Overclocking Opinion

[Matz.]

Hello I have old combo of asus P8Z68-V LX with I5-2500k.

So Now i am wondering, how I should overclocked my CPU. It supposedly run at 3.3GhZ base speed but I want to hit it up to 4.5Ghz. After seeing multiple video of overclocking this cpu. Some of the guy OCed it in BiOS. But some of it just using software to do it. I wondering if i should just OCed it in bios or just using the software. Which more is reliable and give more performance? BTW i am new to OCing. Please give your software suggestion if you think it better

 

 

Thank you

[WereCat]

BIOS is more persistent. If you reinstall OS you don't have to OC again. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

What cooler?

Id aim for 4.6-4.8ghz

 

Set multiplier to 48

Set cpu voltage to 1.375v

LLC disabled

 

Btw what kinda rams you have? That mobo tops out at around 2200 which most rams should be capable of because of how pathetically slow 2200 is, you simply set 21.33 ram multi and 103 bclk, tune voltage and ram timings accordingly

[cooky560]

BIOS overclocking is best, though software can help much more easily test limits. Why not use software to figure out the clocks that work for you, then set them permanently in the bios?