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Should I overclock?

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I'm considering overclocking my CPU but I don't know if it would help and/or change anything. What differences would I notice, if any in my rig? I usually play new games when they come out like Watch Dogs (Tomorrow!!!) in addition to LoL and BF4. It seems like everyone is overclocking and I feel like I should too. My PC specs are below. 

 

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

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You can get 400MHz. It will give a small boost. 

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1896935/overclock-series-sandy-ivy-bridge-cpus-messing-bclk.html

 

Also, OC your gpu as far as it can go. 

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Thanks everyone! I think I'll figure out how to overclock my GPU today!!!!

Intel i7-7770K | Asus Maximus X Hero  | EVGA GTX980 SuperClocked | 16GB Memory| Samsung 960 EVO M.2 | Corsair RM 750W | Dell 27" S2716DG main display | Dual Dell ST2320L 23" Secondary displays | Windows 10

 

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your CPU isn't overclockable, the unlocked K version is overclocklable.. anyways, just leave it at it is, don't overclock anything :)

  

dont bother OC CPU, OC your gpu to the MAX :D btw, thats not a K processor so i dont think you can OC it :)

you can oc a locked cpu i oced mine to 4,14 ghz you just need an oc board and then you can increase bclk

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Why bother..?

If its performing fine... then... why bother?

 

Maybe if Watch Dogs is running worse than expected maybe, but if your using settings that enable 60+fps then overclocking won't do much for ya.

 

Wait until games start to perform "worse than you think" (probably in a year or two)

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The non K CPUs (pre-haswell) can be overclocked to turbo-boost clock all the time with the ratio setting (did it with my 2600), over the boost clock you will need a K version

Sorry for the few off Capital letters in my posts, it does it on its own when I Write in English, since my OS is in another Language. It's annoying.

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