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I think so too Steve, run the games you normally play or video transcoding or? If it holds up it should be okie dokie. That is a bit warm for a 250MHz CPU.
I think so too Steve, run the games you normally play or video transcoding or? If it holds up it should be okie dokie. That is a bit warm for a 250MHz CPU.
Different board, different bios, different results - but I'm using 50% LLC and it's all good.
Memtest is the clear boredom winner, but prime is a close second.
As for hardcore, I used to do 20-50 IBT passes and 24hr Prime runs, but my patience is decreasing too. 5-10 For IBT, 12hr for Prime.
Lately I'll prime at a given offset - call it stable - then lower it a bit and just 'real world test it'. Any freezes/BSODs, I bump the setting up.
Ie I primed at +.105, but I lowered it to +.070, had one freeze in Arma 2 - bumped it up to +.085 and so far so good. After the initial Prime test, I simply could not be arsed re-running it.
If I keep encountering freezes - back to the Prime passing Offset. Eventually I do the same to RAM. Lower DRAM volts and vccio, and see how it 'real worlds'.
At least if it plays silly buggers, I have a good idea why.
I've found Aida64 gets my 3770K hotter than Prime does. I generally use Aida64 for stress testing and temp monitoring anyway but found it interesting. Others on another forum have since found the same thing.
Hm. Maybe I'll use that when I try for 4.7 either today or tomorrow.
I doubt I'll hit 5 on my current setup; Ivy runs too damn hot for that. I need my extra 140 rad already!
I thought I would show what the "OC Tuner" in my Asus Sabertooth board does. It is a very safe overclock, and it overclocks the CPU, RAM and iGPU. I have tweaked the RAM frequency and the iGPU frrequency just a touch. The next step is to lower the voltage until I'm at a more reasonable setting. I personally don't need any more out of this CPU, but I'm glad to see some people have been able to push it to 4.5-4.6GHz with no problems.
Also, if anybody has the 3570K and an Asus Z77 motherboard, feel free to send me a message if you have any tips or tricks on how you got the numbers you got. Always appreciate tried and true information!