G3258 Overclocking stock cooler
G3258 Overclocking stock cooler
I put it in place yesterday night, executed prime95 using small FFTs at peak temperatures, and it maintains around 70°C with a peak of 75. It's been running for about 12 hours now. The CPU was overclocked to 3.9Ghz via ASRock automatic overclock.
Avoid using automatic settings unless necessary for testing. It's better to adjust the voltage manually; automatic configurations often set it too high or beyond what's required. For optimal performance, determine your ideal values yourself through experimentation. You should definitely reach above 4.2GHz at 1.2V, which will lead to reduced temperatures compared to your current setup.
Avoid wearing stock cooler when overclocking; go for a hyper 212 evo for safe and easy upgrades. Stock coolers are too much for this task, as I've successfully boosted to 4.2ghz with 40-50°C temperatures.
I understand this response is a bit delayed, but I thought it was best to share it.
This setup closely matches what was described in CustomPC mag for systems under £549. They employed a Z97 motherboard (Asus H81M-PLUS) with the Intel Pentium G3258 processor, which uses the Z97[LGA1150] socket, and paired it with a SilverStone Argon AR01 for cooling. The CPU was overclocked to around 4.6 GHz with a voltage of approximately 1.27V. They tested stability using Prime95 while adjusting both voltage and frequency, achieving a stable performance. At one stage, they even reached up to 4.8GHz.
This configuration increased the CPU performance by about 38%.
Hope this is useful.