I5 2500k overclocking

Your warranty is already void.I consider safe temperature below 85C.Although i5 2500k can reach upto 95C.

The warranty is void if operating outside of intel's publicly available specs. Damage caused by overclocking is not covered by the warranty. Since the cpu turned on and is operating fine, then really forget the warranty, if it stops working later it's not the cpus fault and is not covered by the warranty. Intel's states the tcase at 72C but most would say you are fine to 80C in stress testing as they present unrealistic workloads. (But personally I don't like going over intel's stated tcase.) The tjmax is 98C which is also the auto turn off temp but it doesn't mean that it's safe to go that high. Testing shows rapid degradation above 1.4v (vcore) but even tom's doesn't like to go above 1.35.

Warranty info can be found on the booklet that came with your cpu. These are the published spec ranges. http://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/datasheet/2nd-gen-... (You don't really need to read this, the only thing you need to know is vcore which I stated.)

Edit: They can find out if you set the voltage too high.

If you overclock the Intel® Core™ i5-2500K and that causes damage to the processor then yes it will void the warranty. Within the normal setting of the multiplier it would be hard to know that you overclocked the processor if you didn’t tell us you had. Within the normal range of the components on the system memory at DDR 3 1066/1333 1.5v ±5%, and the processor running at the stock speeds there should be no reason for technical support to question a warranty on a processor that was at normal specs. Of course if you have changed the vcore or core voltage that may be able to be seen at later time.

In the end remember that these processors are designed for years of hard usage and if you keep it cool it should last for a very long time.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Oh also another note.
I read somewhere that increasing the voltage decreases the Tcase max. I can't remember where so ignore me unless someone else can provide more details.

Best answer selected by jryan388.

72C at 95W is just intel's specced thermal profile. The chart/graph shows higher watt=higher temp so more volts means higher tcase but you're still going to want to be below max safe temps at what intel deems safe.

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/guide/2nd-gen-core...