is my voltage ok?

[Frank Esguerra]

guys im ocing my i5 2500k at 4.2 ghz and im having a temp average of 64C. max of 67C and min of 59C with h100i. so far i ran prime95 for 30mins and i think its going pretty well. im just wondering if i gave the correct vcore voltage, i set at 1.28V. is it ok with 1.28V or should i put something higher? sorry for the question, im new in Ocing. thanks in advance

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Generally a 2500K will hit 4.2Ghz with stock voltage. 1.28v-1.3v is usually good for ~4.5Ghz.

 

[HillBillyAsian]

you never want to really mess with voltages until you hit the limit of stock voltage. were you able to hit 4.2ghz with stock voltage or did you just change it and hope for the best?

 

[Frank Esguerra]

i just changed it should i put it on auto voltage?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Or you could increase the clockspeed. The H100i is a great cooler and since voltage is what creates heat you could try say 4.4Ghz with the 1.28v and see if it's stable. It should not increase your temps. A 2500K will do 4.5Ghz with a cheap Coolermaster Hyper 212. Your Corsair is much better than that.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

My 2600K is at 4.5Ghz and 1.32v but the i7s usually need more voltage because of Hyperthreading.

 

[Frank Esguerra]

i did some tweaking on the bios to see on what voltage i can use to have 4.5 and still stable after running prime95 for 20 mins. and its 1.30v! max temp of 66C and idle at 42C. i think i will be sticking with this configuration. my pc is 24/7 with net surfing and gaming.

and the h100i is configured on quiet mode!

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Nice!

 

[Frank Esguerra]

thanks anort3

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Glad to help!