Overclocking i5 2500k

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harbud

Member
So I was planning on buying a new pc, was just wondering how much I'd be able to overclock it to, (and increase voltage).

Specs are as follows;
i5 2500k CPU
ASUS P8Z77 -M motherboard
8gb DDR RAM
gtx 570 GPU
600W 80 PLUS quad rail PCU
COOLIT eco ii alt advanced liquid cooler
The Coolermaster HAF 922 Case (1x200m front fan, 1x200m top fan, 1x120mm rear fan).
So yeah, how much do you reckon I can overclock it to? Thanks :)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
Better off buying a pre-overclocked CPU, much safer, not that you really need to overclock that CPU for gaming unless its for something else

On thaat spec, get the 650w Corsair PSU
 
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harbud

Member
Wozza365 said:
Better off buying a pre-overclocked CPU, much safer, not that you really need to overclock that CPU for gaming unless its for something else

On thaat spec, get the 650w Corsair PSU
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Is the 600w pcu really not enough? I'm pretty tight on my budget and would have to downgrade on something else to afford the extra £10 for the 650w corsair.

Thanks for the reply!
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
Its not the extra space, its because the corsair will be much more reliable, more energy efficient and will run quieter too
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
I dont know what your budget is, but if you can afford this, its much better

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3550 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
 
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harbud

Member
Sweet! I think i'll go with something like that. With 3550 i5 I guess I wont need the water cooling as I wont be overclocking, then I can spend more on a bigger monitor :)

Many thanks for the help!
 
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