Been messing around with my new build all day yesterday and today. I finally *believe* I am stable enought o jump in games and if anything happens just knock up the voltage 1 notch and be fine.
Here is where I am at:
870Mhz/1740/2000 v1.018 (my stock v was .975v)
at one notch lower, i'd fail unigine heaven 2.5 on the 3rd loop (not even at max).
At the above specs I was able to benchmark unigine heaven 2.5 5 times in a row with extreme tess & x16anisotropic - 0 artifacts and only 62c max temp after all the loops.
Right after I closed Unigine I ran 3DMark11 again and had 0 artifacts with a score of P6477 - temp at that point only peaked at 66c.
Kombustor has never given me a problem even when 3dMark and Heaven did, so I am not so bothered by that stress test.
If the above seems okay then my plan of action is just to play my games as they release and if I encounter any issues, just notch up the v to 1.025 since my temps are pretty solid. (card idles at 35c)
I am pretty new at OCing (haven't in years).
My CPU is i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz 1.32v.
Please say to loop for hours but I feel as though aftr the 5 loop extreme unigine heaven test, I should be alright!
Input/advice/recommendations would be very much appreciated!
Thanks!
Here is where I am at:
870Mhz/1740/2000 v1.018 (my stock v was .975v)
at one notch lower, i'd fail unigine heaven 2.5 on the 3rd loop (not even at max).
At the above specs I was able to benchmark unigine heaven 2.5 5 times in a row with extreme tess & x16anisotropic - 0 artifacts and only 62c max temp after all the loops.
Right after I closed Unigine I ran 3DMark11 again and had 0 artifacts with a score of P6477 - temp at that point only peaked at 66c.
Kombustor has never given me a problem even when 3dMark and Heaven did, so I am not so bothered by that stress test.
If the above seems okay then my plan of action is just to play my games as they release and if I encounter any issues, just notch up the v to 1.025 since my temps are pretty solid. (card idles at 35c)
I am pretty new at OCing (haven't in years).
My CPU is i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz 1.32v.
Please say to loop for hours but I feel as though aftr the 5 loop extreme unigine heaven test, I should be alright!
Input/advice/recommendations would be very much appreciated!
Thanks!