Hi all the sifus here I'm planning to build a new pc for myself with the i5 2500k and plan to OC for fun . wondering which mobo should i go for? a p67 or z68? i check the difference between both, and I guess I won't be needing the extra from z68. But I don't see much choice with p67 mobo. Any recommendation? Budget ~RM500

Hi Sifus,

Am facing a weird scenario here. OC-ed my proc to 4.0GHz with vcore of 1.150V. While running prime95 for awhile, everything looks good and temp max at 60c. But after that, I saw a big increase of temp until 85c and vcore at 1.360V. Kinda worried on the sudden increase of vcore and temp. Is this cause by the CPU LLC? I have the CPU LLC on level 2. Or any other possible cause?

Below is my specs:

i5 2500K @ 4.0GHz at 1.150V
Asrock z77 Extreme4
Seasonic S12MII 620W
2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1333 RAM

This post has been edited by zeipher: May 27 2012, 09:21 AM

From what I read, Asrock's LLC works the opposite way from the other mobo makers where level 5 nets you the least voltage compensation and level 1 the most. So, you're suggesting to lower down the LLC (Asrock's case, up the level)? Oh, forgot to mention that my temp and voltage only shoots up after the 7th hour of priming. That's why I feel it's a bit weird since for the 1st 7 hours, there is no voltage increase.

As for my cooler, I have 212 Evo with push pull fans.

Ok.
Maybe its the mobo's utility (ASRock eXtreme Tuner) which I use to adjust the fan speed on the fly somehow overwrites my bios OC settings. Will give it another go next weekend.