Just upgraded some parts; Is it OK to overclock (CPU & GPU) ?

[matt_the_d0ct0r]

So I finally got around to upgrading my build a little bit and I want to do some overclocking. Just want to know if it's safe to do on my components. Mostly asking about my CPU? I'm pretty sure the GPU will be just fine.

 

• CPU Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
• Motherboard Asus M5A97
• RAM G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 X 4GB)
• GPU Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming G1
• Case Fractal Design; Define R4
• PSU Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze
• Cooling Corsair H100i

[flibberdipper]

So long as you have sufficient cooling, quality parts, and enough power it should be fine.

[itachipirate]

You have water cooling so you should be OK to start overclocking your CPU. Your GPU does not need to be overclocked because it is probably being bottlenecked anyway so overclocking won't do anything.

[kronickiller]

my 955 that i just retired was oc'd to over 4ghz 

965 should go just as far, just go find some overclocking guide they should be done to death by now lol cuz out some of the phenoms guess work for u

[Lawliet93]

To be honest with you... you should have gotten an fx six core. The phenom has better IPC, but due to new instruction sets and better optimization, the fx beats the phenom in every case and not by a small margin.

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page5.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

[matt_the_d0ct0r]

my 955 that i just retired was oc'd to over 4ghz 

965 should go just as far, just go find some overclocking guide they should be done to death by now lol cuz out some of the phenoms guess work for u

 

Thanks. I've had my 965 for about 3 years now and have never OC'd it but im starting to see where it's running thin on a few games. Hope my first overclock goes good!

To be honest with you... you should have gotten an fx six core. The phenom has better IPC, but due to new instruction sets and better optimization, the fx beats the phenom in every case and not by a small margin.

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page5.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

Yea I'll prob be looking to upgrade to an FX in the next couple years or so. Thanks for the links tho!

[matt_the_d0ct0r]

So now that I feel my CPU's OK to overclock; Does anyone know of a couple good guides/ walk throughs for this CPU??

I seen Linus' OC videos but I feel like he glosses over some of the simple stuff beginners might need to know.

[kronickiller]

just google for the 955

theres a million of em most are solid

[kronickiller]

just change multipliers till u get 4ghz voltage should be arround 1.45

and change ht to 2600 might have to add a little voltage to it i dont remember if i did or not and work from there should be close and run some prime to see if ur stable or not

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/777378/official-gappos-little-deneb-thuban-overclocking-guide-with-too-many-smileys

think thats the guide i used found it in my bookmarks