I5 2500k - worth oc'ing past 5ghz?

[qwerty123456]

So I'm at 4.6ghz with ~1.34 vcore

Is it worth overclocking to or above 5ghz? Will I be substantially lowering the life of my cpu?
Will there be a noticeable performance increase?

Right now I have decent temps, nothing gets past 50C except for prime blend.

 

[browsingtheworld]

Try OCCT linpack to see where your temps get.

If you have reasonable therms (maximum of like 85 degrees Celsius in linpack) I wouldn't worry about it. It'll never hit anything near that temp in real world situations and it's not like you're running at that temp or voltage 24 hours a day. You should be using c-states and C1E so your CPU will throttle down when you're not gaming.

 

[tokencode]

I'd only look to coverlock the CPU if it is the bottelnet.. OC that requires upping the voltage reducies the life expectancy of the chip.

 

[qwerty123456]

I did OCCT linpack and stayed under 65C.

 

[Leaps-from-Shadows]

Performance increase depends on the application. Something like SETI@Home or Einstein@Home would definitely benefit from every MHz you can possibly get out of it. Games will stop benefiting at a certain point, when the CPU is no longer the limiting factor -- but that depends on the rest of your setup.

For E-peen, yes it's worth it.

 

[AdrianPerry]

Surely pushing the OC that high will just drastically shorten the motherboards "life span" ? 5GH is already a huge overlock. Id just be happy with that

 

[mdd1963]

I thought I read 'many' 2500k cpus have stability issues going higher than 46x multiplier, regardless of core voltage....; being able to POST is one thing, booting into Windows and running Prime95 is another important step, but, biggest of all, being able to play a game without crashing back to desktop is quite another....

If unstable, what is the point?

 

[kajabla]

You will see zero difference in gaming once the CPU isn't being maxed out. The GPU will max itself, and that's the performance you'll get.

 

[jaguarskx]

Just have some money on the side. You know, in case you need to replace your CPU.

 

[qwerty123456]

Thanks, guys. I'm keeping it at 4.6