Should I overclock my CPU?

[logo897]

Hello all,

Recently my temps of my CPU have gone out of control, however, I disabled turbo mode in my bios and it works much better. Temps are less than 70c under full load

My question is should I overclock this CPU I have?

specs:

CPU: Intel core i5 650 3.20GHz
Mobo: Intel dq57tm
PSU: corsair cx600m
ram: 4gb ddr3 (more coming in the mail)
120gb ssd
windows 7 home premium

Thanks,

Logo897

 

[LMiller7]

If you have had overheating problems and have disabled turbo mode to control this, why would you contemplate overclocking? That would make the problem worse. Or am I missing something?

 

[logo897]

I hear that turbo mode causes issues like overheating instead of actually helping.

For example,

I have an older alienware laptop that had turbo mode enabled and I disabled it, now temps are much smoother.

Hope that makes sense.

 

[HAVOC]

I would first check your thermal paste and heat sink fan before overclocking and see why your temps are "out of control".

 

[logo897]

I would first check your thermal paste and heat sink fan before overclocking and see why your temps are "out of control".

Just checked it the other day after turning off turbo mode and it looks great. I see lots of paste as well as my fan is clean.

My cpu doesn't ever get to 70 degrees Celsius under full load

 

[essenbe]

I hear that turbo mode causes issues like overheating instead of actually helping.

For example,

I have an older alienware laptop that had turbo mode enabled and I disabled it, now temps are much smoother.

Hope that makes sense.

See if this sounds logical. As Lmiller7 said it makes no sense. You disabled a function that allows your CPU to go faster when more speed is needed so you can control temps. Now you are trying to compensate for the function you disabled by overclocking the chip which will make temps higher than they were to begin with. What it seems you are trying to do is jump out of the frying pan into the fire. Turbo mode allows your CPU to run slower when not needed and will increase the speed when you do need it. No matter what you heard, the CPU was made that way for a good reason. So now you want to overclock it. To do that you have to put more voltage through the CPU. More voltage means more heat. It's as simple as that. What I would suggest you do is enable turbo and find a better cooling solution and replacing the thermal paste on your CPU. What you are wanting to do is counterproductive and will make your CPU run hotter than it was to begin with.

 

[LMiller7]

Anything that causes the CPU to run faster, turbo mode or overclocking, will increase heat. Those are the laws of physics. Until you can keep temperatures under control under normal conditions, including turbo mode, overclocking should not be considered.

 

[chefduane]

...besides, 3.2ghz is pretty good anyways eh?

 

[RoasterMen]

You cannot overclock such processor because it's multipliers are locked. You can only OC any processors in the i3, i5, and i7 family if they have a "K" in their name (Example: i5-4690K can be overclocked and the i5-4690 cannot be overclocked.)

 

[wasnotwas]

I would first check your thermal paste and heat sink fan before overclocking and see why your temps are "out of control".

Just checked it the other day after turning off turbo mode and it looks great. I see lots of paste as well as my fan is clean.

My cpu doesn't ever get to 70 degrees Celsius under full load

'Check your thermal paste' usually means take off HSF, make visual inspection of paste, clean both surfaces with correct solvent and suitable (lint free) cloth, apply new thermal paste. Correct amount of paste is vital - usually size of a grain of rice. Too much paste can cause problems by acting as a heat barrier or leaking onto mobo. Watch a few YouTube videos to see right amount of paste to use.

Everyone has their fav paste, but I use Arctic Silver - comes as a kit with solvent.

 

[Layback Bear]

Reading your system specs.
You have a stock case, stock motherboard and stock fans.
I'm presuming that you also have stock cpu cooling.

None of these stock things warrants or will work with overclocking.

If your system runs hot with turbo mode enabled then you for sure have a cooling problem.
That cooling problem must be addressed before any thing else is done on or with your system.

 

[townsbg]

70C is high. My old desktop shut off at 75. It seems to be the general consensus that you still have an overheating problem and therefore shouldn't overclock.

 

[Mellon Head]

With your temperatures, I think overclocking would be a bad idea.

I'll leave you with this advice:

"Never overclock what you can't afford to replace."

 

[ThrashZone]

I'll leave you with this advice:

"Never overclock what you can't afford to replace."

You could also loose a mother board too chef...

 

[AmericanPharaoh]

Forget the overclocking. Fix the overheating. You want a race car, buy a race car.