first time overclock

[lionheart09jm]

I have just bought a msi pc mate z97 motherboard and a i5 4690k and i wanna overclock but have never done it before, iv tried to look for a guide on youtube but havent had much luck, can anyone help me plz :)

[L0rd_CSVeteran(only HS)]

Be careful as i almost fried my GPU back in the days as a newbie to overclocking, never tried it since.

[lionheart09jm]

yea im kinda worried about breaking my pc tbh :/ i think i should of just bought the i5 4690 and saved myself some money, but then again there was only like £10.00 difference between the two.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Be sure your CPU cooling and case airflow is enough; sometimes this is something u figure out along the way, just be careful. Avoid modifying any Voltages if you can help it. This is where people get into trouble and can really damage something. Also need a decent quality Power Supply always helps too. Above all it will come down to Motherboard limitations and luck-of-the-draw with regards to your CPU and how well it can do; and of course, keeping it cool.

Here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=msi+pc+mate+z97+overlocking

As long as you do not touch Voltages; you should be ok. The OS not booting, giving BSoD errors, or once in the OS, then seeing further errors or random reboots; these are signs of an un-stable OC; to which u should go back to BIOS and back it down a bit and try again and see if stable. Only OC a small amount at a time, so you can better see where the fine-point is when it comes to unstable vs stable.

DO NOT OC via OS softwares with regards to your MB BIOS/CPU.
This is fine for GPUs because unstable OC there will usually just lead the GPU Driver to time-out & crash, at which it should restart again, and then u can undo that unstable GPU OC.

[lionheart09jm]

i have a phanteks enthoo luxe case, Corsair h60 liquid cooler for the cpu and Corsair RM750x High Performance Power Supply and AMD r9 270x 4gb, hope this is ok what i have?

[rojimboo]

Good parts, weakish liquid cooler on the CPU but still ok.

That CPU is a monster for OC, congrats!

http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

That contains more than enough information, please try to read some, if not most.

At stock voltages, you might hit 4ghz by changing multiplier only.

You might however have to increase Vcore slightly to make it stable, depending on variability for each and every CPU.

1.2 Vcore is fine and will probably give you enough juice to hit 4.2-4.5ghz, if not more. Below 4.5 ghz, you don't need to change anything else except Vcore and multiplier.

It's actually quite simple these days, and relatively safe with thermal throttling and BIOS reverting to previous clock if not able to POST.

Stresstesting and monitoring temps is important after you think you hit an ok OC. Gaming load temps should be reasonable, say 70C. Prime95 stresstesting shouldn't really be higher than 80C.

You CAN go higher, but no need with that awesome CPU.

[Alexalmighty]

i got my i5 4690k to 4.3ghz with 1.1 volts with a 212 evo you can always try that (although it would be better if you slowly increase it and run a torture test)

[Hawk Firestorm]

Also becareful if you don't have a good cooler on your CPU, or if your using a stock cooler.

The saying if its not broke don't fix it applies but if you really want to learn overclocking then Google is your friend and just google overclocking guide for your CPU.

And don't just read one read a few and pay attention to Vcore voltage levels etc.

But regardless pay attention to your CPU's operating Temps, and use something like OCCT to monitor and test your system stability and monitor the CPU temps.

[vadim]

Its nearly impossible to damage CPU by overclocking. But you can burn VRMs on your motherboard.

[Scott (Australia)]

Unless you pump the CPU voltage to stupid high levels.

[Alexalmighty]

ARMA 3 eredeti hozzászólása:

Unless you pump the CPU voltage to stupid high levels.

yeah for a new overclocker your max voltage should be 1.3

[Hawk Firestorm]

vadim eredeti hozzászólása:

Its nearly impossible to damage CPU by overclocking. But you can burn VRMs on your motherboard.

That's incorrect, you can damage your CPU quite easily by applying voltages that are far too high in many areas of the CPU.

As far as VRM's I've never encountered problems on boards designed for overclocking, and quite often any heat generating component on any good motherboard will have pretty reasonable cooling usually in the form of a heatsink/heatpipes.

But Google is your best friend really not this forum.

[Scott (Australia)]

The SRAM in the L1 and L2 caches is very sensitive to high voltage.

If damaged the chip becomes useless.

The exact voltage depends upon the nm lithography of the chip.

[rojimboo]

Alexalmighty502 eredeti hozzászólása:

ARMA 3 eredeti hozzászólása:

Unless you pump the CPU voltage to stupid high levels.

yeah for a new overclocker your max voltage should be 1.3

This seems too high for his CPU.

[Hawk Firestorm]

It's pointless arguing on a steam forum.

And as stated @OP Google is your friend look for guides for your processor and also that include guides for overclocking on your motherboard and do a lot of reading first.

Then decide if you actually want to do it/Need to do it and are prepared to suffer any loss in terms of equipment if things go wrong.

If the answer is no like I said if its not broke don't fix it.

And also a honest opion of your own technical ability's is also useful, if your a complete noob as far as hardware and PC's etc then I'd advise leaving it unless your willing to do a lot of reading and researching first.

But always follow the golden rule if your not sure about what your doing don't do it.

And if your overclocking then always accept things can go wrong and you maybe out of pocket, before you start doing it.

[ZAP]

As long as you're not doing like 1.7V+ don't even worry about it. If someting goes wrong just RMA/return. They won't know you've been overclocking.