Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question
Solved

First OC. Not bad so far. Got ? though.

Tags:
  • Overclocking
  • Intel i5
Last response: in Overclocking
Share
February 28, 2014 8:24:42 AM

I got an I5 3570k with a 212 EVO in an ASRock Extreme4. Slowly set the multiplier up to 44 till I was able to run Prime95 for 8 hours with no errors. Went to 45 and crashed. That's fine. There was never any need to OC anyway besides I just wanted to. Now, I've backed it down to 43 just to play on the safe side.

My Question is this. Now that I've found where I want to be (for now), Can I slowly lower the VCore to try and lower temps? I'm at about 78+- while using Prime.

Also, I JUST put the heatsink on yesterday. I've heard theres a break in period that temps will lower over also.

Opinions?

More about : bad

Best solution

a b K Overclocking
February 28, 2014 8:42:05 AM

Honestly, the period for temps to lower is around 1-2 weeks, but you will likely not see much of a difference. As for the OC, if you had it stable for 8 hours at 4.4, and now you are at the same voltage with 4.3, you have plenty of headroom to drop the voltage. Just lower it in the smallest increments possible, and then test it for 30 minutes in Prime95. If it can survive for 30 minutes in Prime95, it will be rock solid throughout 90% of computing tasks (with the exception of heavy video editing/rendering, I would test it for a couple hours before attempting that). Anyway, 30 minutes can just be for a rough test, and you can test it for 8 hours once you think you have it perfect. It will be a tedious process, but it's the only way to get the best results.
Share
a b K Overclocking
February 28, 2014 8:42:45 AM

Yes, when you are overclocking you want to find the max you can do for speeds then find how low you can go in vcore voltage while keeping it stable. That will allow you to run the pc for as long as possible.

Yes, over time the temps "may" drop a bit more.
m
0
l
!