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6/21/12 at 1:31pm

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Is there a general consensus on what Ghz is what you should aim for before it begins to be pointless to overclock anymore and you start to see lower returns in performance on Ivybridge?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Hard Drive
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4 GHz 6 MB Cache Socket L...	ASRock Z77 Extreme6 ATX Intel Motherboard	Evga 04G-P4-2673-KR GeForce GTX 670 Superclocke...	Kingston HyperX 120GB SATA III 2.5-Inch 6.0 Gb/...
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i Water Cooler	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	BenQ XL2420T 24" 120Hz TN pannel	Asus VW246H
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Das Keyboard Black Wired Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-750 750W ATX1...	COOLER MASTER HAF X nVidia Edition NV-942-KKN1 ...	Logitech Optical Gaming Mouse G400 with High-Pr...
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Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i Water Cooler	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	BenQ XL2420T 24" 120Hz TN pannel	Asus VW246H
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Das Keyboard Black Wired Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-750 750W ATX1...	COOLER MASTER HAF X nVidia Edition NV-942-KKN1 ...	Logitech Optical Gaming Mouse G400 with High-Pr...
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If you're talking about where the gains don't justify the amount of voltage, there really isn't a set amount - unlike Sandy Bridge though you need an extremely good cooler, no more of this hitting 4.8+ on a CM212+ - You want to pretty much add as little voltage as necessary otherwise things start to heat up awfully quick!

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Seagate Barracuda 500GB	Crucial M4 128GB	Noctua NH-L12	Windows 7 Pro 64Bit
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Dell U3011	Microsoft Generic in Black!	SILVERSTONE ST50F-P 500W	Lian Li PC-Q25B
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Dell U3011	Microsoft Generic in Black!	SILVERSTONE ST50F-P 500W	Lian Li PC-Q25B
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Probably like 4.2ghz but I'm gonna tell myself it's 4.7 to avoid an existential crisis once my parts arrive.

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6/21/12 at 3:10pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Otterclock

Probably like 4.2ghz but I'm gonna tell myself it's 4.7 to avoid an existential crisis once my parts arrive.

This...

Running i5 3570K @ 4.2 with GTX 680 on triple screens, there is no game (that I play) where my cpu is the bottleneck.

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Corsair Force Series 3 120Gb SSD	Seagate 2TB 7200/64MB/SATA-6G	LITE-ON 12x Blu Ray Burner w/ 3D Feature	Corsair H60
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Professional x64	3 x ASUS 23" VS238H	Logitech G15	Corsair Enthusiast Series 650TX
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Corsair Force Series 3 120Gb SSD	Seagate 2TB 7200/64MB/SATA-6G	LITE-ON 12x Blu Ray Burner w/ 3D Feature	Corsair H60
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Professional x64	3 x ASUS 23" VS238H	Logitech G15	Corsair Enthusiast Series 650TX
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Corsair Carbide Series 500R	Cyborg R.A.T. 7	Rocketfish	Creative - Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Profe...
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6/21/12 at 3:40pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Otterclock

Probably like 4.2ghz but I'm gonna tell myself it's 4.7 to avoid an existential crisis once my parts arrive.

Lol this, I settled for 4.2ghz, 4.4ghz gave only a tiny performance boost for an extra 10 degrees of heat at load (4.2ghz at 1.12v v 4.4ghz at 1.20v).

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel 3770K	Asus P8Z77-V Pro	Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance	Crucial M4 SSD
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