Teach me how to overclock 2500k
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tremmor
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claptonman
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Get a temp program and Prime95
Go into your BIOS. Look for the multiplier. It's usually at auto or a 2-digit number.
Increase this by .5 or 1, depending on what your BIOS can do.
Save changes, restart.
Once in windows, open the temp program and prime95. Start prime95 and leave it on for about 10-20 minutes. Watch your temperatures.
Repeat until you reach 4Ghz or it fails Prime95. It'll either say one of your cores failed or it will bluescreen. If this happens, return to BIOS and decrease the multiplier by .5 or 1.
Once you get a good overclock and your temps aren't too high, run prime95 for at least 2 hours to make sure there's no problems.
Go into your BIOS. Look for the multiplier. It's usually at auto or a 2-digit number.
Increase this by .5 or 1, depending on what your BIOS can do.
Save changes, restart.
Once in windows, open the temp program and prime95. Start prime95 and leave it on for about 10-20 minutes. Watch your temperatures.
Repeat until you reach 4Ghz or it fails Prime95. It'll either say one of your cores failed or it will bluescreen. If this happens, return to BIOS and decrease the multiplier by .5 or 1.
Once you get a good overclock and your temps aren't too high, run prime95 for at least 2 hours to make sure there's no problems.
claptonman
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It varies from board to board, but all I touched was my multiplier.
wolfeking
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We can not tell you what the voltages are. They are different for every chip.
I would suggest going to 45 on the multi, and try the stability program. If it crashes, up the voltage by the smallest amount it will let you, and try again. Do this until it will run for 3+ hours without a crash. That will be your stable voltage at 4.5GHz.
I would suggest going to 45 on the multi, and try the stability program. If it crashes, up the voltage by the smallest amount it will let you, and try again. Do this until it will run for 3+ hours without a crash. That will be your stable voltage at 4.5GHz.
make sure you turn spread spectrum off for stability.
there are quite a few youtube overclocking guides for the 2500k on various mobos. im sure you could find your setup if you tried.
that overclocking 101 guide is a little out of date for this kind of overclocking. its not has time consuming or hairpulling as it used to be lol.
there are quite a few youtube overclocking guides for the 2500k on various mobos. im sure you could find your setup if you tried.
that overclocking 101 guide is a little out of date for this kind of overclocking. its not has time consuming or hairpulling as it used to be lol.
I would suggest doing what tremmor has mentioned and read. This actually helps you out a lot in understanding on what exactly you are doing.
As well, I used youtube for any specifics (ie; motherboard) for where to find and what to change.