safest way to overclock 4670k

[Zohan2000]

never done any sort of overclocking before and am sorta curious as to what my system can actually do so what is the safest way to overclock my CPU?

 

EDIT: forgot to add my system specs lol

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zohan2000/saved/q3H48d

[ThyFeared]

This video explains it well!

[SeanBond]

A easier better way of explaining it is, don't go over 1.275V and monitor temps. Make sure they are not passing 85C on the intel burn test. Don't use prime 95 because it over volts cpus. Just set the multiplyer to something like 42 and voltage to 1.20 and just keep doing intel burn tests. Each time it survives 20 minutes of that move up the clock. Or voltage if it does not.

[LogicalDrm]

BIOS. Because if something gets messed, you know its your own doing, not some software messing around. Read and watch guides first. Don't use Prime95.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

[CottonBall]

BIOS. Because if something gets messed, you know its your own doing, not some software messing around. Read and watch guides first. Don't use Prime95.

Hi! When would you advice to use Prime95? I heard that when doing overclocking, this is one of the MUST runs on a system? sorry noob here

[airdeano]

never done any sort of overclocking before and am sorta curious as to what my system can actually do so what is the safest way to overclock my CPU?

 

EDIT: forgot to add my system specs lol

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zohan2000/saved/q3H48d

 

might wanna gander at @ProKoN guide to Haswell tuning: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

[LogicalDrm]

Hi! When would you advice to use Prime95? I heard that when doing overclocking, this is one of the MUST runs on a system? sorry noob here

 

It has been in the past. But now we have things that do same with less risks. If you have pre-Ivy or AMD chip, Prime is ok to use. Ivy, Haswell and Haswell refresh (Z97) chips are ones that I've heard are the problematic ones. I don't like Prime in general.

[Jumper118]

OC button.

that is probably the least safe as it will run way too much voltage and still be a low oc.

[Queek]

Hi! When would you advice to use Prime95? I heard that when doing overclocking, this is one of the MUST runs on a system? sorry noob here

As folks are saying above, it's better to use something like Intel Burn Test or AIDA64 to stress your system (these accomplish the same thing that Prime95 did on previous CPUs).  

When you start overclocking, you'll probably notice the option of using "adaptive" or "offset" voltage for you CPU voltage.  Don't use these while stress testing.  Instead, set the voltage manually while you're validating your overclock (stress testing), and then set up the adaptive voltage once you have something stable.  

[Jumper118]

Depends on the motherboard. Some have preset profiles while others do active calibration from which is a good starting point for the user.

he has an msi board. there oc genie is rubbish

[CottonBall]

As folks are saying above, it's better to use something like Intel Burn Test or AIDA64 to stress your system (these accomplish the same thing that Prime95 did on previous CPUs).  

When you start overclocking, you'll probably notice the option of using "adaptive" or "offset" voltage for you CPU voltage.  Don't use these while stress testing.  Instead, set the voltage manually while you're validating your overclock (stress testing), and then set up the adaptive voltage once you have something stable.  

Good to know that! i'll be building a system myself too in a couple of weeks and i've been roaming around these parts for some time now for some tips and suggestions. Thanks for the info on that