Intel Speedstep for overclocking?

[Smoblikat]

You are wrong 100% with everything you stated.
1. Degradation occurs from TO much voltage, not to little. The less voltage that is being pushed through a chip, the less there will be degradation and or the possibility of it.

2. The system is doing LESS work when the system is running at lower speeds and MORE work when at higher speeds. The voltage WILL drop with the power saving features on and the temps WILL be lower because of it at idle.

3. No matter what your load clock speeds and voltages are always the same, both with the features on and off.


For anyone wondering, it is best to leave the power saving features on, no matter what. This will help keep idle temps low, keep the cpu from degrading and save power / your electric bill.

There are NO downfalls to running the power saving features on the 2500k/2600k processors. I can achieve very very high overclocks with the settings on or off, they do NOT change because of it.








As I stated above you can go ahead and leave everything on. But just as a heads up you are not stable at those settings. Run LinX and you will BSOD.

Is linx the same as IBT? Because im IBT stable with 1.32v, maximum stress level.

 

[fastamdman]

LinX and IBT are the same, however ensure that you are running CPU-Z to check that you are actually at 5ghz and do the test for roughly 2 hrs. I have failed at 1hr 58 before so thats why I say at least 2hrs =P.

Make sure you are using the AVX pack too, aka you should be getting over 100gflops, if you are in the 50s it's not stressing the system out as much as it should be.

If you are truly stable at that vcore, that is a great chip. If you are EVER interested in selling it, I will grab it whenever you want

 

[Smoblikat]

LinX and IBT are the same, however ensure that you are running CPU-Z to check that you are actually at 5ghz and do the test for roughly 2 hrs. I have failed at 1hr 58 before so thats why I say at least 2hrs =P.

Make sure you are using the AVX pack too, aka you should be getting over 100gflops, if you are in the 50s it's not stressing the system out as much as it should be.

If you are truly stable at that vcore, that is a great chip. If you are EVER interested in selling it, I will grab it whenever you want

This is only a 20 minute run, because i didnt know i could change the amount of times it ran . Max temp is like 49 (lower right corner of pic) votlage and clocks are in CPU-z. I dont know what that AVX thing is but i get 72gflops, all i did was run IBT and set stress level to max.

If i go out today ill let it do a run while im gone, but it might have to wait until around 3:00 since im going to church then and ill definitley let it run while im gone (itll be about 1h30m)

 

[fastamdman]

That is still a pretty impressive result for only 5 runs. Still though, go through AT LEAST a minimum of 20, but you should really do closer to 50 if you have the time.

Personally what I do when I am pushing the rig that hard is let it run while I sleep and then check it when I wake up.

You might think you are stable now, but I would bet the house that you are not. Getting through 5 passes though is the first step. The majority of cpu's out there need A LOT more vcore then what you are using, or then what you think you are using <3.

If you dont mind, use a different program, something besides cpu-z to show your voltage. Usually cpuid hardware monitor is a good program. For A LOT of motherboards the voltage reported by cpu-z is incorrect.

The whole AVX thing generally has to do with windows. If you update all of your service packs for windows 7 and use the newest versions of linx/ibt you should be getting more gflops then that. Right now at 72 I am guessing there is an issue. I have never seen a 2500k/2600k do less then 100 when they are overclocked with the AVX package.

However the whole avx thing isn't THAT big of a deal. Simply change the number of times IBT is running to 50 or 100 and let it run for a minimum of 2hrs, or while you sleep and then check it when you wake up to see if you are really stable.

I forgot if you already mentioned, but what are you using for cooling again? 48c for LOAD temps would be absolutely amazing and I want whatever it is you have lol.

Either way, that chip is pretty impressive and like I said, if you are ever interested in selling it let me know as I could put it to great use. I am a bencher / folder and I push systems to there true limits and then some =D

 

[Smoblikat]

That is still a pretty impressive result for only 5 runs. Still though, go through AT LEAST a minimum of 20, but you should really do closer to 50 if you have the time.

Personally what I do when I am pushing the rig that hard is let it run while I sleep and then check it when I wake up.

You might think you are stable now, but I would bet the house that you are not. Getting through 5 passes though is the first step. The majority of cpu's out there need A LOT more vcore then what you are using, or then what you think you are using <3.

If you dont mind, use a different program, something besides cpu-z to show your voltage. Usually cpuid hardware monitor is a good program. For A LOT of motherboards the voltage reported by cpu-z is incorrect.

The whole AVX thing generally has to do with windows. If you update all of your service packs for windows 7 and use the newest versions of linx/ibt you should be getting more gflops then that. Right now at 72 I am guessing there is an issue. I have never seen a 2500k/2600k do less then 100 when they are overclocked with the AVX package.

However the whole avx thing isn't THAT big of a deal. Simply change the number of times IBT is running to 50 or 100 and let it run for a minimum of 2hrs, or while you sleep and then check it when you wake up to see if you are really stable.

I forgot if you already mentioned, but what are you using for cooling again? 48c for LOAD temps would be absolutely amazing and I want whatever it is you have lol.

Either way, that chip is pretty impressive and like I said, if you are ever interested in selling it let me know as I could put it to great use. I am a bencher / folder and I push systems to there true limits and then some =D

I ran it for 100 passes and it failed at like 47, is this stable enough? My cooler is the EVGA superclock CPU cooler, its really a cooler that flies under the radar as far as performance goes. its also the coolest (no pun intended) looking ooler there is.

I dont have any service packs installed, its just default windows. I dont know what AVX is which means that Im either dumb, or i dont need it anyway

For selling I dont think im going to sell this chip ever, since there is no upgrade from it. The only way to go is down from here, since 2600K is just a 2500K with HT enabled (i only game so HT would be worse) and there is an absolute 0&#37; chance that i would ever get a better chip then this one. But id let it go for 500$

 

[Puppies04]

I ran it for 100 passes and it failed at like 47, is this stable enough?

No as we have been telling you your system isn't stable. Sonner or later you are going to run into big problems so either raise the voltage or lower the OC until you are stable

since 2600K is just a 2500K with HT enabled

Wrong 2600k has 2mb of extra lv3 cache which can be useful in some games, also HT is only a hindrance in specific games.

and there is an absolute 0&#37; chance that i would ever get a better chip then this one.

You haven't even found out what you can do 5ghx stable at yet so I think this judgement is a little early don't you.

 

[Smoblikat]

No as we have been telling you your system isn't stable. Sonner or later you are going to run into big problems so either raise the voltage or lower the OC until you are stable



Wrong 2600k has 2mb of extra lv3 cache which can be useful in some games, also HT is only a hindrance in specific games.



You haven't even found out what you can do 5ghx stable at yet so I think this judgement is a little early don't you.

I think my OC is stable enough, 47 passes is fine for me. You can run as many passes as you like, its none of my buisness.

I forgot about the extra 2mb of L3 cache, though, for me, that still doesnt justify the extra 100$ for 2mb cache and some cores that i wont use.

I dont see myself ever finding a better chip than this one, the fact that it does 47 passes of IBT @ 1.32v amazes me, and i truly doubt i will get lucky like thsi again.