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Ok thanks, I´ll just go ahead and try it out :)

You are perfectly fine with a 500W PSU.  Your system when stressed to the max, when both the CPU and GPU are overclocked is only pulling ~350W.

 

Here are some good guides for overclocking:

First, familiarize yourself with the terminology

LTT Haswell OC Guide

OC.Net OC Guide

Load Line Calibration Explained

 

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

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Hey guys,

 

I would like to overclock my CPU heres my system:

- i5 4670K with stock cooler

- Asrock Z87 Pro 4

- 500 W beQuiet

 

I would like to bring it to 4 or even 4,5Ghz if that´s possible, the problem is that I don´t know if my PSU is strong enough and what CPU cooler best to use.

 

Thanks in advance.

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You would diffidently want to get a closed loop cooler like the H105 for best OCing performance, (Next to building a custom loop) If you dont want to shell out 100 bucks then I suggest the cooler master hyper 212 evo http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-RR-212E-20PK-R2/dp/B005O65JXI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1408373697&sr=1-1&keywords=cooler+master+hyper+212+evo

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You would diffidently want to get a closed loop cooler like the H105 for best OCing performance, (Next to building a custom loop) If you dont want to shell out 100 bucks then I suggest the cooler master hyper 212 evo http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-RR-212E-20PK-R2/dp/B005O65JXI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1408373697&sr=1-1&keywords=cooler+master+hyper+212+evo

 

Yeah thanks, I don´t think I want to spent 100 bucks right away, so I´ll have to stick with a solid but not so expensive air cooler.

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Yeah thanks, I don´t think I want to spent 100 bucks right away, so I´ll have to stick with a solid but not so expensive air cooler.

Yea, just dont try to OC with the stock cooler lol. Happy overclocking!

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PSU might be enough... what GPU are you using? Thats one factor here. Just for CPU that PSU is enough. As for OC... every chip is different. You can be really happy with 4.2GHz OC.

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I think I´ll go with the Thermalright HR-02 Macho, but can I go with my PSU up to 4,5 if my CPU can handle it?

Your PSU is fine, so long as it is at least 80+ Bronze Certified.

 

Get a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.  Best price:performance cooler.  Smart not to invest a lot of money into a CPU cooler until you know that kind of chip you have.  Sometimes haswells are poor overclockers no matter how good of temperatures you have.  Make sure that temperatures are the only thing holding you back before investing a lot of money into an expensive CPU cooler.

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Your PSU is fine, so long as it is at least 80+ Bronze Certified.

 

Get a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.  Best price:performance cooler.  Smart not to invest a lot of money into a CPU cooler until you know that kind of chip you have.  Sometimes haswells are poor overclockers no matter how good of temperatures you have.  Make sure that temperatures are the only thing holding you back before investing a lot of money into an expensive CPU cooler.

 

Thanks for the answer, i got an 80+ Silver Certified PSU from beQuiet! so I think I´m good to go. Are there any detailed tutorials how to overclock my CPU? I haven´t really looked anything up because I´m a total noob in overclocking so idk what to really look for.

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PSU might be enough... what GPU are you using? Thats one factor here. Just for CPU that PSU is enough. As for OC... every chip is different. You can be really happy with 4.2GHz OC.

 My GPU is a Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290 4GB. I´ll first try to go to 4 GHz and then I will go higer and higher. But what happens when the chip isn´t capable of lets say 4.5 GHz, can I just downclock it to 4,2 GHz and everything works fine? Or will it be damaged?

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 My GPU is a Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290 4GB. I´ll first try to go to 4 GHz and then I will go higer and higher. But what happens when the chip isn´t capable of lets say 4.5 GHz, can I just downclock it to 4,2 GHz and everything works fine? Or will it be damaged?

 

Ok for that the PSU might be too weak. The recommended is somewhere between 600-700W. But try and see. It might be ok. It won't damage anything if PSU is too weak. It just crashes and reboots.

 

When you run stress tests, your voltage shouldn't go over 1.3V or temps over 85-90C. Nothing will be damaged if you stay under those limits. Running voltages higher than 1.4V will damage CPU, same goes with running temps over 95C for long periods. You can follow guides though I've heard that Linus has said in some video to start with 4.5GHz and go down. Thats isn't imo best way. I would go 100MHz over the turbo boost limit and go up from there by using some mild voltage like 1.15V. And then up voltage and multiplier when needed.

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Ok for that the PSU might be too weak. The recommended is somewhere between 600-700W. But try and see. It might be ok. It won't damage anything if PSU is too weak. It just crashes and reboots.

 

When you run stress tests, your voltage shouldn't go over 1.3V or temps over 85-90C. Nothing will be damaged if you stay under those limits. Running voltages higher than 1.4V will damage CPU, same goes with running temps over 95C for long periods. You can follow guides though I've heard that Linus has said in some video to start with 4.5GHz and go down. Thats isn't imo best way. I would go 100MHz over the turbo boost limit and go up from there by using some mild voltage like 1.15V. And then up voltage and multiplier when needed.

 

Ok thanks, I´ll just go ahead and try it out :)

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Ok thanks, I´ll just go ahead and try it out :)

You are perfectly fine with a 500W PSU.  Your system when stressed to the max, when both the CPU and GPU are overclocked is only pulling ~350W.

 

Here are some good guides for overclocking:

First, familiarize yourself with the terminology

LTT Haswell OC Guide

OC.Net OC Guide

Load Line Calibration Explained

 

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

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You are perfectly fine with a 500W PSU.  Your system when stressed to the max, when both the CPU and GPU are overclocked is only pulling ~350W.

 

Here are some good guides for overclocking:

First, familiarize yourself with the terminology

LTT Haswell OC Guide

OC.Net OC Guide

Load Line Calibration Explained

 

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

USE MANUAL VOLTAGE WHEN STRESS TESTING!!!

 

Man thank you, this really helped me a lot. 

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Man thank you, this really helped me a lot. 

Happy to help!

 

Don't try overclocking until you get a CPU cooler though.  The Hyper 212 EVO is a great one.

 

Come back with any questions and share your results!

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Happy to help!

 

Don't try overclocking until you get a CPU cooler though.  The Hyper 212 EVO is a great one.

 

Come back with any questions and share your results!

 

Yeah of course not :) I will order the cooler as soon as im back from vacay and then we will get this going :) 

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The only annoying part will be when I have to disassemble my whole pc, man all the cable management I did, :D hopefully it doesn´t really result in a mess, but my Define R4 is pretty good at hiding cables. :)

You should be able to install the CPU cooler without disassembling everything?  There is a motherboard cutout on the back side of the case where you can access the mounting points for a CPU cooler.

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You should be able to install the CPU cooler without disassembling everything?  There is a motherboard cutout on the back side of the case where you can access the mounting points for a CPU cooler.

 

Really? :D Didn´t look into my case, because when I was building it I didn´t consider a CPU cooler in the near future, but plans change :D That is even easier than I thought.

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