i5 2500K overclocking

try 9-10-9-24 and see what happens. Sleep the computer and wake it up a few times. If it doesn't fail boots, then it's probably the RAM.
 
bigfellla said:
anything over 70 would make me uneasy.
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yeah, i was on the verge of stopping the test. I was using Intel Burn, which is notorious for higher temperatures. I might wait for a cold day and do a few runs of Prime95.
The temps during gaming never get anywhere near that level though. Round 60 is the highest I've ever seen, and that was during Crysis 2 with an overclocked GPU in the middle of summer.
 
In my BIOS there are 3 operating options - 'Power Saver', 'Normal' and 'Performance' (which is referred to as 'ASUS Optimal Mode' in the manual). I selected Performance and the motherboard changed the following:

CPU ratio 103
Multiplier 42x
Target Turbo Mode Frequency = 4.3GHz (103x42)
DRAM frequency 1648MHz
DRAM voltage 1.5V
CPU voltage 1.160V (offset)
VVCIO voltage 1.059V
CPU PLL 1.796V
PCH voltage 1.075V

Assuming that because the BIOS has made these changes itself once I selected Performance it's all going to run fine? I can easily go back if not.

I did some Googling and apparently it's stable to use - we'll see how I get on with it.
 
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