Overclocking help

[gravydavey]

I've literally just finished build my rig 
Specs 
i7 4770k
z87 asrock extreme 4
8 gb corsair vengance ram
Swiftech h220 
coolmaster V650 gold 80+ psu 
fractal design R4 
samsung 240gb ssd
Problem is overclocking i'm quite new & don't understand most of it i tried the presets & the 4.4ghz is fine but the second i put it on the preset 4.6 it loads windows but after stress testing it fails i dunno if i can't achieve 4.6 but i wanna try get a little more of a overclock 
idk how to manually do it but any help would be great ? 

[harrynowl]

I'd start by checking out Linus' own guide for Haswell. It's recommended to not use presets as the voltages are designed to get the crappiest of CPUs to at least boot.

[skullbringer]

any kind of motherboard overclocking presets, oc gene or however this is called is BS! dont use it, do it manually.

[gravydavey]

i will give it a try i still not confident doing so but will follow the linus guide   thanks for your help i will keep you updated once i lock down the OC i can 

[Lystfiskern]

I would strongly recommend to take the time to browse through some good and thorough videos about overclocking.

This will make you understand whats going on and how to manually set timings and volts to achieve your optimal overclock.

 

Ive not seen Linus video yet, but this one from TinyTomLogan of Overclock3D.com is really good and plain easy to understand for the greenest of noobs.

Nevermind that he uses a Gigabyte motherboard and does the work on a Ivy platform. The principals and  terms used will work just fine across all platforms.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBEeXajbG2o

[harrynowl]

i will give it a try i still not confident doing so but will follow the linus guide   thanks for your help i will keep you updated once i lock down the OC i can 

You got a H220 from Swifttech so you can probably do 1.275v or so, 1.3v will be pushing it, if you want you can delid the thing with vice & block method that's supposed to be pretty easy and "safe" (about as safe as delidding delicate chips get)