Overclocking i5 2400 on Asus P8P67 Motherboard: Step-by-Step Guide & Suitable Values

Hello, I would like to overclock the i5 2400 3.1GHz which is embedded in the Asus P8P67 motherboard. But I'm a bit green on the subject and have no idea how to go about it.
Cooling: Original Intel box.
RAM: 1600Mhz Cl9 2x4GB
I read somewhere on the net that it can be slightly turned up by BLCK and set the turbo mode, but it still doesn't tell me much. Thank you in advance for any help. Best regards.

I found a video where the guy cranks up the i5 2500k on the same disc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlRw-1V6-Yk

It would be nice to adapt this video to the i5 2400. What values should I take for my CPU?

Welcome. Your CPU differs from the K version in that it is not particularly vulnerable to OC - it has a locked multiplier. Look for information on overclocking the version without the letter K, because you need a different approach to the subject.

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By the way, whatever the processor is, you won't go crazy with the box cooling (and you haven't even praised the PSU model, so you don't even know if overclocking is safe in your case.

A decent motherboard - with a "k" processor you could go crazy The rest just like @ dt1 he wrote.

The only thing you can do is set the highest available multipliers, although the highest multiplier will be available anyway with a load of only one core (and this will give the CPU a x38 multiplier). For all cores it will be x36. You won't do much with the bclk bus - maybe you will be able to raise to 105 MHz. OC will almost certainly need a cooling change ...

sylweksylwina wrote:

The only thing you can do is set the highest available multipliers, although the highest multiplier will be available anyway with a load of only one core (and this will give the CPU a x38 multiplier). For all cores it will be x36.

Something like that, I read one 3.8GHz core, all max 3.6GHz, but I have no idea how to set it.

sylweksylwina wrote:

A decent motherboard - with a "k" processor you could go crazy

Could you recommend something in the price range up to PLN 300 on the lga1155 stand? :)

sylweksylwina wrote:

OC will almost certainly need a cooling change ...

What to look for? What's the cost?

My power supply is: Antec vp500pc

The power supply is ok, how functional.
Walking in order not to spend a large amount of money may be something from SPC such as Fera 3.
Well, there is not much CPU choice ... As for the i5, it is already legendary 2500k for the i7 it is 2600k, 2700k. If you have a little more money, you still have an ivy bridge - i.e. 3570k and 3770k ....
You will not get anything unblocked up to PLN 300.

The board may allow the turbo frequency to be set to max for all cores. The I5-2400 with turbo has a chance to work at 4x3.4GHz. The appropriate BIOS options are described in the instructions on pages 3-9 and 3-10.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/P8P67/E5940_P8P67.zip

Replacing the i5-2400 with the i5-2500K may not be a sensible move. You will pay PLN 350 for the processor (you will buy it for that), 100 for cooling. PLN 450 spent. If you don't have any carcass pretending to be a power supply, you will crank it up to 4, 4.2, 4.5 or whatever. Or maybe you won't turn it up too much, because it may turn out that the copy you hit will be unstable even at lower overclocks (there is never a guarantee). But assuming you do something there, you'll get 20-25% performance on applications that use a lot of CPU. In games, you will gain from several to several percent of performance. It is worth considering whether it makes sense, maybe it's better to put aside a little more and replace the hardware with a newer generation, or spend the money on something else (better graphics card, maybe SSD - it depends where you need additional performance).