System and Overclocking

[wanabflyer 53]

Yes, but pulling air in is Cosair's recommended installation.

Can't quite understand that one :( . Once the air has entered, it then absorb's the heat generated. If you don't get rid of it, then it has to add to your temps.

[Ponk 51]

CPU temps are critical to the water temp in the head of the cooler, pulling cooler air in is the recommened and best way to cool the rad. The air in the case might be warmer but who cares if the ambient air in the case is a few decrease higher, that has no negative affect on the CPU.

[DAD 2,653]

thanks my friend !What is your vcore?

Around 1.35 at load. Otherwise down to below 1.0v. I did not manually touch any vcore settings. Luckily my mobo does everything for me :-). Just raised the multi and that's it. Love Asus for such an easy system

[MrKen 3]

Can't quite understand that one :( . Once the air has entered, it then absorb's the heat generated. If you don't get rid of it, then it has to add to your temps.

Not always, but typically when someone goes to the trouble of installing a liquid CPU cooler there will be other fans also present in the case. If you have the cooler set as intake, it's typically just a matter of reversing another 1 or 2 fans from intake to exhaust. You still have to consider the general flow inside the case for the heatsinks on the motherboard, but that's a non-issue in most gaming cases due to their flexibility in fan locations.

[ryanbatc 12,859]

Hey guys as we are talking about system and OC'ing i was wondering how long should i run prime95 to make sure my system is stable enough to run fsx. i have a P8P67 i5 2500k OC'ed to 4.8ghz. i ran prime 95 last night and i got 1 error 0 warning after 7hours and 6 min what you think? keeping in mind that my system is just for simming and checking my emails etcc...vcore is 1.36 by the way

You want zero errors with P95/OCCT/Intel Burn Test - http://majorgeeks.com/IntelBurnTest_d5987.htmlMy 2500k won't go past 4GHz... I believe the motherboard is holding me back... but I am stable with tests at 4GHz so that's where I'll remain until I get a new mobo or new CPU.I tested P95 for 12-ish hours. I ran 10 runs on high of IBT, and OCCT half a day. Error free. Sometimes I still get CTD's with FSX though - FSX is a different beast.

[Ponk 51]

You want zero errors with P95/OCCT/Intel Burn Test - http://majorgeeks.co...Test_d5987.htmlMy 2500k won't go past 4GHz... I believe the motherboard is holding me back... but I am stable with tests at 4GHz so that's where I'll remain until I get a new mobo or new CPU.I tested P95 for 12-ish hours. I ran 10 runs on high of IBT, and OCCT half a day. Error free. Sometimes I still get CTD's with FSX though - FSX is a different beast.

There is something seriously wrong with your CPU, Motherboard or RAM. 4Ghz is a terrible OC for a 2500k. I haven't seen one that doesn't reach 4.8Ghz at 1.4v. Most will do a little more at 1.5v.

[bakaman 28]

There is something seriously wrong with your CPU, Motherboard or RAM. 4Ghz is a terrible OC for a 2500k. I haven't seen one that doesn't reach 4.8Ghz at 1.4v. Most will do a little more at 1.5v.

My config is an i5 2500k OCed at 4.8ghz and a vcore of 1.36v passed intelburntest and prime 95Kaman BA

[andysim 0]

my motherboard (Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev2) is holding m back too :( . I can get a nice stable 3.5ghz on my 950 but if I go over 145 BLCK a warning light comes on that according to the manual is a light for indicating the Motherboard chipset is over 80C. This cant be healthy surely? I clock it back below 145 and the light goes green. Ive tried pointing a fan in the general area around the CPU to push air over the mainboard but no matter what the light stays on. The case im using has a 200mm fan on the top and 2 fans pulling air through the radiator for the fluid/water cooler.PS at 3.5ghz the CPU stays at around 65C on Prime 95 . I would love to get it upto the usual 4ghz that other people seem to manage. Have a very stable 80+ 600w OCZ power supply.Any tips?

[DAD 2,653]

My config is an i5 2500k OCed at 4.8ghz and a vcore of 1.36v passed intelburntest and prime 95Kaman BA

Congrats. Great news maybe I should go for the magic 4.8 too. Maybe once the ngx is out. Did you change any memory settings manually?

[mattQ 0]

This is my overclock a little different CPU, but here it is. http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1872049

[Guest Tamadeez]

Oh my lord I decided to install fsx on my old 1ghz celeron, 128mb ram with an invisible graphics card. And I'm getting 200+FPS with complex scenery and traffic. YES I AM BORED

[Tristan Marchent 3]

Ordered my Corsair H50 Today :D Fingers crossed for tomorrow delivery :D :D

[sijenks5 0]

You should have no problems fitting it my H70 was a doddle.

[Tristan Marchent 3]

The Corsair H50 came yesterday and I have just finished installing it in!!Idle temps are 30-35C now :D Thanks Guys!

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

There you go new you would like it, now a little overclocking and your on your way, good luck. :( Rich