Share your degradation reports on the 2500K/2600K

Been running 2500k : 4.5 GHz @ 1.272v for over 12 months
Setup as in sig.
I have a negative that's -0.035v offset.
PLL auto
Memory all auto except the 2T timing which I set to 1T.
Chip never goes over 61C even under Orthos/Intel burn test

Thought about joining the 5Ghz LinX stable club. Although I don't know what voltage I may have to push it to, it is obvious that it will be no problem for this chip.
I would rather have a longer lasting chip than possibly degrade it by pushing it to clocks I am sure it could achieve anyway.

Almost 2 years 2500k @ 4.8GHz 1.34vcore in bios, 1.36vcore in cpuz under load. Running 9-10-9-27 memory at 2133mhz for the majority of that time.

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Originally Posted by s1nykuL

I would rather have a longer lasting chip than possibly degrade it by pushing it to clocks I am sure it could achieve anyway.

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That's is very un-xtreme(systems) of you. :P

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Originally Posted by s1nykuL

I would rather have a longer lasting chip than possibly degrade it by pushing it to clocks I am sure it could achieve anyway.

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I did this a few weeks after I got my noctua:

http://files.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws....1358786200.jpg

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Originally Posted by 3lfk1ng

That's is very un-xtreme(systems) of you. :P

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You are absolutely right.

One could look at it another way.... NOT pushing a CPU to breaking point IS extreme behaviour for an XS member :eek:

Check the 5GHz LinX thread tomorrow ;)

@dr_sharp

Not sure I could get that high a freq with a Corsair A50. I have a mid range board too.

Let the fun begin....

I post to the 5GHz LinX thread tomorrow if I succeed.


EDIT:
OK @4.8Ghz @1.37v got very hot at 90C
I will play tomorrow and slap a couple of 1.3A NMB 4715KL 120mm fans in push pull on the A50 :D

Pretty volt hungry 2500k here, its had over 1.4v since I brought it over a year ago and I've not seen any signs yet of degradation, touch wood.

CPU: 2600k @ 4.8ghz
Vcore(bios): offset +.02 which equates to 1.320v under load.

Been running this for about 18 months now with zero degradation.

1.32v @ 4.8 is really good.

2500K
4.7 @ 1.3v load

Been running that for around 11 months so far, no degradation. 1.3v load is the lowest it was stable as well, so definitely no degradation.

I would almost blame high vdimm over core. With the mem controller on chip you may be killing it that way. I'd never go above 1.55 on the dimm on these. People killed nehalems at 1.7+, and apparently it takes much less on sb/IVB CPUs

Just my .02

O yes and i7 2700k 4600mhz 1.288 load (will rarely hit 1.32) 15+ months no degrading.

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Originally Posted by geforce man

I would almost blame high vdimm over core. With the mem controller on chip you may be killing it that way. I'd never go above 1.55 on the dimm on these. People killed nehalems at 1.7+, and apparently it takes much less on sb/IVB CPUs

Just my .02

O yes and i7 2700k 4600mhz 1.288 load (will rarely hit 1.32) 15+ months no degrading.

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I think that's a really good theory. I have heard in general that SB/Ivy have very robust memory controllers, but I'd be willing to bet that vcore is toward the bottom of the list in terms of voltage settings that have the highest chance of degrading a CPU.

Im running my 3820 memory at 1.610 for months now and i dont see any problem with this Vram and my SB-E. Intel spec is 1.5vram but they seems to accept up to 1.65 without issue. I ran a memtest yesterday and its still runing perfect at 2133mhz 10-11-10-30-121-2T

I run my 3820 at 1.315vcore for 4.2ghz. gentle 24/7 OC.

A little off topic but gonna put my Sandy's for sale in te near future.
How much do you guys think a 1.344v 4.8ghz 2500k and a 1.328v 4.8ghz 2600k would run for?

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Originally Posted by LagunaX

How much do you guys think a 1.344v 4.8ghz 2500k and a 1.328v 4.8ghz 2600k would run for?

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How high the multies can go?

PLL overvoltage off, 50x 2500k, 48x 2600k.

My old 56x 2600K used to bench for hours at 5.2 GHz and no longer boots at 53x multiplier or higher, it just freezes on the POST screen. I'm using the exact same settings I used to, and tried another motherboard.

Been running my 2600k since August 2011 @ 4.5 GHz @ 1.260v full load crunching 24/7 with no issues. Did the occasional 4.7 or 4.8 for about a week or so in winters. Also tested the max multi using massman's instructions for binning and booted at 56x that way.

Will be going back to crunching at 4.7 GHz shortly though.

I think my 3820 is showing sings of degradation :(. When it was new 4.8ghz was no prob. Now at 4.6 I'm getting bsod. The only changes made was a psu upgrade.

My dog 2600K is still banging along.. 4.5 @ 1.38v and ram @ 1.61v..

This Old Guy still can handle 5100 HyperPi 32M @1.39v. Already used it for about 1 year 5000@1.33v 24/7 :yepp:


http://imageshack.us/a/img507/373/hyperpi5100.jpg


http://imageshack.us/a/img255/8282/h...100success.jpg

2500k at 4,4ghz on 1,32v full (offset mode, don't remember options), running for almost 2 years without problems ;)

R-gards

my 2600k has been running at about 1.55volts @ 4.6ghz since forever on a thermalright ultra 120 extreme

horrible chip from day one, horrible now
it's about 2 years old (this chip doesn't post at 4.8ghz below 1.5 volts)