Is this possible?

[Raiden60]

Ok, so I'm gonna get an Intel Pentium G3258 processor, and I was wondering if I could ever possibly overclock it to 5GHz on air cooling. If so, which cooler should I get? And any thermal compound reccomendations would be appreciated. Estimated TDP @ 5GHz & 1.35-1.4V = 99-104W.

[Guest]

Possible? Yes. Likely? Hell no. For the cooler, I have a cooler master hyper t4 that works well with my g3258 at 4.5ghz at 1.3v.

[Enderman]

5GB is quite far but you should be able to reach 4.5GHz (on average) with a NH-D14/15

[TheSLSAMG]

Depends on the binning. I'd get a Dark Rock Pro 3, R1 Ultimate or NH-D15.

Not any G3258 is going to get 5GHz, you're going to have to hope you get one that will.

[nhatduy1611]

Maybe it's depend sometimes you win the silicon lottery. It's can happend though but the chance are not that high.

[Guest]

5GB is quite far but you should be able to reach 4.5GHz (on average) with a NH-D14/15

 

Depends on the binning. I'd get a Dark Rock Pro 3, R1 Ultimate or NH-D15.

Not any G3258 is going to get 5GHz, you're going to have to hope you get one that will.

The NHD-14/15 is overkill. My Hyper T4 keeps my G3258 with a 4.5ghz 1.3v OC at a 35 degree idle and a 70 degree load temperature. Acoustics are not bad either.

[Jerakl]

The NHD-14/15 is overkill. My Hyper T4 keeps my G3258 with a 4.5ghz 1.3v OC at a 35 degree idle and a 70 degree load temperature. Acoustics are not bad either.

That's cooler then my 4770k with an h100i...

 

 

at stock speeds...

[Raiden60]

Possible? Yes. Likely? Hell no. For the cooler, I have a cooler master hyper t4 that works well with my g3258 at 4.5ghz at 1.3v.

I was planning to get the Cooler Master Hyper T4 as well, but may get the Hyper 212X instead, apparently better cooling performance

 

5GB is quite far but you should be able to reach 4.5GHz (on average) with a NH-D14/15

Ok, well I saw Linus reach 4.7GHz, even though that was on a liquid cooler, and I've heard 4.4GHz is possible even on the stock cooler.

 

Thanks for the extremely speedy replies, btw, I've never got that on a forum before

[Guest]

That's cooler then my 4770k with an h100i... at idle at stock speeds...

The G3258 runs cooler than a 4770k. Also, your room temperature might be higher, mine is 20 degrees Celsius.

[creativename]

I'd rather use an i3 + stock cooler than a pentium OC + expensive cooler

[Jerakl]

The G3258 runs cooler than a 4770k. Also, your room temperature might be higher, mine is 20 degrees Celsius.

Mine is ~23

[Guest]

I was planning to get the Cooler Master Hyper T4 as well, but may get the Hyper 212X instead, apparently better cooling performance

Yeah, that's a good cooler too. I was suggesting the Hyper T4 as one of the cheapest coolers that you can get that is still decent.

[Enderman]

 

 

 

The NHD-14/15 is overkill. My Hyper T4 keeps my G3258 with a 4.5ghz 1.3v OC at a 35 degree idle and a 70 degree load temperature. Acoustics are not bad either.

 

except OP wants to try for 5

[Guest]

I'd rather use an i3 + stock cooler than a pentium OC + expensive cooler

Agreed

[Raiden60]

Depends on the binning. I'd get a Dark Rock Pro 3, R1 Ultimate or NH-D15.

Not any G3258 is going to get 5GHz, you're going to have to hope you get one that will.

Maybe it's depend sometimes you win the silicon lottery. It's can happend though but the chance are not that high.

So, the small difference in the tolerance can actually have a noticable effect? I never knew that

 

 

 

 

The NHD-14/15 is overkill. My Hyper T4 keeps my G3258 with a 4.5ghz 1.3v OC at a 35 degree idle and a 70 degree load temperature. Acoustics are not bad either.

 

Yeah, 70 degree celcius is generally the hottest I want to go, don't want to reduce lifetime. What thermal paste do you use?

[Guest]

except OP wants to try for 5

5ghz isn't feasible and/or practical

[Enderman]

5ghz isn't feasible and/or practical

That depends on the CPU, not on your opinion of it not being feasible

[Guest]

So, the small difference in the tolerance can actually have a noticable effect? I never knew that

 

Yeah, 70 degree celcius is generally the hottest I want to go, don't want to reduce lifetime. What thermal paste do you use?

Yes, CPUs can vastly vary in OC capability. I use Antec Formula 7 for my thermal compound. Also 70 degrees is while running Aida64, not a normal workload.

[CostcoSamples]

That's cooler then my 4770k with an h100i...

 

 

at stock speeds...

that doesn't seem like you are getting full potential from your h100i...  seems a bit hot, don't you think?

[Raiden60]

I use Antec Formula 7 for my thermal compound.

I've used Arctic Silver before on an Xbox repair, and it seemed to work well, but I wasn't really planning on overclocking the Xbox

[Guest]

I've used Arctic Silver before on an Xbox repair, and it seemed to work well, but I wasn't really planning on overclocking the Xbox

You won't really see a difference between different thermal compounds, provided that they are of good quality. I just picked up my Antec Formula 7 because it was either that or some crap Insignia compound at Best Buy.

[Raiden60]

You won't really see a difference between different thermal compounds, provided that they are of good quality. I just picked up my Antec Formula 7 because it was either that or some crap Insignia compound at Best Buy.

Fair enough, similar to purchasing RAM then, all you really essensially need is RAM from a good name(which is compatible of course)

[DildorTheDecent]

5ghz isn't feasible and/or practical

A 5GHz dual core would be pretty nippy though. 

[Sauron]

To achieve that you'd spend so much on a cooler that you could have bought an i5 instead. And have had much better performance.