A few days ago, I bought the following machine.
Intel Core i5-2500K
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6950 2GB
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB SATA III
ASRock P67 PRO3
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W ATX12V 2.2
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
While I’ve been waiting for it to show up, I’ve come up with a plan for over-clocking it. I would appreciate it if you let me know how I can make my plan better.
I am looking to increase the performance of games like Mass Effect 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.
I am going to use these benchmarks to measure my improvement:
Far cry 2
Stalker call of Pripyat
Heaven
In principle, my strategy for the CPU, CPU memory, GPU, and GPU memory is:
1) Ensure that the component I bought is stable at advertised speeds.
2) Assuming it is, identify a maximum voltage given my risk tolerance.
3) Set the voltage to the highest value I will tolerate.
4) Identify a maximum temperature given my risk tolerance.
5) Increase the clock
6) Test whether the component is stable and that I am below my temperature tolerance.
7) If unstable or above my temperature tolerance, then decrease clock and test again.
My goal with the voltage and temperature tolerances is to hit a point where I am getting a good performance increase, but not seriously diminishing the longevity of the part. Please let me know if any of the values I provide below are too conservative or aggressive given this goal.
I don’t want to run stress tests for too long, because I don’t want over-clocking the machine to take forever. However, if I run them for too short, I may miss stability issues. I am inclined towards an hour per test. Is this a reasonable place for striking this balance?
Intel Core i5-2500K
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6950 2GB
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB SATA III
ASRock P67 PRO3
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W ATX12V 2.2
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
While I’ve been waiting for it to show up, I’ve come up with a plan for over-clocking it. I would appreciate it if you let me know how I can make my plan better.
I am looking to increase the performance of games like Mass Effect 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.
I am going to use these benchmarks to measure my improvement:
Far cry 2
Stalker call of Pripyat
Heaven
In principle, my strategy for the CPU, CPU memory, GPU, and GPU memory is:
1) Ensure that the component I bought is stable at advertised speeds.
2) Assuming it is, identify a maximum voltage given my risk tolerance.
3) Set the voltage to the highest value I will tolerate.
4) Identify a maximum temperature given my risk tolerance.
5) Increase the clock
6) Test whether the component is stable and that I am below my temperature tolerance.
7) If unstable or above my temperature tolerance, then decrease clock and test again.
My goal with the voltage and temperature tolerances is to hit a point where I am getting a good performance increase, but not seriously diminishing the longevity of the part. Please let me know if any of the values I provide below are too conservative or aggressive given this goal.
I don’t want to run stress tests for too long, because I don’t want over-clocking the machine to take forever. However, if I run them for too short, I may miss stability issues. I am inclined towards an hour per test. Is this a reasonable place for striking this balance?