i5-2500k OC guide search and cooler

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JoeRAB

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Hey guys

I'm thinking of OCing my i5-2500k 2nd GEN from 3.3 up to 4.5. Everywhere I have looked agrees with these numbers so I am pretty sure it will all go swell.
I was going to get myself a Corsair H60 water cooler ( http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cors...cpu-cooler-lga1155-1156-775-1366-2011-am2-am3 ) to cool her down. I also have the Zalman Z11 plus case, so one question is, would this stuff be enough to cool it down, as I cannot use a fan due to my Corsair Vengace RAM getting in the way.

Another thing is that I cannot find a guide that actually shows me how to do it, I have OCd before, but that was on an ooold pc that was ooold for its time, and it was also a long time ago so I'm a little rusty. So does anyone know a guide to show me how to do it? Doesn't have to explain anything, just point and say.

The motherboard that it is in is a: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3-B3

Want to know anything else, just ask

Thanks guys,
Joe
 
Odd this thread hasn't gotten any responses.

Generally for overclocking you bump up the CPU multiplier a little bit and stability test with programs such as prime95. If it's stable, bump it up a bit more and try again. Once it becomes unstables (computer will crash after running prime for a few minutes generally) go ahead and either up the voltage and try again at the same speed or dial it back a few and call it good. When you up the temperature and multiplier your temperatures will go up so keep that in mind too to where you don't get too hot. Overclocking is a balance of temperature, voltage, speed, and stability.


I also know pretty much zero about watercooling so can't help you there.
 
:/ no. That is a half way way of doing it.

Do your OC right. Grab the following programs before you start.
  1. Intel Burn Test
  2. Prime 95
  3. real temp

Once downloaded, restart and go into your BIOS. From there, hit multi at 40. Save and reboot. start IBT and realTemp, and run 15 passes on IBT. If it passes, then go back to BIOS and up it by 1. Redo the above until IBT fails to pass. From there, up voltage by 2 clicks and redo it. Get to 4.5 or 1.30V, whichever comes first. Then when IBT passes on your max run (1.30V or 4.5GHz), start Prime 95 and let it run for 12+ hours.
 
2500K's do not run hot due to no hyperthresding and there is really no need for watercooling. Some have gotten 5Ghz on inexpensive air coolers.
 
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