.com/list/MQ8VYr I also already have a 500GB SSD that'll be installing with this build as well. I intend to OC the 6700k to 4.6GHz, higher if I get lucky with the silicon lottery. Usage: Gaming (usually with a stream open on another monitor) and game development (engine & graphics programming, compilers can make use of multiple cores for faster compilation) Budget: I'd like to keep it around the $800 mark. Monitors: Right now I have one 1440p 27" and a 1080p 24", I would like to eventually add another 24" 1080p monitor or upgrade to triple 1440p 27" monitors when I get a desk that's large enough. Peripherals: Not needed, though recommendations for keyboards with Cherry MX Red switches and Razer Naga-like mice would be awesome. (Currently planning on getting a Corsair K70 and their 12 thumb-button mouse) Why: My current build is an i5-2500k OC'ed to 4.6GHz on air with a 980 TI for graphics. I've noticed that on more recent games (The Division, among others) and when a game is loading my mouse will begin to slow down as if I had turned down the DPI. Once the lag/loading finishes, it returns to normal. When I pull up Task Manager it appears that this coincides with the CPU getting pinned at or close to 100% usage. I've tried all the common solutions (different USB ports, reinstalling drivers, etc) save for reinstalling Windows but nothing's fixed it. Between that, games edging towards more extensive use of multithreading, and large projects taking forever to compile I figured this would be a good time to finally upgrade the old SB i5 to a shiny new Skylake i7. Since the mobo supports them, I'm also looking for recommendations for M.2 SSDs to put Windows along with one or two high-usage programs on. I've never been able to use an M.2 SSD so I'm not entirely sure what to look for.
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Greetings to everyone! A bit over 6 months ago i finally upgraded my c2d e8600 p35 chipset rig for the following: CPU: QuadCore Intel Core i5-2500K, 3719 MHz (37 x 101) MOTHERBOARD: Asus P8Z77-M (1 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN) RAM: 16323 MB (DDR3-1866 DDR3 SDRAM) [HyperX Fury 2x8G dual channel mode] GPU: Sapphire Radeon 280x DualX VaporX 3GB/384-bit CASE: ThermalTake ARMORMX+ PSU: ThermalTake SmartSE 630W semi-modular You can also view the full config on my profile. My question to you is: How long am I future-proofed with this config, having in mind that AMD soon releases new Polaris GPUs? I suppose that my rig has enought RAM to deal easily with any current game (I don't count QUANTUM Break, since it's heavy on sysreq and I don't plan on transitioning to Win10 anytime soon - WIN7 FTW!)...
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So my CPU now idles around 47-50c as far as I know. Afterburner is showing from 44-63 as of right now but when I was rendering a video file I believe it was around 75c. If I recall correctly this thing used to be 39c idle and 55-60c MAX on load. Notes to think about. I've never reseating the heatsink since 2011 when I built it. I have no tools to remove the heatsink. Do you guys simply think I need to replace the heatsink with another one? I was thinking about just reseating it, but like I said... I have no idea how to remove the heatsink without the little tools you get with the installation retail box. In this case I might upgrade to the Hyper 212 Evo and this way I'll have 2 fans instead of one. I don't WANT to do this but since I overclock to 4.3 right now... I feel 70+ Celcius is out of hand. Maybe it's not hitting the thermal limit but it's still way higher than it should be.
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Hi guys, My friend recently upgraded his rig and gave me his used P8Z68-V LX motherboard so I was thinking to buy a used Sandy Bridge processor to upgrade my current 955BE + MA770T-UD3P (3.6Ghz OC) setup. I came across a local tech forum and one of the forumer is selling his used i5-2500k that is used for about 4-5 years at a price around USD100. Is it a good buy or a good upgrade over my current setup? I'm afraid the processor had some beating from the previous owner though. I've done some googling and some said that the i5-2500k offers more performance than the 955BE. I am planning to upgrade my setup for a while now, looking at skylake/haswell but my budget don't allow me to upgrade at the moment so I am looking at this as my other alternative. Should I take the i5-2500k or wait till I get enough budget to buy a new skylake/haswell processor and motherboard? Sincere thanks for all replies!
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This is what i currently have: -Asrock z68 pro 3 -i5 2500k @4.5Ghz -Asus HD 7950 2gb -Chieftec 550w CTG-550-80P -2x DDR3 4 GB 667 MHz Budget:1000€ Im not changing the cpu,just getting a new motherboard for PCI 3.0. Im going to most likely get a 980 4gb.I want to play at 1440p 100hz monitor. These are the parts that i have chosen,any thoughts?Some parts that are as good but cheaper? http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/8WCJhM Parts that dont have prices,i already own.
