2600k Overclocking

[skydealseeker]

asus says there is about 10% of these chip can go over 4.8ghz

Expectations regarding K series overclocking in general and on ASUS P67 motherboardsPrior to the recommendations on overclocking the K series, I am outlining our results to set expectations.
The results below are based on the range of the CPU turbo multiplier when overclocking.
Results are representative of 100 D2 CPUs that were binned and tested for stability under load; these results will most likely represent retail CPUs.
1. Approximately 50% of CPUs can go up to 4.4~4.5 GHz
2. Approximately 40% of CPUs can go up to 4.6~4.7 GHz
3. Approximately 10% of CPUs can go up to 4.8~5 GHz (50+ multipliers are about 2% of this group)
Additionally it is recommended to keep 「C1E」and「EIST」option enabled for the best overclock scaling. This is different than previous Intel overclocking expectations where the best scaling was with disabled power states or power management options.
Update specific to D2 and retail parts: Jan 11 2001
As always ASUS strives to be at the forefront of performance and functionality offered by a quality bios. Keeping this in mind ASUS has been actively working in conjunction with Intel to optimize overclocking potential on ASUS P8P67 motherboards and K series CPUs. With the latest bios revisions ( 1000 series ) or 600 series for ROG specific optimizations have been made to the microcode and corresponding tables that relate to D2 and retail parts. These are improvement are in addition to general improvements in all respects. Present with this new build of the UEFI is a new option. This option / value is “ Intel PPL Overvoltage” this option furthers multiplier scaling considerably.* In addition due to the increase in scaling more exotic forms of cooling cannot be used and will be needed under certain multiplier ranges and corresponding voltages. The general maximum range for the highest performing dual fan air based heastinks still remains 50x to 52x.

[Wi-Fuzzy]

Ive been messing with this chip. The only way I can seem to get it run at 4.6 is by using the factory overclocking settings. Anything above 4.6 and all I get is a blinking curser in the top left corner of the screen. Kinda wierd...4.6 runs folding@home 6 days straight on all 8 cores 100% usage. 4.7 will not boot...blinking curser. I keep thinking i'm doing some thing wrong. If 4.6 runs %100 stable, you'ld think 4.7 would at least try to load windows.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Wi-Fuzzy

Ive been messing with this chip. The only way I can seem to get it run at 4.6 is by using the factory overclocking settings. Anything above 4.6 and all I get is a blinking curser in the top left corner of the screen. Kinda wierd...4.6 runs folding@home 6 days straight on all 8 cores 100% usage. 4.7 will not boot...blinking curser. I keep thinking i'm doing some thing wrong. If 4.6 runs %100 stable, you'ld think 4.7 would at least try to load windows.

I used a MSI 1155 board with a 2600k and all I did was bump the cpu voltage to 1.3v and the ram voltage to 1.65 volts and jumped it to 4.5 and it was rock solid.

[Wi-Fuzzy]

What do you use...the fixed voltage or the offset ie (stock + .05v) If I try it myself. It will run at 4.6 but the mutliplier bounces back and forth between 4.5 and 4.6 under load...like it's throttling. If I go auto overclock ...rock solid 4.6 @ about 1.6ish volts and 64c loaded temps all 8 cores. Another problem is that this is a folding box...so I don't really get much opportunity to play with it. because I don't get to play to much...I'll ask some questions.

What does your board show for stock voltage?
Do you change fixed or offset v?
What volt are you running?
Does anyone change other voltages?
Spread spectrum auto?
loaded temps at ____ mhz?
Does anyone mess with those watt and amp settings?
Any problems people have had and solved?
Next weeks Super 7 numbers?

[Phill]

ho geez, 1.6v? that is a little much no?

[mkultra]

1.6v vcore gotta be typo.....

[Eluder]

Ya, I'm stable at 4.5GHz with a + offset and on load the core is about 1.24v max.