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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
$600 max What is your resolution? Unsure What are you using it for? Gaming, mainly WoW and Starcraft 2 on lowest settings What is your upgrade cycle? As long as I can get When do you plan on building it? As soon as possible Do you plan on overclocking? No Do you need an Operating System? No Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? No Where are you buying your parts from? Newegg.ca or other places if they are better Any help appreciated! Thanks. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On August 04 2011 04:42 Zepish wrote: Just received my new computer! I5 2500k with the CM Hyper 212. I overclocked it to 4.0ghz this afternoon, and Im running Prime95 right now.the temps are 57 62 64 61. Does it look high for such a small OC ? That looks a bit high to me as a guess, but it depends on the voltage, case airflow, ambient temperatures, and so on--as well as how properly you mounted it and whether or not you applied the thermal paste correctly. If you left voltages to "auto" it might have been bumped up (probably unnecessarily) when you increased the frequency. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On August 04 2011 04:41 Voltaire wrote:+ Show Spoiler + What is your budget? $600 max What is your resolution? Unsure What are you using it for? Gaming, mainly WoW and Starcraft 2 on lowest settings What is your upgrade cycle? As long as I can get When do you plan on building it? As soon as possible Do you plan on overclocking? No Do you need an Operating System? No Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? No Where are you buying your parts from? Newegg.ca or other places if they are better Any help appreciated! Thanks. Wait until tonight when NCIX's new sale starts and a configuration will be made for you. On August 04 2011 04:42 Zepish wrote: Just received my new computer! I5 2500k with the CM Hyper 212. I overclocked it to 4.0ghz this afternoon, and Im running Prime95 right now.the temps are 57 62 64 61. Does it look high for such a small OC ? Depends on voltage and ambient temperature. It's an okayish load temperature I guess. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
My CPU is more power hungry and lower stock speeds, after all. And it's running right around where it should be. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:02 Zepish wrote: Ambient temperature must around 25, NCIX built the computer for me, so I would guess its all installed correctly. On CPU-Z the core voltage is at 1.044V That's idle voltage. You need to check voltage during prime95 or load. I will be very surprised if that's what it's at for 4GHz... If that's what it is at 4GHz, overclock it further. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:03 skyR wrote: That's idle voltage. You need to check voltage during prime95 or load. I will be very surprised if that's what it's at for 4GHz... If that's what it is at 4GHz, overclock it further. Shit, if it's running that voltage at 4GHz, sell it on ebay for 4-5x what you spent on it. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
If I overclock it further I fear it will probably get in the 70s though :S | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
Edit : Weird, my bios says my Vcore is at 1.320.... My Dynamic Vcore is at Auto QPI/Vtt is auto Graphics DVID Auto PCH core Auto | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
Seriously, you should see how far you can push that chip, you may be able to flip that CPU for a good chunk of change if you wanted to. | ||
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:14 Zepish wrote: I think its at auto, I need to check, Ill stop prime55 for now and check into Bios. Ill edit when I know I (we all?) would still really like to know what the VCore is when running Prime95, though (especially if it's set to Auto in BIOS). For me, CPU-Z updates kind of slow sometimes, maybe have another program by its side like HWMonitor. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:16 JingleHell wrote: I hit 70C under P95 load, and that doesn't bother me at all, and I'm kind of temp paranoid, because I live in Texas, and ambients here suck. Seriously, you should see how far you can push that chip, you may be able to flip that CPU for a good chunk of change if you wanted to. I see, I`ll try. Ill take it slow though just because its my first overclock... I enabled/disabled things ive seen in Guides and just played with the Clock ratio | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:18 Wabbit wrote: I (we all?) would still really like to know what the VCore is when running Prime95, though (especially if it's set to Auto in BIOS). For me, CPU-Z updates kind of slow sometimes, maybe have another program by its side like HWMonitor. Like I said, I let Prime55 run for about 1h30, and Vcore was at 1.044 all that time... Checking in the bios after stopping Prime, it was 1.320... Something must be wrong with CPU-Z | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
But seriously, there's generally people willing to pay an assload for high quality silicon. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
Dynamic Vcore QPI/Vtt Voltage Graphics DVID PCH core @ JingleHell : Haha well I might aswell keep it and try to use it to its full potential! | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
I hate retarded BIOS settings. But yeah, a "Dynamic Vcore" sounds like a max vcore setting, and then it just pulls what it needs. Sounds iffy for function at higher OCs, if I'm guessing right though. If I am right though, you can probably get a lot higher OC on air, and probably to the point that the CPU really would be worth some money. But again, that's just what some people would do. I'd probably keep the thing myself. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
Edit : Wow I just run CPU-Z WITHOUT P95 this time, and the Vcore is exactly the same... (1.044) I guess CPU-Z doesnt update it well or something... | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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