OverClocking i72600k

Hi everyone,

This is my first question in the forum.

I bought a good system months ago (read my system specs below) I'm a 3dsmax user and used to play games from time to time .. games are not really my aim but 3d rendering. I've an experience in 3d and c++ programming .. but not really in overclocking at all... I bought the i7 2600k because I saw on youtube it's really easy to get boosted.

this is my question: I have i7 2600k and corsair Hydro 80. when I overclock the CPU to 4.2 GHz and I stress it for a 24h and everything goes well ..

Q: For how long I can use it in an overclocked state (I don't really care if the life of the cpu will be less longer bcoz I'm willing to buy another cpu soon and money isn't my issue) I just have a heavy scenes in 3d to render each day and week.

can I use use it with a frequency of 4.2 or higher for 2 weeks for example ?? or just the time of rendering and I restore the ratio ??

Please give an advice.

Thank you in advance.

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------------------------------ Monster Case - CPU: i7 2600k - Cooler: corsair Hydro 80 - RAM: 16 GB corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M PRO - Graphics: Asus GTX 560 Ti DirectCull 1Go - SSD: OCZ Vertex3 120Gb
HDD: Samsung 500 GB Sata III. Power supply: Gold Corsair AX1200
Reply to SectorC

With ur cooler u can go up to 5 ghz.

------------------------------ Fractal Design Arc Midi, i5-2500k, Asus P8Z68-V deluxe gen3, EVGA GTX560 Ti Superclocked, Corsair TX750 V2, Corsair Vengeance 8 Gb, Crucial m4 64 Gb, Seagate Barracuda XT 2 Tb, Zalman 9900 MAX
Reply to madchemist83

Thanks for your answer.

But how long I can leave it under the overclocking state ?? hours or days ??

Thanks again.

------------------------------ Monster Case - CPU: i7 2600k - Cooler: corsair Hydro 80 - RAM: 16 GB corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M PRO - Graphics: Asus GTX 560 Ti DirectCull 1Go - SSD: OCZ Vertex3 120Gb
HDD: Samsung 500 GB Sata III. Power supply: Gold Corsair AX1200
Reply to SectorC

Depends on the voltage. See what kind of voltage you get at certain clock speed.

------------------------------ Fractal Design Arc Midi, i5-2500k, Asus P8Z68-V deluxe gen3, EVGA GTX560 Ti Superclocked, Corsair TX750 V2, Corsair Vengeance 8 Gb, Crucial m4 64 Gb, Seagate Barracuda XT 2 Tb, Zalman 9900 MAX
Reply to madchemist83

Actually 1.207 volt in 4.5 Ghz is okay .. I saw that on youtube ..

------------------------------ Monster Case - CPU: i7 2600k - Cooler: corsair Hydro 80 - RAM: 16 GB corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M PRO - Graphics: Asus GTX 560 Ti DirectCull 1Go - SSD: OCZ Vertex3 120Gb
HDD: Samsung 500 GB Sata III. Power supply: Gold Corsair AX1200
Reply to SectorC

That's lucky chip

------------------------------ Fractal Design Arc Midi, i5-2500k, Asus P8Z68-V deluxe gen3, EVGA GTX560 Ti Superclocked, Corsair TX750 V2, Corsair Vengeance 8 Gb, Crucial m4 64 Gb, Seagate Barracuda XT 2 Tb, Zalman 9900 MAX
Reply to madchemist83

SectorC wrote :

Hi everyone,

This is my first question in the forum.

I bought a good system months ago (read my system specs below) I'm a 3dsmax user and used to play games from time to time .. games are not really my aim but 3d rendering. I've an experience in 3d and c++ programming .. but not really in overclocking at all... I bought the i7 2600k because I saw on youtube it's really easy to get boosted.

this is my question: I have i7 2600k and corsair Hydro 80. when I overclock the CPU to 4.2 GHz and I stress it for a 24h and everything goes well ..

Q: For how long I can use it in an overclocked state (I don't really care if the life of the cpu will be less longer bcoz I'm willing to buy another cpu soon and money isn't my issue) I just have a heavy scenes in 3d to render each day and week.

can I use use it with a frequency of 4.2 or higher for 2 weeks for example ?? or just the time of rendering and I restore the ratio ??

Please give an advice.

Thank you in advance.

If it is stable then let it stays there forever.

Reply to aqe040466

Thanks for your answer Bro!

------------------------------ Monster Case - CPU: i7 2600k - Cooler: corsair Hydro 80 - RAM: 16 GB corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M PRO - Graphics: Asus GTX 560 Ti DirectCull 1Go - SSD: OCZ Vertex3 120Gb
HDD: Samsung 500 GB Sata III. Power supply: Gold Corsair AX1200
Reply to SectorC

As long as it's under safe temp (~72C), voltage (1.4v), and stable, you can run as long as you want. You will want to get your volt/temp readings during rendering of course.

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Reply to k1114

k1114 wrote :

As long as it's under safe temp (~72C), voltage (1.4v), and stable, you can run as long as you want. You will want to get your volt/temp readings during rendering of course.

Thank you too. yeah I have those tools actually .. I'll do that and I hope that my Hydro 80 shows itself as a man LOL.

------------------------------ Monster Case - CPU: i7 2600k - Cooler: corsair Hydro 80 - RAM: 16 GB corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M PRO - Graphics: Asus GTX 560 Ti DirectCull 1Go - SSD: OCZ Vertex3 120Gb
HDD: Samsung 500 GB Sata III. Power supply: Gold Corsair AX1200
Reply to SectorC

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