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What's a safe overclock for an Intel g3258 on a stock cooler?
I'm not going to be getting an aftermarket cooler for a bit. It will be paired with a 750ti, and a 430w PSU.

Thanks in advance.
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August 22, 2014 8:36:28 AM

gorebs said:
Thanks for the responses guys. It's been helpful for sure. I just wanted to close the topic with one more link.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1500524/intel-pentium-g3258-...

He is overclocking the chip at 4.4ghz with a stock cooler. That seems pretty insane, but he's had good results. I probably won't go that high, but I did find that impressive.


I guess it's possible if he got a high binned chip. His idea of 'too hot' might be different than mine. The little dual core starts out life as only a 53W processor at stock speed. So it has a way to go before it exceeds the capacity of the stock cooler which probably has a TDP of 65W.
August 21, 2014 8:09:50 PM

Thanks for the responses guys. It's been helpful for sure. I just wanted to close the topic with one more link.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1500524/intel-pentium-g3258-...

He is overclocking the chip at 4.4ghz with a stock cooler. That seems pretty insane, but he's had good results. I probably won't go that high, but I did find that impressive.
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August 21, 2014 7:31:14 PM

Go ahead and experiment. The stock cooler will be fine but noisy under load.
Do not worry.
The chip will slow down or shut off to protect itself if it reaches dangerous temperatures.
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August 21, 2014 7:30:24 PM

I wouldn't even mess with the vcore w/o a aftermarket cooler. You'll be able to go higher than the stock cooler's temps will allow on just the multiplier alone.
August 21, 2014 7:28:19 PM

I'm actually getting it in the mail tomorrow. I'm replacing my a10-6800k, and I'm pretty new to overclocking. By new, I mean NEW. :D 

If it runs games fine at 1600x900 without needing to o/c then I'm fine until I get some dough for an aftermarket cooler, but it seems that overclocking is the way to go for this processor.

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August 21, 2014 7:27:13 PM

How high you can go is determined by the quality of your particular chip.
Like other haswell chips, that may vary.

The stock cooler will probably be OK with any conservative OC, but it may spin up and get very noisy.
The key thing to watch is how high your vcore gets.
You can probably do 1.25 for 24/7 operation. That will probably be in the 4.2 to 4.4 area.
I would not go past 1.3 for long term usage even if your cooler were good enough.

I suggest you stress test with occt and see how you do. The test will stop at 85c. by default.
Do not be alarmed of the cores have somewhat differing temperatures.
Under normal usage, you will never consistently push the cpu to get to the high levels of a stress test.
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August 21, 2014 7:13:55 PM

When the core temps consistently reach mid/upper 70Cs, it is time to back off. The cores can take more, but eventually, the heat will take its toll.
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August 21, 2014 7:11:32 PM

Around 3.4 Ghz.

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