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turbotoast

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It says my processor is @ 2.67 which makes sense if it is just stating the factory speed and not current speed.
My core speed says 3.07 which makes sense since I have turbo boost enabled shooting for 2.93

My question is why doesn't the true core speed show up in SpeedFan (or does SpeedFan not read core speed)?

I'm sure these are incredibly newb questions, but any help is appreciated.
 
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This is the important section. What have you overclocked to in the bios?

I don't think speedfan shows details beyond fan stuff and temps (though I could be wrong).
 
Right now it's just factory Intel Turbo OC to 2.93. However now that I have water cooling I would like to get more out of my processor. Planning on taking it slow and confirming stability after every change.
 
get intel burn test and clock it up you want load temps to not exceed 75 c

i got a lynnfield 760 atm upgradeing to a 4770k haswell
but on my 750 i5 i got it up to 3.5 with air stock cooler it dont go above 64c underheavy load for 10 mins
 
Thanks for all the input.

Already using Prime95. I couldn't believe the instant drop in temp when I cancelled the test after an hour lol. However core never went above 59 c and the pump never went above 35 c

Currently
Core: 3369
Bus: 160
QPI: 2888

Gonna keep bumping it up slowly.
 
Alaska I will use it next round.
Doc not at all. Still 1.11

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Doc up to 1.2 @ 3.8ghz

Going to leave it be for a few days any really try to push it hard with intel burn and see where I'm at. After that I will try for 4.0~ and probably just leave it alone.
 
Yeah, I needed 1.26v for 4.0 with the 920 to be stable using Intel burn test. You'll definitely notice a difference gaming at 4.0 versus stock speed.
 
Nice work. You've achieved a huge % overclock. Going to make a big difference in preventing bottlenecking, etc
 
i notice the change at 3.2 3.5 but temps get higer than i want them to be for air :p 65 is too much 63-67 on load
 
AlaskanGrown907 said:
i notice the change at 3.2 3.5 but temps get higer than i want them to be for air :p 65 is too much 63-67 on load
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I will always water cool from here on out. I will probably stick with already assembled units, but the difference in temps is incredible at only 2x the price of a decent heatsink. I never see temps about 38 when just using it for normal stuff, and never above 44 when gaming. Hoping to bring the temps down even more with a new case that has much better airflow and some more fans.
 
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AlaskanGrown907 said:
i notice the change at 3.2 3.5 but temps get higer than i want them to be for air :p 65 is too much 63-67 on load
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That's ice cold anyways on air talk to some ivy bridge guys they run that in BF4 no problem haha. Not sure what the temp ranges on that CPU is but it would be dead center of ideal for sandy or ivy and most of the older arch's were a bit more tolerant. Hitting 80 on Ivy you actually have to worry about making it past 2 years. Really ice cold to laptop gamers like me. My CPU temps were always okayish but the GPU was at 94C for 3 years and counting.

Besides open a window its Alaska right?

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RainMotorsports said:
That's ice cold anyways on air talk to some ivy bridge guys they run that in BF4 no problem haha. Not sure what the temp ranges on that CPU is but it would be dead center of ideal for sandy or ivy and most of the older arch's were a bit more tolerant. Hitting 80 on Ivy you actually have to worry about making it past 2 years. Really ice cold to laptop gamers like me. My CPU temps were always okayish but the GPU was at 94C for 3 years and counting.

Besides open a window its Alaska right?

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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i can push mine down to 80 sometimes.... but jesus that takes some wild architecture
 
Nicely done. I see that's about the same voltage I needed for that speed also. I'm sure you could run 4.2 at 1.29 no problem, not that it would make a difference gaming, but still. Anyway, good job on the OC.
 
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