Core i5 750 OC on stock cooler

[tonysathre]

I just ordered a new core i5 system. What's the farthest I can push the CPU before I need an after market cooler safely?

Asus p7p55d-e mobo
intel core i5 750
HD 5870
XMS3 1600 ram

Thanks,

Tony

 

[Rustyy117]

hmmm....well EVERY core i5 overclocks to the same level, So its obviously 3.65ghz (Sarcasm)

Noone can tell you exactly, because every chip is different, I dont know your ambient temps, I dont know what case you have, for all i know you could live in a giant freezer.

Just set the Vcore manually to its stock voltage and raise the blck 5-10mhz and then boot into windows run a stress test program like prime95 or OCCT for about 15mins if its ok and temps are under 70C then go back into the BIOS and raise the blck another 5-10mhz, Keep doing this until it crashes/blue screens.
Then go back into the BIOS and back down your blck by 10mhz and test for stability for 12hours.
I wouldn't up the voltage with a stock cooler, just see how far you can go with stock voltage.

 

[tonysathre]

Thanks. I've never done Any overclocking but it sounds pretty straight forward.