seriousHUSTLE Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 Hey guys, so ive recently purchased and installed a Corsair H70 (to be honest, i expected better temps from it) and im still unable to overclock my 2600k past 4.6ghz. Once i hit that speed i seem to need alot of voltage, 1.5v + which the h70 cant seem to contain temp wise. I currently have it clocked to 4.5Ghz on "auto" voltage, with PLL overvoltage disabled. Im running this on the GA-P67A-UD7 mobo, with F3 bios. At idle the temps are between 30c -34c, During Prime95 the temps hit 74c. Is there anything im doing wrong? or do i just have a crappy chip? ive seen people hiiting 5ghz on air cooling, im guessing they just have the luck of getting an amazinf chip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARandomOWL Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 I have no experience with Sandy Bridge (chip is on the desk, but no board yet). However, from what I have read, I think you may need to enable the PLL over-ride to clock any higher. It seems almost all chips will do around 4.8GHz (disregarding stability). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 Click the link in my sig... don't let the temps go higher than 72.6C. The LLC for Gigabyte hasn't been so great, yet. The ASUS Deluxe has been the best and most stable overclocker, yet (mostly for idle BSOD's). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriousHUSTLE Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 thanks for the replies guys, i decided to install everything on my P8P67 deluxe instead.. too see how it performed on that. I used the asus auto tune program, it clocked the cpu to 4.9ghz. Temps sit around 35C idle on air (V8 coolermaster). IM guessing the asus boards are better for overclocking at this point in time? i havnt tried a prime95 test yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriousHUSTLE Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 turns out the auto tune is hopeless haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 turns out the auto tune is hopeless haha. eww yeah dude, use bios Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriousHUSTLE Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 yeah i am now haha, pretty sure i have found a stable 5Ghz clock. Need to run some more stability tests to be sure, currently running on air it was hitting 80c during prime95. Im going to hook up some water cooling and give it another go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriousHUSTLE Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 Ive currently got it clocked at 4.9ghz. During prime95 it hits 70c doesnt go higher after hours. However.. when i run 3dmark 11, i get really baaad cpu score. As if the overclock isnt even doing anything? confused :S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 Have you tried anything else to see if the overclock was applied correctly, CPU-Z saying 4.9ghz?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriousHUSTLE Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 so.. i reseated my h70, in the progress i decided to take the cpu out (dont ask why lol) as i lifted the cpu off the platform i noticed a few of the pins were bent.. and there were 2 that were completely snapped off. i did my best to straighten the bent ones, and here i am. On the same computer, everything still seems to be working. Anyway yes cpu-z was reading the correct overclock, im guessing the cpu isnt performing correctly due to the broken pins, hence the bad cpu scores? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriousHUSTLE Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 its just strange it all runs fine, still overclocks. Just fails at the test lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercuryDoun Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 whats your memory running at? 3DMark11 really likes high memory speeds and low timings. It can literally be the difference of thousands of points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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