(02-18-2014, 11:26 AM)RachelB Wrote:(02-18-2014, 10:46 AM)chaosblade02 Wrote: I5 2500k @ 4.2ghz, which is the most I can OC this CPU. I lost the silicon lottery and got a bottom of the barrel run of these chips. For every person who gets 4.7-4.8 on air, I figured there is someone like me who can't even boot past the bios at any multiplier that is higher. 4.3ghz won't boot even at 1.4 V core, but 4.2ghz runs at 1.272 V core for me.
Mines the same
4.3 ghz is mostly stable, but crashes from time to time.
I figured out roughly how many times its worth crashing your PC before you give up on overclocking further. Its about 80-100x for me. And I feel like that is way more effort than most would have gone to. I had to run multiple chkdisks and I also ruined my SSD in the process, and my HDD is on its last leg atm. I'm never going to do that again. And if I get another CPU similar to this one which has a really low multiplier dead zone, I'm probably gonna RMA it. People told me to up the voltage to higher than what would normally be required for a quick test run, which I tried several times, but 4.3ghz still wouldn't boot at higher voltage than what most people need to get 4.8. Even a 1.42 V core test-boot (no load) wouldn't get past the bios.