Review on 💪 Intel Core i5-3570 Quad-Core Processor: Fast 3.4 GHz Speed and 6 MB Cache for High-Performance Computing - LGA 1155 Compatible (BX80637I53570) by Wiktor Prusek ᠌

About overclocking. It is important to remember that Ivy Bridge is the tick step in Intel's tick-tock strategy. That is, they took the existing architecture and simply reduced it, along the way a little (well, okay, actually quite noticeably) optimizing something there. NATURALLY, such a processor will heat up more under the same conditions, it would be strange to expect the opposite at all! Yes, the method that was used on Sandy Bridge, when you could increase the voltage quite freely without a sharp increase in heat, does not work. However, if you take (see my technical data at the end) a good motherboard (for example, GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H), memory (at least 1600 native MHz), and, most importantly, a powerful cooler (for example, Zalman CNPS9900A) and a normal thermal grease (in my case, for example, it turned out that the good old KPT-8 is much better than the one that came with the cooler), you can achieve excellent results. I overclocked my 3570K from 3400 to 4900 MHz (49×100) at VCore = 1.370V (I think you can try lowering it a little more), and got core temperatures: in idle - 35 degrees, with a constant many hours of full load (calculation of molecular speakers in Gromacs) - two cores of 69 degrees, two of 73 (see explanation above). The stability of work is exemplary. There is one more nuance here: although these processors heat up more than their counterparts on Sandy Bridge, they are more resistant to this. The generalized conclusion of foreign overclocker forums is as follows: when working at 100/24/7, voltages up to 1.4 V are quite acceptable (the official limit recommended by Intel is 1.5, but not for 24/7) and temperatures up to 80-85 degrees, which the processors perfectly tolerate . My settings (on the specified motherboard), for reference: general bus power mode eXm perf, multiplier 49, VCore voltage 1.370, enable XMP profile for memory, Extreme acceleration, disable Intel TurboBoost. Good luck.