i5-2500K/2600K batch number and o/c results

[LexDiamonds]

I recieved what appears to be a new 2600K batch number a few days ago: 3101A298. Absolutely zero google results for this. Anyone else test one of these? I wont get a chance to dig into it until this weekend when I swap out my Lynnfield. Looking for 5ghz at 1.4vcore on excellent watercooling...

[st0ned]

5Ghz with 1.4v is a bit hopefull even more with these new batches...

[LexDiamonds]

5Ghz with 1.4v is a bit hopefull even more with these new batches...

Yeah.. that was drunken optimism. 5ghz@1.5v seems to be a more realistic target. This being said, I would probably settle on 4.8ghz@1.4v vs. 5ghz@1.5v.

Still surprised no one else has seen or tested a 3101A298...

[Makubex_GB]

2500K D2
5GHz 12hrs Prime Stable @ 1.392v
Batch: 3101A156
Mobo: P8Z68-V Pro
Watercooling, room temp avg: 29C
Super pi 1M: 7.509s

[LexDiamonds]

Really nice results there Makubex. I would love to get similar results with my 2600K w/ HT enabled... Cant wait to dive into a nice OC session on my new SB build this weekend.

edit: Makubex seems to have a previously unheard of batch number as well... Makes me even more anxious to check out the 3101A298 that I have.

[Makubex_GB]

Really nice results there Makubex. I would love to get similar results with my 2600K w/ HT enabled... Cant wait to dive into a nice OC session on my new SB build this weekend.

edit: Makubex seems to have a previously unheard of batch number as well... Makes me even more anxious to check out the 3101A298 that I have.

Thanks, I just got this CPU this past Monday from newegg, so this might be a new batch. I think I'll try 1.37v and see what happens.

[st0ned]

2500K D2
5GHz 12hrs Prime Stable @ 1.392v
Batch: 3101A156
Mobo: P8Z68-V Pro
Watercooling, room temp avg: 29C
Super pi 1M: 7.509s

I wouldn't test with prime. So far linx is much more reliable. In some cases I can run prime for 8h and crash linx within seconds...

[Leeghoofd]

and vice versa :p

[Asmola]

2500K D2
5GHz 12hrs Prime Stable @ 1.392v
Batch: 3101A156
Mobo: P8Z68-V Pro
Watercooling, room temp avg: 29C
Super pi 1M: 7.509s

Linx feat AVX?

[st0ned]

and vice versa :p

As far as I've been able to find prime showed worst then linx ( with avx) for Sb testing. And it take longer to test. But here is a huge thing I use 8Gb of RAM which makes the runs a lot longer therefore they are harder to pass. 4Gb linx with avx in Sb is piece of cake

[Makubex_GB]

and vice versa :p

Exactly, in the pass I've found Prime95 harder to pass. I thought Linx with its ridiculous unreal temps would be better but in the pass I've run Linx with no problems and then not last a minute in Prime95 blend.

That said no application that I run makes my CPU as hot as Prime95, let alone Linx. With my high room temps (I live in PR and have no A/C in my PC room) I prefer not having my sweet new CPU set of fire and possibly degrade it too quickly.

Currently I'm going for 12Hrs of Prime95 @ 5GHz OC with 1.368v. So far 10hrs have passed, so it's looking good.

PS. I have a set of 8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM on its way, I'll run it again once I have it installed.

[Leeghoofd]

As far as I've been able to find prime showed worst then linx ( with avx) for Sb testing. And it take longer to test. But here is a huge thing I use 8Gb of RAM which makes the runs a lot longer therefore they are harder to pass. 4Gb linx with avx in Sb is piece of cake

Each person has it's own preferred stability test, if it plays all my games and folds without an issue it's stable for me... I don't waste my time with hours off silly hardware torture.... I have passed LinX tests with 12GB on X58, yet Bad company 2 couldn't stop crashing to the desktop... if that game plays for hours online, then I deem my PC stable enough as it's CPU, ram and GPU being tested...

These stress tests are nothing more to me than pure bragging rights to some : I own a 5ghz CPU with bla bla volts...

If it does 5ghz at 1.4 or 1.45 ? Who cares, it might be you, I don't... Get on with it and do something usefull with all the power you own... you guys are wasting so many cycles for a lousy screenshot...

[st0ned]

Low voltage is nice for reduced temps and degradation, that's about it.

Uhm I like stability testes because my mood goes really south when I'm playing for instance a SC2 1vs1 ladder game and I've a crash

[rhpsystems]

2600K D2
5275 MHz @ 1.5V
Batch: 3101A104
Mobo: ASUS M4E
TRUE single fan / Tº Amb.: 24º
Superpi 1M: 7.098s

[LexDiamonds]

Uhm I like stability testes because my mood goes really south when I'm playing for instance a SC2 1vs1 ladder game and I've a crash

This.

