Wow! What an increase!!!

[FalseChristian]

I just upgraded my Core2Duo E8400 oc'ed to 3.835GHz to an i5 2500K at 3.951GHz and using the same 2 eVGA GTX 460 1GB (not overclocked) my 3DMark2006 score went from 16,250 to 29,075! I'm still in awe of the power of this CPU and it's not even close to being the best Intel has to offer!

 

[Brutus04]

Nicee! Have fun...

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

time to change your sig

 

[guskline]

Have fun FalseChristian. The 2500k is a monster chip(See my sigs below). What Motherboard do you have?

 

[soccerballtux]

3dmark06 heavily weights CPU performance. Much more than is warranted, most have decided.

 

[nyker96]

why just 3.951GHz ? I think you can do 4,2 just using stock volt for that chip. just curious, how many years since your last upgrade?

 

[Rvenger]

E8400, my guess is 3-4 years

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Nice. But that overclock is nothing to write home about.

 

[FalseChristian]

My mobo is an Asus P8Z68-V/Gen 3.

As for overclocking it I reached 5GHz . It wasn't Prime95 stable so I backed down to 4.5GHz.

 

[Kenmitch]

My mobo is an Asus P8Z68-V/Gen 3.

As for overclocking it I reached 5GHz . It wasn't Prime95 stable so I backed down to 4.5GHz.

He was looking at the following which is a baby overclock for a 2500k

I just upgraded my Core2Duo E8400 oc'ed to 3.835GHz to an i5 2500K at 3.951GHz

4.5ghz is more worthy for a 2500k

What kinda vcore you need at 4.5ghz?

 

[CFP]

Just goes to show you that 3DM2006 was never really a viable benchmark for your graphics card

 

[guskline]

I have a very similar mb in rig 2 - Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen 3; The overclocking software was painless and great. I run it at 4532 (44 x 103).

 

[Rast]

cool

 

[gingermeggs]

why just 3.951GHz ? I think you can do 4,2 just using stock volt for that chip. just curious, how many years since your last upgrade?

I down volted from stock on my 2600k to get 3.8ghz but that is with a big non stock rad cooler.

 

[jacktesterson]

I had a 2500k system I sold as needed cash....

I see no advantage of going higher than 4.5 GHz right now for most setups.

ENJOY!

 

[Puppies04]

I have a very similar mb in rig 2 - Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen 3; The overclocking software was painless and great. I run it at 4532 (44 x 103).

I was under the impression that even small baseclock increases can put extra stress on and even damage mobo components on 1155 rigs. Is it really worth .132ghz to find this out the hard way or are the reports im reading scaremongering?

 

[jacktesterson]

I was under the impression that even small baseclock increases can put extra stress on and even damage mobo components on 1155 rigs. Is it really worth .132ghz to find this out the hard way or are the reports im reading scaremongering?

I personally only use the Multi for overclocking K builds. (Ive built numerous systems using the 2500k)

 

[Axon]

I was under the impression that even small baseclock increases can put extra stress on and even damage mobo components on 1155 rigs. Is it really worth .132ghz to find this out the hard way or are the reports im reading scaremongering?

Well, overclocking on SB is done differently. It's easier to overclock, as your CPU speed is linked to highly adjustable multiplier, but it's also something Intel has total control over. That alone has sucked a lot of the fun out of it for me.

Anyway, to answer your question, when you move the base clock just experience the typical OC instability. I'm sure you could make the system poop the bed just like any other socket with enough of an increase. I've never gone that far.

 

[tweakboy]

I just upgraded my Core2Duo E8400 oc'ed to 3.835GHz to an i5 2500K at 3.951GHz and using the same 2 eVGA GTX 460 1GB (not overclocked) my 3DMark2006 score went from 16,250 to 29,075! I'm still in awe of the power of this CPU and it's not even close to being the best Intel has to offer!

That is almost double the performance...... sighs,, we just need rock solid drivers and were set.. thx gl

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Its a synthetic benchmark not telling one much but still there's a big increase between the two in real world circumstances. Should be expected old stock vs new though

 

[Remobz]

Glad you enjoy

 

[bryanW1995]

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