Intel Sandy Bridge 2600K and 2500K Processors @ [H]

I had it OC'd for a bit but was unstable, didn't really bother going back to really tune it. The OC failure was more likely me than anything else. Any suggestions around 4.4? I'm running a Hyper212+ Push/Pull configuration. Plenty of airflow in the case (FT02B)
 
Optimized defaults in BIOS then change only the multiplier to 44, leave everything else stock. Don't change the bus speeds or volts or anything. Start at 44, monitor temps and volts and such during some stress testing and if temps are fine, move up to 45 and so on. My 2600k will do 4.5 on my H80i no problem but once I got to 46 the temps start to ramp pretty quickly. My son's 2600k will 4.8 under the same circumstances.
 
Had some stability issues at 4.4, running at 4.2 no problems. I plan to fiddle with it some more tomorrow and see if i can stabilize it at 4.4 or 4.5 =)
 
I'm actually starting to look at the X58 based mobo's again. Filled with regret over selling my Asus Rampage II Gene on this board about 4 years ago!
 
I'll likely be "retiring" my 2500K with the launch of skylake. Not because I need to upgrade my desktop, but I'd like to have another ESXi server at home and the cost to build one of those is similar to a new desktop, might as well upgrade the desktop to the latest and greatest and just re-use the 2500K setup. I only need VT-x, not VT-d.
 
Hoping someone can help me here this with odd question - my motherboard is dying and I was thinking about selling the CPU. Can anyone explain why the resell values for the I7 2600k seem to still have such a high value?! I was really surprised when I looked on Ebay ...
 
Can anyone explain why the resell values for the I7 2600k seem to still have such a high value?! I was really surprised when I looked on Ebay ...
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1. Because they are still good performers especially if you overclock.
2. They are upgrades for some who still have compatible motherboards
3. Intel no longer reduces prices on CPUs they just go EOL and are replaced
 
I'm currently running a 2500K at 4.5 GHz on a P67 mobo. Is there anything even remotely worth upgrading to?
 
So is the consensus here still that there is no reason to upgrade a 2600k @ 4.4? I've been having strange issues that I cant seem to pinpoint and it seems easy to blame the overclock. I would consider upgrading motherboard/cpu/ram to get onto fresh components... but I dunno.

I'm getting clock_watchdog_timeout and whea_unrecoverable_error bluescreens from time to time, and random hard locks. Not necessarily load related... but two today while playing Cities:Skylines... which as you can imagine was infuriating as I lost a couple of hours on a city (yes I know that was my fault for not saving more, but still)
 
Still got my system in the sig. Skylake was supposed to be my next build but early reports are disappointing. If it clocks up to 5ghz easy I'll definitely upgrade.
 
Have you tried to just down clock a little bit, like drop it to 4.3 or 4.2 just for a day of testing? It could be over time that the system got dusty or the thermal paste dried up or something causing your CPU temps to get a little out of sorts.
 
I actually took her outside yesterday and blew it all out with the compressor... it was bad but not terrible. I also kicked my fans up to high on the case (they had been on low through the winter). That may have made a big difference, and now I'm monitoring temps on the 2nd monitor so I can see what they are when and if it crashes again.
 
dnottis said:
Old post - but same here... mines been 4.6 since the day I got it.
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My 2600k has been solid for the past 4 years @ 4.6ghz. I remember purchasing all the hardware at Frys. They had a sale for a P67 board and the i7 that I paid little over $500 for the MSI P67-GD65-B3, the 2600k and 8GB of Corsair DDR3-1600.

My P67 has seen so many video card setups in those past 4 years... 4890, GTX 560ti SLI, GTX 680 and finally my EVGA GTX 970 reference.
 
I've been sandy bridging since 2012.These chips are so incredible I suspect they'll be suitable for modern games for another 3-4 years. Non-gamers will be making use of them in 2021 with little doubt. Anyway I'm a [email protected] member myself. I'm considering switching from the z77x-ud5h to an asus.
 
Wish there was more CPU competition so Intel would step up their game and make another beast like this!
 
