Overclocking the G3258

[hccard]

First things first, please forgive me for being a noob.

 

So I've decided to start overclocking my new system once I can get my hands on a CM Hyper 212 EVO. I've watched many videos, including the one on LinusTechTips regarding the overclocking of the G3258, but still had a couple of questions. From what I understand, overclocking generally leads to higher CPU temperatures, and higher CPU temps generally lead to short lifespan of hardware. My goal with this build (and specifically this CPU) is to get as much value out of it while I can, and then upgrade to a higher profile, more expensive i3, i5, or i7 several years down the road when they're a little cheaper and I have more money to spend on a computer. With that being said, I need this CPU to last me as long as I need it, but the end goal is to ultimately get rid of it. Which brings me to my point: I'm looking for the highest possible overclock in the ideal temperature range given my situation. I don't know much about overclocking, and I certainly don't know much about ideal temperatures, so any help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Parts for reference:

- Intel Pentium G3258 (with Cooler Master 212 EVO)

- Gigabyte B85M-DS3H-A Motherboard

- Cooler Master N200 Case

[Electronics Wizardy]

CPU's don't normally die due to temps. Don't worry about life span reduction due to overclocking. Its only a problem if you pushing it very hard.

[DarkBlade2117]

I'll tell you one thing, in 7 years even a i7-4790k will be obsolete. Don't except your Pentium to last even 4-5. Overclocking well we can tell you, you could get a bad chip and it only overclocks to 4.0ghz or,you could get a good one thst overclocks to 4.5ghz.

The silicone lottery

[W-L]

-SNIP-

 

Some of the basics for overclocking Haswell is basically keeping the temps below 85C and at 1.3V your safe, from 1.3-1.4V usually they are recommended for larger air coolers but since it's a fairly affordable chip pushing it isn't a bad idea as long as temps are safe. Degradation that does occur on a chip however is fairly negligible since by the time it occurs the chip itself is obsolete. 

[Nena Trinity]

No reason to worry its a cheap chip for use and toss away! (also its shuts off before damage)

[TheCookieGuru]

Umm... Can you even overclock on a B85 chipset...?

[W-L]

Umm... Can you even overclock on a B85 chipset...?

 

looks like it can they said some non-Z series boards did enable overclocking:

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LazZv1FIwQ-

 

@hccard

[TheCookieGuru]

That's pretty cool, I didn't know that!

[BlackXbonE]

I OCed this CPU to 4.6 ghz but with a slightly Overkill cooler (coolermaster v8) @ 1.32v. If you got decent silikcon you should be at least ablegen to get so 4.2 - 4.3 GHz. And I have to say that this CPU'S performance really exceeded my expectations. I was able to run farcry 4 at highest settings with a 280x at solid fps over 30 always

[Whiskers]

From what I recall the G3258 hits into voltage limits before temperature starts to become much of a concern. Realistically, even when pushing the chip to its maximum overclocking potential (barring extreme overclocking of course) the CPU should live for a good few years. Just don't push the voltage higher than around the 1.4V area for an extended period and it should be fine. Anything higher than that will pose more risk of degrading the chip faster.

 

So in short, don't worry too much. As long as you don't overvolt your CPU to an insane level it should run well for quite a fair time. By the time degradation becomes obvious, the chip will likely be pretty outdated anyway.

[-iSynthesis]

I'll tell you one thing, in 7 years even a i7-4790k will be obsolete. Don't except your Pentium to last even 4-5. Overclocking well we can tell you, you could get a bad chip and it only overclocks to 4.0ghz or,you could get a good one thst overclocks to 4.5ghz.

The silicone lottery

Well considering my Athlon x2 7750BE works after 7 years so why wouldn't a 4790k? That Athlon runs at stock voltage at 1.325V and i ran it overclocked the last 2 years on 1.5V.

BTW the g3258 won't last you long; the x2 laggs in windows vista now...

[Whiskers]

BTW the g3258 won't last you long; the x2 laggs in windows vista now...

 

It might surprise you. The G3258 has pretty high IPC for a dual-core - it'll obviously suffer a little in multithreaded tasks, but should still hold its own pretty well in single-threaded tasks so long as it's not asked to perform too much at the same time. (For example, whilst at a LAN event earlier this year I tried to play Battlefield 3 inbetween rounds of Civilization V which I was accustomed to doing easily with my 3770k. Unfortunately whilst both games ran fine on their own, the performance in Battlefield 3 suffered badly when Civilization V was open.)

 

Especially with the impressive overclocking potential for the chip. It should be able to hold its own for a good few years I think.

[DarkBlade2117]

Well considering my Athlon x2 7750BE works after 7 years so why wouldn't a 4790k? That Athlon runs at stock voltage at 1.325V and i ran it overclocked the last 2 years on 1.5V.

BTW the g3258 won't last you long; the x2 laggs in windows vista now...

It's not that they won't work but you won't see anyone suggesting it. Games will be reccodmending something more powerful then a 4790k.

Heck it might go out in 2 years we can never truly tell with PC parts.

OP What do you plan on using this PC build for?

[-iSynthesis]

It's not that they won't work but you won't see anyone suggesting it. Games will be reccodmending something more powerful then a 4790k.

Heck it might go out in 2 years we can never truly tell with PC parts.

OP What do you plan on using this PC build for?

Yeah thats what i meant - thought you said this because the CPU would die because of high Voltage or whatever

[hccard]

It's not that they won't work but you won't see anyone suggesting it. Games will be reccodmending something more powerful then a 4790k.

Heck it might go out in 2 years we can never truly tell with PC parts.

OP What do you plan on using this PC build for?

This build was to replace my old Dell PC as I move away for college. The main point of this build was to give me something that was above par compared to my old computer, with options to upgrade in the future. I would say that this is certainly a gaming build, but the games I play are all pretty old and not very demanding although that could change, I don't really know at this point. With my current setup, I have no problems running any of the games in my steam library, like Skyrim on Ultra High graphics, CS:GO, Civ5, etc. Even on my old computer, I was able to run everything at a playable condition with some super old AMD  dual-core CPU.

[ace_cheaply]

My g3258 hits 4.5 ghz at 1.21 volts with temps never going above 75 after 12 hours of prime95 stress testing, on the stock cooler.