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8/4/12 at 9:45am

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currently, I'm at 4.5ghz @ 1.208v (100% load)

according to the IB oc guide this is well below the graph the writer has published in his thread.

Should I see if I can go higher? I read that you can OC the IB chip but after some limit the other stuff in the chip will degrade? I have no idea what that means lol.

Max temps after 12 hours was 71C on the hottest core, 66-68 on the others.

I sold my i5 2500k and the Hyper 212+. Bought H100 for $80 (had a coupon)... awesome!

I bought a Asus board, and I put CPU current capability to 140%... wondering if that is right.

Edit: I just did 10 passes of Intel burn test and it says Success.. test completed in 194.56 seconds. Max temp I saw was 78 on hottest core. Am I fine? THIS was at 4.8ghz 1.328V
Edited by Tori - 8/4/12 at 10:02am

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8/4/12 at 10:04am

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Originally Posted by Tori

currently, I'm at 4.5ghz @ 1.208v (100% load)
according to the IB oc guide this is well below the graph the writer has published in his thread.
Should I see if I can go higher? I read that you can OC the IB chip but after some limit the other stuff in the chip will degrade? I have no idea what that means lol.
Max temps after 12 hours was 71C on the hottest core, 66-68 on the others.
I sold my i5 2500k and the Hyper 212+. Bought H100 for $80 (had a coupon)... awesome!
I bought a Asus board, and I put CPU current capability to 140%... wondering if that is right.
Edit: Would it be okay to test stability in P95 using the custom 8-8 cpu test for a hour? If it is stable in that I'll do blend. Just wondering since I saw a post on this somewhere.

Since the CPU has an Integrated Memory Controller, the best Prime95 stress test is Blend. Actually, it is Custom Blend, meaning that you select Custom while the Blend test is selected. There's only one setting to change in Custom: change the memory amount from 1600 MB to be about 95% of your memory, and then work at getting your system stable enough to last 12 hours or more without any of the "workers" failing (but about 24 hours is preferred).

Anyway, I don't know anything about this degradation stuff. As far as I know, the overclock you have now is very safe (relatively, of course, as always).

140% is fine, although I don't know what this setting is for. I used to think that I understood, but I'm using 100% for 4.7 GHz with my 2500K and it's fine. I may do some research to learn more about it because I've been in the dark about this for over a year now.

Finally, I think 4.5 GHz is a good overclock for the 3770K. Now, if this were the 2500K or 2600K, then I'd be saying that it's just average.

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i5-2500K @ 4.7GHz (1.368V using +0.005 offset)	ASUS P8P67 EVO B3 (UEFI ver. 1850)	GTX 580 (ASUS DirectCU II)	G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866MHz, CL9
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
60 GB Callisto Deluxe (C:)	64 GB G.SKILL Falcon (D:)	Samsung SH-S243N 24x DVD Burner	Samsung SH-S203N 20X DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Thermaltake Frio	Win 7 Home Premium x64 SP1	Samsung 2253BW (1680 x 1050)	Filco Majestouch 104-key Cherry MX Blues w/NKRO
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair HX650 (major overkill, but it was cheap)	CM 690	Microsoft Intellimouse Optical	Basic, but premium round
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XtremeGamer (low-profile PCB)	Altec Lansing VS4121 (2.1 speaker system)
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i5-2500K @ 4.7GHz (1.368V using +0.005 offset)	ASUS P8P67 EVO B3 (UEFI ver. 1850)	GTX 580 (ASUS DirectCU II)	G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866MHz, CL9
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
60 GB Callisto Deluxe (C:)	64 GB G.SKILL Falcon (D:)	Samsung SH-S243N 24x DVD Burner	Samsung SH-S203N 20X DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Thermaltake Frio	Win 7 Home Premium x64 SP1	Samsung 2253BW (1680 x 1050)	Filco Majestouch 104-key Cherry MX Blues w/NKRO
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Corsair HX650 (major overkill, but it was cheap)	CM 690	Microsoft Intellimouse Optical	Basic, but premium round
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8/4/12 at 10:05am

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I have 16gb memory so I should test 15gb?