I find it well worth spending a few days beating on a new build to make sure its %100 stable. I know that if it passes some Linx runs along with 6-8 hours of Prime95 that I will never have a problem with it in day to day use (gaming).

Plus, I have always liked coming back to a heavily OCed machine after a few hours, and see my stress tests still cranking away.

Makes me go:

[Demo]

Each person has it's own preferred stability test, if it plays all my games and folds without an issue it's stable for me... I don't waste my time with hours off silly hardware torture.... I have passed LinX tests with 12GB on X58, yet Bad company 2 couldn't stop crashing to the desktop... if that game plays for hours online, then I deem my PC stable enough as it's CPU, ram and GPU being tested...

These stress tests are nothing more to me than pure bragging rights to some : I own a 5ghz CPU with bla bla volts...

If it does 5ghz at 1.4 or 1.45 ? Who cares, it might be you, I don't... Get on with it and do something usefull with all the power you own... you guys are wasting so many cycles for a lousy screenshot...

I agree with this, I was so obsessed with passing prime blend for 24hrs and I end up pretty disappointed of it BSOD's after 16hrs or so.. but its stable with my every usage. So when I test for OC, MAX of 2hrs primeblend and a lot of low-mid loads using 2-3 instances of Pi at 32M then I game on.

[bluestang]

Each person has it's own preferred stability test, if it plays all my games and folds without an issue it's stable for me... I don't waste my time with hours off silly hardware torture.... I have passed LinX tests with 12GB on X58, yet Bad company 2 couldn't stop crashing to the desktop... if that game plays for hours online, then I deem my PC stable enough as it's CPU, ram and GPU being tested...

These stress tests are nothing more to me than pure bragging rights to some : I own a 5ghz CPU with bla bla volts...

If it does 5ghz at 1.4 or 1.45 ? Who cares, it might be you, I don't... Get on with it and do something usefull with all the power you own... you guys are wasting so many cycles for a lousy screenshot...

I tend to never discount what Leeghoofd says about stability testing hardware. Maybe some people need to read it more than once to figure out what he is actually saying. But to each his own, just don't complain when you degrade the pi$$ out of your CPU running stabilty tests that when all is said and done total days upon days of absolute torture.

Passing stability tests doesn't mean you system is stable. Never has, never will. That's just a few of the things I've learned from the hardcore clockers here since I joined. Find a happy medium and start actually enjoying your build.

[Makubex_GB]

Scratch last post. New Results:



2500K D2
5GHz 12hrs Prime Stable @ 1.368v
Batch: 3101A156
Mobo: P8Z68-V Pro
Watercooling, room temp avg: 29C

[OC Nub]

Low voltage is nice for reduced temps and degradation, that's about it.

Uhm I like stability testes because my mood goes really south when I'm playing for instance a SC2 1vs1 ladder game and I've a crash

I would have to agree with Leeghoofd and bluestang on this,

LinX and blend dont guarantee that you will be stable. I never tried to play blend or LinX 1v1 in a ladder match, maybe try testing in the game you play. I could pass LinX all day and have issues in BFBC2, so at that time I started using it for a stress test instead of the usual methods, and I had a lot more fun testing that way.

[Makubex_GB]

I wouldn't use BCBC2 as a sign of stability or lack thereof, since many many people have been having issues with this game and not necessarily because of an unstable overclock. Try several different games to better assert your stability.

[OC Nub]

And many people have passed blend and linx and had issues in other things such as games for example. My point is there is no guarantee, but if it is stable in the things you use your machine for then call it a day, and what better way to test than doing the things you will be using it for on a daily basis.

[st0ned]

And many people have passed blend and linx and had issues in other things such as games for example. My point is there is no guarantee, but if it is stable in the things you use your machine for then call it a day, and what better way to test than doing the things you will be using it for on a daily basis.

Let me put it this way. I bet I can grab your BF2 "stable" system and make him BSOD like hell ( well if are in the limit of the system ofc) , let's say a SB at 5Ghz. Then I'll give you my LinX stable system and gl trying to crash it . It all depends on how you do the tests... If you run 5 passes of linx with 1Gb of ram... ofc it isn't at any time stable...

And I'm sorry if I don't like to trash work or loose a game because my system gave me a randomly nice BSOD...

[babalouj]

L047A901 max multi 52x. Voltages aren't stellar but it gets to the fabled 5ghz w/ linx avx. Voltage drops to 1.472 when loaded.

[Dumo]

Get a subzero cooling, play those lenx and BFF games @ 5.5Ghz and start enjoying your system rig

[st0ned]

Get a subzero cooling, play those lenx and BFF games @ 5.5Ghz and start enjoying your system rig

I've a prommy here getting dusty, too many problems to use it back again. Was my daily cooler since 1st conroe ( x6800 ) until the end of X58 with some upgrades during this time.

Also my SB doesn't linke under -30ºC

Caps out at 5561