Overclocking G3258

[Jeremy7020]

Hi guys,

 

So I recently decided to overclock my G3258, but I am quite a noob.

I have a stock intel cooler and a 650-watt power supply with a Z97 PC-Mate motherboard. Also, I own a Strix GTX 960 OC II 2gb.

I don't know what to do with the voltage, what is normal? what is high voltage? 

From what I understand, increasing the voltage makes the CPU warmer but also more stable.

What is an acceptable temperature for my CPU? in Linus's overclocking guide he had his G3258 overclocked to 4.7 GHz with 49 degrees temp. 

While running idle, my CPU runs at ~42 degrees. I don't know the cpu voltage or core voltage.

 

If you need more info, please tell me.

 

Regards, 

Jeremy

[dexT]

Stock voltage is 1.1V. You're not going to get anywhere at dangerous voltage levels on the box cooler so don't worry. 80C under load is about as high as you want to go so keep raising voltage and clock until you hit that.

[JeJaRaLa]

normaly you you will keep voltage below 1.3v   

if you have the stock cooler you will need to keep under that or the temp will be to high.

What is an acceptable temperature for my CPU?

thats depend on your cooling capacity try to  aim for 75c max  below is better

 

 you can put  the core voltage  to 1.25 and CPU multiplier  to 40 and  see if g3258    your can handle that little  oc

if boot fine test the stability  if pass you can  up the cpu multiplier  until  become unstable  and you up the voltage a little until it become stable again. but you need to watch the temp  they  will be  the stop wall.

you can use Intel Extreme Testing Utility, or aida64 to stress the cpu

i have one g3258  that cant pass  4.2  even with 1.3v  if you have  good luck yo can pass

 

 

[AvocadosGuac]

 

28 minutes ago, dexT said:

Stock voltage is 1.1V. You're not going to get anywhere at dangerous voltage levels on the box cooler so don't worry. 80C under load is about as high as you want to go so keep raising voltage and clock until you hit that.

I had mine at 4.3, at 90c on the stock cooler.

 

Keep it under 85c.

[dexT]

6 minutes ago, Jrock said:

 

I had mine at 4.3, at 90c on the stock cooler.

 

Keep it under 85c.

On auto, stock, or manual? I don't have the stock cooler but mine does 4.3 stock volts.

[AvocadosGuac]

1 hour ago, dexT said:

On auto, stock, or manual? I don't have the stock cooler but mine does 4.3 stock volts.

Manual... 1.278 volts or something like that.

[Jeremy7020]

23 hours ago, JeJaRaLa said:

normaly you you will keep voltage below 1.3v   

if you have the stock cooler you will need to keep under that or the temp will be to high.

What is an acceptable temperature for my CPU?

thats depend on your cooling capacity try to  aim for 75c max  below is better

 

 you can put  the core voltage  to 1.25 and CPU multiplier  to 40 and  see if g3258    your can handle that little  oc

if boot fine test the stability  if pass you can  up the cpu multiplier  until  become unstable  and you up the voltage a little until it become stable again. but you need to watch the temp  they  will be  the stop wall.

you can use Intel Extreme Testing Utility, or aida64 to stress the cpu

i have one g3258  that can go to 4.2  even with 1.3v  if you have  good luck yo can pass

 

 

By how much do I increase the core voltage every time until it becomes stable?

[JeJaRaLa]

27 minutes ago, Jeremy7020 said:

By how much do I increase the core voltage every time until it becomes stable?

increase the mininum one at a time  .01v every time or .001v  if you are more pacient

[Jeremy7020]

23 minutes ago, JeJaRaLa said:

increase the mininum one at a time  .01v every time or .001v  if you are more pacient

I increased it to 40 and the core voltage to 1.25, did a stress test of 15 min with a Max temp of 82. That is too high but do I also decrease it by 0.1v every time?

 

[JeJaRaLa]

13 minutes ago, Jeremy7020 said:

I increased it to 40 and the core voltage to 1.25, did a stress test of 15 min with a Max temp of 82. That is too high but do I also decrease it by 0.1v every time?

 

yes, you can go backwards with the voltage