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8/4/12 at 10:07am

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95% would be arround 15200MB

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8/4/12 at 10:08am

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How long should I let this run?

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8/4/12 at 10:09am

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Lol my PC was not responsive for like 30 seconds but now its fine... is that normal? This is after I set it to 15gb.

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8/4/12 at 10:09am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tori

How long should I let this run?

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Originally Posted by TwoCables

work at getting your system stable enough to last 12 hours or more without any of the "workers" failing (but about 24 hours is preferred).

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x4 840	Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3	Zotac GTX 460 2GB	Crucial DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1333mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Hitachi 250GB SATA II	3TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III	Plextor M3 128GB	Pioneer DVD RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
4x 120mm fans, 1x 140mm fan	Windows 7 Ultimate	Acer G235h 23.5" 1920x1080	Old Dell PS/2
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Antec HCG 750W	Rosewill Blackhawk	Logitech G9x Laser	Promotional pad from rug and furniture store
Audio	Other
Onboard realtek, Plantronics Gamecom headset	Old Saitek X7-38 Joystick, Xbox controller
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
AMD A6-3400M 500MHz OC	HD 6520G	4GB	500GB WD Caviar Blue
OS	Monitor	Other
Windows 7 HP	15.6"	Gateway NV55S04u Laptop
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x4 840	Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3	Zotac GTX 460 2GB	Crucial DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1333mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Hitachi 250GB SATA II	3TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III	Plextor M3 128GB	Pioneer DVD RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
4x 120mm fans, 1x 140mm fan	Windows 7 Ultimate	Acer G235h 23.5" 1920x1080	Old Dell PS/2
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Antec HCG 750W	Rosewill Blackhawk	Logitech G9x Laser	Promotional pad from rug and furniture store
Audio	Other
Onboard realtek, Plantronics Gamecom headset	Old Saitek X7-38 Joystick, Xbox controller
View all

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
AMD A6-3400M 500MHz OC	HD 6520G	4GB	500GB WD Caviar Blue
OS	Monitor	Other
Windows 7 HP	15.6"	Gateway NV55S04u Laptop
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8/4/12 at 10:11am

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Sorry I saw that after I type it lol :S

Also its saying in core temp that current ram usage is 99% even though I put it on 15gb. Is this normal as well?

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8/4/12 at 10:13am

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There is more than just Prime 95 using the memory. Windows and background programs need some as well. Its fine.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x4 840	Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3	Zotac GTX 460 2GB	Crucial DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1333mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Hitachi 250GB SATA II	3TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III	Plextor M3 128GB	Pioneer DVD RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
4x 120mm fans, 1x 140mm fan	Windows 7 Ultimate	Acer G235h 23.5" 1920x1080	Old Dell PS/2
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Antec HCG 750W	Rosewill Blackhawk	Logitech G9x Laser	Promotional pad from rug and furniture store
Audio	Other
Onboard realtek, Plantronics Gamecom headset	Old Saitek X7-38 Joystick, Xbox controller
View all

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
AMD A6-3400M 500MHz OC	HD 6520G	4GB	500GB WD Caviar Blue
OS	Monitor	Other
Windows 7 HP	15.6"	Gateway NV55S04u Laptop
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x4 840	Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3	Zotac GTX 460 2GB	Crucial DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1333mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Hitachi 250GB SATA II	3TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III	Plextor M3 128GB	Pioneer DVD RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
4x 120mm fans, 1x 140mm fan	Windows 7 Ultimate	Acer G235h 23.5" 1920x1080	Old Dell PS/2
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Antec HCG 750W	Rosewill Blackhawk	Logitech G9x Laser	Promotional pad from rug and furniture store
Audio	Other
Onboard realtek, Plantronics Gamecom headset	Old Saitek X7-38 Joystick, Xbox controller
View all

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
AMD A6-3400M 500MHz OC	HD 6520G	4GB	500GB WD Caviar Blue
OS	Monitor	Other
Windows 7 HP	15.6"	Gateway NV55S04u Laptop
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8/4/12 at 10:14am

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Thank you so much. Sorry for asking dumb questions lol :S I feel bad!

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