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What level of overclocking should I be looking at for an i5 2500k with a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO, with this motherboard: http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z68AG43_G3.html

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Around 4.3ghz -ish (being conservative), the 2500k is one of the coolest running quad-cores there is.

 

Edit: did a little searching on the board and it seems some people have some trouble OCing on it.

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with the low heat output of the 2500k i say around 4.2-4.6 depending on your chip

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Around 4.3ghz -ish (being conservative), the 2500k is one of the coolest running quad-cores there is.

 

Edit: did a little searching on the board and it seems some people have some trouble OCing on it.

I think I saw that too, I have turned on OC genie before and it clocked the CPU up to 4.3GHz.

From what I saw some people had OC'd in BIOS but it did not take affect in windows, and some people not being able to change Vcore, but I believe the latter was solved in a BIOS update

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What level of overclocking should I be looking at for an i5 2500k with a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO, with this motherboard: http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z68AG43_G3.html

Someone one with the same Mobo and CPU as me, cool, don't bother overclocking it using that board, its trash using OC genie will push too much volts to your CPU, i turned back to stock as 1.4 volts was very uncomforting for me at 4.2GHz.

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Someone one with the same Mobo and CPU as me, cool, don't bother overclocking it using that board, its trash using OC genie will push too much volts to your CPU, i turned back to stock as 1.4 volts was very comforting for me at 4.2GHz.

I had no intention of actually using OC genie.

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I had no intention of actually using OC genie.

Then there is no way, there is not a manual vcore option in the bios, if you do crank up the core speed then the voltage will crank up sky high.

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on that board you'll be lucky to get 4.4ghz. on a better board 4.8ghz would be easy.

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Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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on that board you'll be lucky to get 4.4ghz. on a better board 4.8ghz would be easy.

With no manual Vcore though...

The only 2 things I can do are run OC genie for a 4.2GHz clock speed and a 1.4Vcore, or manually change the core clock speed, but I think in that case the Vcore is stepped up to 1.4ish anyway

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With no manual Vcore though...

The only 2 things I can do are run OC genie for a 4.2GHz clock speed and a 1.4Vcore, or manually change the core clock speed, but I think in that case the Vcore is stepped up to 1.4ish anyway

you should be able to get 4.4ghz on stock voltage. if it goes up to 1.4v then you could get 5ghz on my cpu.

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Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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you should be able to get 4.4ghz on stock voltage. if it goes up to 1.4v then you could get 5ghz on my cpu.

One problem, OC genie would not allow you to stay at stock voltage, another thing the VRM on the board is pretty terrible to say the least.

My PC specs; Processor: Intel i5 2500K @4.6GHz, Graphics card: Sapphire AMD R9 Nano 4GB DD Overclocked @1050MHz Core and 550 MHz Memory. Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM, 2TB Western Digital Green Drive, Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V , Power Supply: OCZ ZS series 750W 80+ Bronze certified, Case: NZXT S340, Memory: Corsair Vengance series Ram, Dual Channel kit @ 1866 Mhz, 10-11-10-30 Timings, 4x4 GB DIMMs. Cooler: CoolerMaster Seidon 240V

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One problem, OC genie would not allow you to stay at stock voltage, another thing the VRM on the board is pretty terrible to say the least.

True. Personally i would get a bit better board z77 boards are cheap enough now.

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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True. Personally i would get a bit better board z77 boards are cheap enough now.

One thing I noted on my board the VRM is designed for Ivy's lower TDP, not Sandy so when you begin to add voltage you need to make current 140% and LLC ultra or vdroop is quite something (lose 120mV:P)

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One thing I noted on my board the VRM is designed for Ivy's lower TDP, not Sandy so when you begin to add voltage you need to make current 140% and LLC ultra or vdroop is quite something (lose 120mV:P)

that will happen any board that isn't designed for ocing. with haswell you can't get high enough voltage see the difference, b1.5v+ on any board that has not been designed to do that is going to struggle. That is why i was choosing either an mpower or up7 when i was looking at boards :P. the up7 was a bit to expensive although i would love 32 power phases 

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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