some tips for sandy bridge user..
U all can test the system stability in shorter time with prime95..
Just select custom and test with
1344fft 1344fft 1minute 80-90% available ram for 15mins
If can passed the test u can test with 1792fft 1792fft 1minute 80-90% available ram for 15mins too..

If passed 2 tests on certain vcore..then your system should stable for 12hours prime95 blend test.

the 1344 and 1792 fft is the extremely hard and best test for sb`stability

Normally,if your system is unstable..one of the workers in prime95 will stop/BSOD will happen within 10mins of both test

This post has been edited by eXnikaru: Apr 26 2013, 04:19 PM

Good tips. Thanks for sharing. So, we could cut time a lot now with this method.
TQ

Does those custom settings work for Ivy too?

I would like to know whether this works for IVY or not. But theoretically it should as both share similar architecture albeit different die size.

my 680 oc being unleash from phenom ii x4 925 3.8G to i5 2500K 5Ghz
4.8ghz
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6619175
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/685866
5hz
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6631765
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/695714

btw:
http://valid.canardpc.com/2814164






This post has been edited by Mr_47: May 27 2013, 12:16 AM

thread quite dead now? cmon man let bench and pwn haswell...

You are way too late in the game
Welcome to the club.

For me is enough with 4.5GHz to run 24hrs F@H... Summore my MSI board not so good for OC...

haha thx... just got rich lately lol

anyway here is my cooling method,
CM Hyper 212 EVO+CM XtraFlo push+pull+vertical

+ the link to my bench is broken bro

bro 4.5 is good enough ...

This post has been edited by Mr_47: May 29 2013, 02:57 PM

Fixed.
Nice chip you got there.
5.0GHz @ very low vCore on air.

but still afraid cpu degrade, read a lot bout it hmm keep me thinkin, also tested 4.8 at 1.3v hmm should go for 5 at or not?

lucky got a good chip hehe

Yes indeed. Sandy will degrade very fast.
Don't torture it with more than 1.4v and keep the temps below 80C then it would be fine.
Good luck.

thx for the tips mate... will take note on that haha

what people
well Im new here. here what I got for u guys
do teach me how to OVER OVERclock mine with this poor rig.

Hey guys, I open "Garage sales" if anybody interested:
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2908375

no significant different between noctua d14 default thermal paste vs ic7, on sandy i5 2500k oc to 4.3g @ 1.215v
default


ic7

anyone using p8p67 before? do you guys face cold boot issue?

i'm using the vanilla P8P67 mobo, and yes it has the cold boot issue.
what i found out was the display card that i used, i using the pci-e power cable that provide by my power supply and the mobo will have issue.
change the pci-e power to molex type (convert molex to pci-e) , the issue gone.
maybe the pci-e lane of this P8P67 mobo is weak or whatever.....

Hi all, I'm new to OC and hope can learn more from you guys

Currently my cpu running at stock with Noctua NH-D14, is the temperature normal as per screenshot?



Found out that my GPU temperature also quite high, idle at 50c

It looks normal.