Overclocking i5 2500k

[Mmbrock1]

Hey everyone! Need some help squeezing every little bit of juice out of this cpu. 

 

Heres the setup

i5 2500k

gigabyte ga-z77-dh3

16 gb of hyper x ddr3 1600

samsung 120gb

evga 120mm aio 

gtx 960 4gb

Evga 500w

 

i have the multiplier at x50

and bus speed at 101

with cpu voltage at 1.5v

 

underload temps stay at 65c

 

cinebenchr15 score 652

 

 

[Ansuex]

What exactly is the question?

[Guest]

The voltage is too high. Try dropping it down.

[Mmbrock1]

Just now, Ansuex said:

What exactly is the question?

Sorry, what can I do to squeeze more out of this cpu. The temps are staying cool, is there a limit to the voltage that the motherboard can’t take? 

[glenalz81]

4 minutes ago, Mmbrock1 said:

with cpu voltage at 1.5v

I would not be comfortable with this voltage for a 24/7 overclock.

If it's only temporary for benching fair enough, even then it's a bit high.

 

My 2500k system runs @4.0GHz at 1.28v as a daily.

 

What is your goal?

[Ansuex]

I would also say your voltage is too high, your CPU can still be nice in temp but your VRM's might be dying 

[Mmbrock1]

2 minutes ago, glenalz81 said:

I would not be comfortable with this voltage for a 24/7 overclock.

If it's only temporary for benching fair enough, even then it's a bit high.

 

My 2500k system runs @4.0GHz at 1.28v as a daily.

 

What is your goal?

5.2 or 5.3 would be nice

[Ansuex]

Tbh you're not going to notice any real difference in a couple of hundred mhz. If I were you I would try to finetune your 5ghz overclock to use a bit less voltage and call it a day.. Would be a waste to throw away a good overclocker like that just because you wanted to push it to its limits

[Mmbrock1]

Just now, Ansuex said:

Tbh you're not going to notice any real difference in a couple of hundred mhz. If I were you I would try to finetune your 5ghz overclock to use a bit less voltage and call it a day.. Would be a waste to throw away a good overclocker like that just because you wanted to push it to its limits

So I brought the voltage down to 1.45 and it wouldn’t do it for the 5ghz but it works for the 4.9. Right now I’m stressing it to see temps and they are atm hitting 65c

[Ansuex]

if 1,5v is what it takes that could still be considered safe depending on the quality of your board.

Make sure to check this webpage to guide you a little:

 

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3251-raven-ridge-soc-voltage-guidelines-how-to-kill-cpu-with-safe-voltage

[Mmbrock1]

I’m not too worried about this board, got it for 35$ usd with bent penal and when I got it it has one pin broken in half.