i5-2500k OC

Lumicko

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- So To my surprise im overclocking to 4.2Ghz. Didnt even know about that ( so it must be alrdy over 1year lol..) downloaded RealTemp and CPU-Z where both shows that im running at 4.2 GHZ but the weird thing is that it shows this number in iddle ( not even running stress test ) but at startup its normal 1,6 ghz but after I start to do something then it stays 4,2 ghz even if i go iddle.. When I go into AI Suite II it shows 4.2 Ghz also... I guess it auto overclock OR the guys who made this PC for me overclocked it. ( btw Any idea how to check if its overclocked via AI suite / auto overclock??)
My cooler for CPU Is Cooler Master Hyper 212+ . Cpu Z shows that im using around 1,272+-V and Temp is 38-72C min / max during high stress test - used Intel Burn Test
- Is 4,2 GHz enough ??
- Btw any ideas if that will be enough for watch dogs? Or what u think... :p ( Additional info : 2x Sapphire 6950 (2GB) - Crossfire... I dont think that crossfire is big improvement.. it just improves a few things , Win 7 (64 bit) , ASUS VG236HE 1920x1080 , Corsair TX850 V2 , CASE = CORSAIR 400R , MOB = Asus P8Z68-V , 8GB Ram and I think its Corsair 2x 4 GB 1600 mhz DDR 3 )

FORGOT TO SAY MOBO = Asus P8Z68-V

Thank you
 
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Insomniator

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I'm assuming you have an Asus board... probably p67. If you go into the BIOS there is EZ mode and advanced. EZ mode is default so you should see a big row titled 'system performance'. Selecting the performance mode will auto overclock the chip -- and on my board that OC was 4.2. I would guess this is what they selected.

4.2 is plenty... you may be able to go all the way up to 4.8 but its probably not worth the trouble unless you are really interested in the subject. I manually tweaked my 2500k to 4.5ish and then when I got a new motherboard i said screw it and just clicked the performance button.

Should be good for watch dogs... but that also depends on the rest of your system!