Auto overclock?

[gac77]

On my ASUS x58 sabertooth motherboard,I have a auto OC feature. There was a 3.8 and a 4.2 crazy. This feature oced everything and was stable. Do the sandy bridge MB have this feature. If so what kind of clocks do you get.

 

[nikorr]

Yes, its the mobo feature.

ASUS have the AI suite.

 

[nikorr]

When I used the auto setting, it OC'd it to 4.4GHz stable.

i7 2600K @ 4.5GHz
ASUS P8 Z68 -V

 

[nikorr]

 

[gac77]

Thanks for the great info and help. I have to say thats pretty cool. Do all these boards like asrock and msi have this?

 

[nikorr]

Thanks for the great info and help. I have to say thats pretty cool. Do all these boards like asrock and msi have this?

They all have some OC utility, ASUS has also OC auto in the BIOS that looks like this...

I thing that setting with flames on the right side went to 4.2GHz.

It was simple, set it and forget it : )

 

[gac77]

Thank you for the great info. One last question. Would the 2600k oc higher than the 2500k on these boards.

 

[nikorr]

Thank you for the great info. One last question. Would the 2600k oc higher than the 2500k on these boards.

From JackNaylorPE

From what I been following on all the OC forums, the 2600k's usually hit higher OC's than the 2500k's....they often turn off HT tho.

If you are limited by heat, then having HT "on" will mean about 7C. If ya have a good cooler.....this is going to be less of a concern.

On the 2600k's, I usually set them up for everyday boots at 4.6 Ghz w/ HT ON under one BIOS profile 4.8 GHz to 5.0 Ghz w/ HT OFF

On 2500k's I get mostly 4.6 to 4.8's unless i start turning stuff off. If ya use offset method, you will downclock when load drops....but ya can get higher OC's using fixed numbers.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/321715-28-2500k-overclockable-2600k

 

[nikorr]

2500k for gaming

2600k for gaming and desktop applications like video + 3D and other apps that loves the Hyper-threading (HT).

 

[gac77]

Thank you all for the great support. I have been playing around with a new build,and IMO the $100 bucks for the 2600k is not worth as I do mostly gaming.

 

[nikorr]

Thank you all for the great support. I have been playing around with a new build,and IMO the $100 bucks for the 2600k is not worth as I do mostly gaming.

Gamers always say, save the $100 and get better GPU : )

Yes, save it as well, its great CPU.

 

[gac77]

Best answer selected by gac77.

 

[nikorr]

Thanx for the vote and good luck gac77!

 

[nikorr]

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