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Hey, I've been wondering about this for a while and honestly I can not see any reason to upgrade from i5-2500k at this point and time. I have it overclocked to 4.7GHz and could probably go even higher if I had a proper motherboard. Current motherboard doesn't allow me to change CPU voltage manually... CPU temps go up to around 60 degrees Celsius with Corsair H80i AIO-water cooler under 100% load and the system is stable. As the title says, is the CPU worth upgrading? As I see it I would not be getting any major improvement to the performance (of gaming, mostly). Pretty much the only thing I'm missing is hyperthreading and I'm not sure if it's "worth it". I am thinking of buying a new motherboard for a smaller system within the next 1-6 months so it would be great to synchronize any upgrades on the socket&CPU as well.
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Today I achieved something which I personally thought I'd never be able to manage. 5Ghz on an i5-2500K is something I've always wanted to try but have always been too scared to punch the vcore too, it's currently at 1.4V and I dare not try running Prime95 for longer than 5 minutes at a time but I'm just so proud aha! I know that's ridiculous, what have you guys managed on your little beauties? System Specs i5-2500K @5Ghz 8GB(2x4) Patriot Viper Memory (1866Mhz) Asrock Z77 E-ITX Mobo Corsair TX650W PSU Corsair Hydro H60V2 (With 1xBitfenix Spectre Pro) In a little bitfenix prodigy with all this at the moment, and a lot of fans, it is very loud! My question is though, is overclocking too easy today? I mean to be quite frank I don't know very much in regards to what most of it means, other than increase the multiplier increase the vCore and viola, I know there are limits of course and it's damaging but is it too easy for ams to do, and potentially endanger their rig & hardware???
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2 days ago I decided to set a custom BIOS logo using the "My Logo" feature of AI Suite II, so I did and it worked...for a while. My board is the Maximus IV GENE-Z. A few restarts later the computer would lock up after trying to enter the BIOS, forcibly rebooting after trying to enter the BIOS and now I have no post whatsoever, no video ( But CTRL-ALT-DEL still works, during the blackness the only response from the computer is that I can reboot it with keyboard ) During all this the current BIOS was version 3402 I hit the CMOS button and still no post; Remove the GPU and connect the display to the on-board HDMI, no post; Re-install the gpu, post I managed to enter the BIOS and checked the GPU/DIMM display (the section that shows what's connected) and severage things were strange. The GPU/DIMM icons in that tab were artifacting; not the whole screen, the ram and gpu icons themselves I have 4*4GB of ram, the board shows there are four dimms installed but it's only reading as having 8GB total ram Removing any ram stick still makes it show only 8GB, removed two sticks, shows 8GB Immediately afterwards I used the Asus EZ flash utility to re-flash the BIOS except I applied version 3603, the most recent version. Flash successful but now not only does the board won't read over 8GB ram, but all the overclocking options are gone I can now only lower the CPU multiplier while it's an i5-2500K. The computer at least now boots into windows, as a pre-caution I re-installed the os, clean install. I re-flashed the BIOS from the EZ tool but this time I tried downgrading back to version 3402. The flash was successful (according to the tool) but now, even though I'm back down to the original BIOS prior to this whole mess- all the problems persist. I can't overclock, the BIOS won't show higher than 8GB of ram even though there are 16GB installed (4x4GB), and to top it off, the ram X.M.P profile will cause an 'overclock failed message'. The dimms are 1600mhz rated so I'm forced to run them at 1333mhz (the board default) So yes. I typed this from the same computer, managed to install everything except the on-board display driver... Apperantly my board no longer has an integraded gpu feature so trying to add the driver yields a 'this computer doesn't meet the requirements' So I'm sitting with a top-tier Asus board that won't overclock, won't read above 8GB ram and had it's igpu go poof. I'm scarred to think what will happen if I try to re-install AI Suite Please someone tell me something as I've never seen this happen before. How can this be fixed?
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Hey all, I have had my i5-2500K running stock (3.3GHz - 3.6GHz turbo) since the end of 2011, and I feel that its time to venture into the world of overclocking. I know only the basics about overclocking K series CPUs, including changing the multiplier and the core voltages to match. I have a Corsair H105, 16GB of Kingston HyperX Fury @ 1600Mhz, and a ASUS ROG 780 Ti Matrix Platinum on the way soon and so I'm trying to learn how to overclock safely before they arrive. All this will be running on my trusty Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard (Rev 1.3, Version F12), which uses an AWARD BIOS (No UEFI, just standard EFI). I have a few questions. Should I bump up both the turbo boost frequency and the non-boost frequency so that its something like 4.0 --> 4.5 turbo? Should I disable turbo boost altogether and have the CPU running 4.5 GHz all the time? What settings (apart from frequencies and core volts) should I be changing when overclocking? Like the PLL settings and all that jazz? I don't know what they do! In what increments should I be increasing the voltages and how do I know how much volts I need? Thanks in advance for all your help. I know that some of you here are OC experts and I would be very grateful if you were to impart some OC wisdom upon me!