2k3eblade said:
My 2600k has been solid for the past 4 years @ 4.6ghz. I remember purchasing all the hardware at Frys. They had a sale for a P67 board and the i7 that I paid little over $500 for the MSI P67-GD65-B3, the 2600k and 8GB of Corsair DDR3-1600.

My P67 has seen so many video card setups in those past 4 years... 4890, GTX 560ti SLI, GTX 680 and finally my EVGA GTX 970 reference.
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I think I had the same deal! Although with an Asus mobo.
 
Ur_Mom said:
I didn't expect my 2600K to last me this long, either. Sad, because I really like upgrading. Just nothing that is cost effective for me to upgrade right now.... :/
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Nothing cost effective and no huge jump. The competition is lacking and causing stagnation. I hope Skylake will be a good upgrade.
 
TheCommander said:
Nothing cost effective and no huge jump. The competition is lacking and causing stagnation. I hope Skylake will be a good upgrade.
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Is the lack of competition really causing stagnation, though? I don't do much outside of gaming, maybe some Handbrake every once in a while - but with DX12 on the horizon - even less emphasis is going to be put on CPU horsepower. CPU simply has not bottlenecked GPUs for a long while, now at most enthusiast levels - especially considering overclocks.
 
Yes.
When faster CPUs become the norm, the power will be used.
There are a few games that are CPU limited already, so game devs at least are champing at the bit.
 
SilverSliver said:
Is the lack of competition really causing stagnation, though? I don't do much outside of gaming, maybe some Handbrake every once in a while - but with DX12 on the horizon - even less emphasis is going to be put on CPU horsepower. CPU simply has not bottlenecked GPUs for a long while, now at most enthusiast levels - especially considering overclocks.
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Sure it has, Intel could easily release 8-core consumer chips at the same prices as their current quad-cores. They just don't have to.
 
Been running a 2500k since late 2011 at 4.5ghz. Keep in on 24/7 unless I am going to be out of town longer than a couple days. Rock solid haven't had any issues. I try and get a lot of life out of my systems.

Performance on games is very good at 1920x1200.

My old gaming rig, a core 2 duo at 4ghz is running in my MAME cab.
 
I have been doing some upgrading and was going to sell my 2600k, but it overclocks so well that I just decided to upgrade to a z77 sabertooth I found for $100. My old asrock p67 B2 was not getting it done anymore.

Hopefully the 6700k @ 5.2 leak is real, but I still wouldn't think $500-600 is worth .4Ghz
 
Sludacris7 said:
I have been doing some upgrading and was going to sell my 2600k, but it overclocks so well that I just decided to upgrade to a z77 sabertooth I found for $100. My old asrock p67 B2 was not getting it done anymore.

Hopefully the 6700k @ 5.2 leak is real, but I still wouldn't think $500-600 is worth .4Ghz
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I just recently upgraded/downgraded? 3570K to 2600K. 2600K is a beast, runs a heck of a lot cooler at the same clock + needs less voltage.
 
KGBinUSA said:
I just recently upgraded/downgraded? 3570K to 2600K. 2600K is a beast, runs a heck of a lot cooler at the same clock + needs less voltage.
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It does, but you lose 7-10% IPC performance. But given that the 2600K has Hyperthreading and the 3570K doesn't, I am not sure I'd call it a downgrade.
 
Ugh, had to upgrade from my trusty 2500K to the 6600K as a result of the ASRock P67 bug that prevents sandy bridge processors from being used on versions 3.XX of the BIOS. Windows 10 was showing 100% utilization of the CPU, which was some sort of bug in the underlying BIOS.

Hope this processor lasts me as long as the previous!
 
Couldn't you just flash back to an earlier BIOS? If Sandy didn't work what did, Ivy? Seems rather odd they'd break the board's BIOS like that considering it's the chipset Sandy launched with.

I doubt my 6700K (whenever I can actually buy it) will last me as long (it's been what, 4-5 years?), at least I hope it doesn't and Zen, ARM, or something kicks Intel back unto overdrive (because I doubt software demands will).

The 2500K my mother will inherit will probably last her five years easy tho (considering she's working w/Lr and other somewhat decent stuff with my old Q6600).
 
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