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Total overclocking noob - Did I do good?

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Kongar

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So this is my first attempt at an OC - would anyone be so kind as to look over my stuff and tell me if I screwed anything up? I think it's good to go, but you know - noob and all :D

Thanks!

Sparing you all the gory details, it passed an 11.5 hour P95 blended test, and 5 passes on the intel burn test. Intel i5 3570k @4.5 GHz, on an asus P8Z77-V pro motherboard. LLC set to 50%, Vcore at 1.25. It wouldn't even post at 1.2 vcore and below. BSOD and failed stress tests until I bumped it to 1.25 vcore. @1.25 it passed both tests with no errors - max temp 83C (ambient was hotter when running prime 95). This should be good to go right?

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/507/p95stresstest11hrs.png/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/688/intelburntest.png/
 
And actually, now that I see it - it's worth noting that I left the power management features ON so it declocks down to 1600MHz when not under load. CPUz does show 4500MHZ and a multiplier of 45 when under load.

I originally did this because I couldn't find C3 and C5 on my motherboard (I know - fail). But since it seemed stable - I ended up leaving it as is. No sense wasting power and making heat if it's not needed. So it goes fast when I want, and slow when I'm just browsing - best of both worlds?
 
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