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I have an Intel I7 2600 chip, gtx 960 2 gb, 16 gb of ram, and an 850-watt power supply. My question is, is overclocking even an option for me? It isn't necessary, but if I could do it, that would be great. I am only using air cooling using a pretty basic be quiet CPU cooler.

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400MHz OC + 5% by BCLK adjustments if you have a Z68/Z77 board, but if you dont have one, it's not worth buying a board for it.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Just now, MagNovax said:

My question is, is overclocking even an option for me?

Yep, your GPU can be overclocked. Here's a short GPU overclocking guide: 

 

- Download MSI Afterburner and Unigine Valley Benchmark

- So you increase the core clock by a bit at a time (maybe 25MHz at a time) and same goes for memory.

- Then you stress test your GPU (run Unigine Valley Benchmark) for some time.

- If the application doesn't crash, then your overclock is stable but if Unigine Valley Benchmark crashes, then your overclock isn't stable. 

- If your app crashes, you have two options: either add more voltage or decrease the core/memory clock.

 

Your CPU can be BCLK overclocked (with an appropriate motherboard), although I don't recommend it since it's hard to find something stable that actually gives you a decent performance bump.

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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1 minute ago, r2724r16 said:

Yep, your GPU can be overclocked. Here's a short GPU overclocking guide: 

 

- Download MSI Afterburner and Unigine Valley Benchmark

- So you increase the core clock by a bit at a time (maybe 25MHz at a time) and same goes for memory.

- Then you stress test your GPU (run Unigine Valley Benchmark) for some time.

- If the application doesn't crash, then your overclock is stable but if Unigine Valley Benchmark crashes, then your overclock isn't stable. 

- If your app crashes, you have two options: either add more voltage or decrease the core/memory clock.

 

Your CPU can be BCLK overclocked (with an appropriate motherboard), although I don't recommend it since it's hard to find something stable that actually gives you a decent performance bump.

Thanks. I have afterburner, but ill look into getting Unigine Valley. Thanks.

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