It's my very first time trying to overclock and I'm a bit nervous.
It's my very first time trying to overclock and I'm a bit nervous.
Hi everyone, I recently bought a new gaming PC and now want to use my old one more. It's still a pretty good machine with these specs: CPU is an Intel Core i5 2500K running at 3.30GHz on the Sandy Bridge chip. For cooling, I have the original stock cooler from the manufacturer. Memory has 16GB of dual-channel DDR3 RAM set to 9-9-9-24 frequency. The motherboard is a Gigabyte P67A-UD3P-B3 running on the Socket 1155 platform. For graphics cards, I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER from a Gigabyte card (note: this was my new card after my old 980Ti broke). My storage is a Samsung SSD 860 PRO with 512GB space, and for power supply, it's a Corsair VS650 rated at 650W. Currently, I'm thinking about upgrading the CPU cooler from stock to something like the Gigabyte Z77 DS3H. I haven't really tried overclocking before because I've never felt like doing that much. I thought it would be cool to explore and mess around with my old computer to see if I can get more performance out of it. Even though things won't be amazing, I think it would be nice to try something new. Maybe streaming will become less important since the 2500K doesn't have Hyper-Threading. Improving how well games run on this machine would also help my family member. I'm really looking forward to getting some ideas or tips from you all. Thanks!
Most people run Prime 95 to check their cooling and stability. 20 minutes or so will tell you evrything you need to know. If the temperature keeps climbing you have a problem. It should stabilize at some point. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...-2...0-ghz.html Intel lists 3.70 as turbo speed for that, and 72*C. There's probably a little more in it.
I am running my cooler at 4.2 GHz and the heat is around 60 degrees right now while using it normally. I just bought this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01A...UTF8&psc=1 How much voltage should I use to make sure things work well?
Most people run Prime 95 to check their cooling and stability. About twenty minutes should show everything you need. If the temperature keeps going up then you have an issue. It needs to stay steady at some point. That link goes to Intel's page about that specific processor model with its speed and heat limit. They say it can go up to 3.70 GHz and get warm at 72 degrees. There might be a bit more than that in the real thing.