For my first PC build, I decided to go with a core i5. I noticed early on that Everest's stress test would fail at stock voltages and clocks (usually 30 seconds - 10 minutes). Prime 95 also would give me errors at stock settings on occasion (usuallly 5 minutes - 30 minutes). I decided to fiddle around with overclocking a bit, and got a 3.2GHz clock that seemed stable. Throughout, I never exceeded the 1.4v Intel spec; temps also stayed cool.
I've since returned to standard settings across the board, but I'm still getting failures in Prime 95 with stock settings, which greatly concerns me.
- Corsair 620HX
- Gigabyte p55-UD4P motherboard
- Core i5
- Cooler Master Hyper212 heatsink
- Mushkin XP 1600 CAS7 1.9v 2x2GB (ran at Mushkin's recommended 1.9v for awhile until I realized this was bad. Returned to 1.5v since then. Problems happening throughout. Might RMA for 1600 CAS7 1.65v)
- Asus GeForce9600 GSO
I just ran Prime95 again with C states and EIST off. Some cores got errors (rounding was x, expecting y) and another failed because it reached 100 warnings (Illegal sumouts). Peak core temps only reaching between 39 and 44. I'll try running memtest overnight and report back with results.
Any suggestions on how to proceed? Not sure how much I can work on this this weekend, but I will try to stay responsive. Thanks!
*edit: added screen capture:
And Prime95 just had to close on me due to an error.
I've since returned to standard settings across the board, but I'm still getting failures in Prime 95 with stock settings, which greatly concerns me.
- Corsair 620HX
- Gigabyte p55-UD4P motherboard
- Core i5
- Cooler Master Hyper212 heatsink
- Mushkin XP 1600 CAS7 1.9v 2x2GB (ran at Mushkin's recommended 1.9v for awhile until I realized this was bad. Returned to 1.5v since then. Problems happening throughout. Might RMA for 1600 CAS7 1.65v)
- Asus GeForce9600 GSO
I just ran Prime95 again with C states and EIST off. Some cores got errors (rounding was x, expecting y) and another failed because it reached 100 warnings (Illegal sumouts). Peak core temps only reaching between 39 and 44. I'll try running memtest overnight and report back with results.
Any suggestions on how to proceed? Not sure how much I can work on this this weekend, but I will try to stay responsive. Thanks!
*edit: added screen capture:
And Prime95 just had to close on me due to an error.