Core i5 2400,2500.2500k

[aksh1811]

Some people said that 2400 is fully unlocked,2500 is locked and 2500k is unlocked. Is the locked means for overclocking or ................?
Can some1 explain to mean in deep ?

 

[sosofm]

2400,2500 are locked 2500k and all the Intel processor with K are unlocked , able to a high overclock.
2400,2500 can be overclocked with 400-500Ghz from the stock frequency.The K can be from 3.4Ghz to 4.5 and above even 5.0Ghz.

 

[lewisjay1]

The 2400 is unlocked, 2500 is locked, 2500k is unlocked, unlocked means it has a unlocked multiplier which means yes you can overclock and increase your cpu's ghz and locked means the multiplier is locked and you cannot change the multiplier increase your cpu's ghz

 

[cliffro]

I can't stop giggling like a little schoolgirl.....

2400,2500 are locked 2500k and all the Intel processor with K are unlocked , able to a high overclock.
2400,2500 can be overclocked with 400-500Ghz from the stock frequency.The K can be from 3.4Ghz to 4.5 and above even 5.0Ghz.

For Intel's current and forthcoming(until they change it) CPU's the K models are the only unlocked ones Well the X is too(for $1000 it ought to be). The others can only be overclocked slightly, by upping the Bclk a few mhz. Resulting in rather small overclocks.

So unless it's a 2500K 2600K or 2700K it is locked. The newer Sandy-E processors have 2 that are unlocked currently as well.

 

[sosofm]

i7 2600 3.4Ghz LOCKED i can overclock to 4.2Ghz from multiplier. Read and after that talk @cliffro. Non K chips are locked guys.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Sosofm is correct. Although he is wrong about overclocking 400-500 GHZ it is 400-500MHZ.

K model processors are fully unlocked. Non K models are able to be overclocked up to 4 bins over stock via the turbo. So for a 2600 you would be limited to 4.2Ghz. My 2600K however can hit 5Ghz but with more voltage than I am comfortable with. So I am happy with 4.5Ghz. Anything over 4.5 really does nothing anywhere except benchmarks anyway. There is no real world gain unless you are running 3 x GTX 580s or something.

 

[sosofm]

Yes that 400Ghz is my mistake.400Mhz is correct.

 

[aksh1811]

The 2400 is unlocked, 2500 is locked, 2500k is unlocked, unlocked means it has a unlocked multiplier which means yes you can overclock and increase your cpu's ghz and locked means the multiplier is locked and you cannot change the multiplier increase your cpu's ghz

So the 2400 is also locked!

 

[jaguarskx]

Only the "K" models have unlocked multipliers for overclocking.

i5-2500K
i7-2600K
i7-2700K