How to OC - First time overclocker

[Giganizer300PRO]

Hi.

All of my PC specs are in the my signature.

I just got and installed a CM Hyper 212 EVO with an extra fan (so I now have 2 on it) and I am ready for overclocking.

I have never done this before, so I don't know how to do this. I just want an overclock that is in the safe measures.

How do I do it?

How much can I go for, without the risk of hardware damage?

[zonahbear]

In your BIOS, raise your CPU multiplier. I would start at 4GHz and work your way up from there

I would maybe shoot for around 4.2-4.3 GHz on a 4690k. My 4690k is 4.2GHz at 1.3v

[DimasRMDO]

What's your CPU? Are you using Intel or AMD? If you're using Intel make sure it's a "K" series, if you're ready then go to the BIOS. Go to the OC menu and start bumping the multiplier up, bump it up slowly. When you reach the moment where your CPU becomes unstable (crashes and such) go back to the BIOS and you can do 2 things: Reducing the clock to the stable version one or increase the Voltage, increase the Voltage slowly but NOT much. Then test it again if it's become stable.

[DimasRMDO]

Pretty much intel atm is increasing multiplier and voltage

Fast search in yt:

Yep, if you're still confused then YouTube might be your friend.

[Giganizer300PRO]

What's your CPU? Are you using Intel or AMD? If you're using Intel make sure it's a "K" series, if you're ready then go to the BIOS. Go to the OC menu and start bumping the multiplier up, bump it up slowly. When you reach the moment where your CPU becomes unstable (crashes and such) go back to the BIOS and you can do 2 things: Reducing the clock to the stable version one or increase the Voltage, increase the Voltage slowly but NOT much. Then test it again if it's become stable.

Dude, did you not read the OP? 

[DimasRMDO]

Dude, did you not read the OP? 

lol I just read it.

[Giganizer300PRO]

In your BIOS, raise your CPU multiplier. I would start at 4GHz and work your way up from there

I would maybe shoot for around 4.2-4.3 GHz on a 4690k. My 4690k is 4.2GHz at 1.3v

 

 

Pretty much intel atm is increasing multiplier and voltage

Fast search in yt:

 

So I have to increase voltages too, right...

How do I know how much to increase it?

How do I not fry my CPU?

[Giganizer300PRO]

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[DimasRMDO]

So I have to increase voltages too, right...

How do I know how much to increase it?

How do I not fry my CPU?

Just do it slowly and watch the temperature, also check the the value as well. When the value reaches RED then you shouldn't go above that, again if you aren't sure you can check videos at YouTube on how to overclock, Linus has made bunch of guides on how to OC, this is one of it:

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[zonahbear]

So I have to increase voltages too, right...

How do I know how much to increase it?

How do I not fry my CPU?

 

dont go over 1.4v is my recommendation

start at 1.2 and if it crashes then raise it to like 1.25

once you get it stable get the voltage as low as you can without crashing

[Giganizer300PRO]

Just do it slowly and watch the temperature, also check the the value as well. When the value reaches RED then you shouldn't go above that.

So what if I don't increase the voltages/ increase them too much?

You're saying, I should increase them slowly and then watch the temperature go up... But how do I know when to stop, when the voltages are just right?

[DimasRMDO]

When the temperatures goes like above 70 degrees celcius, when you increase the Voltage you can overclock it more but doing so can make the CPU runs hotter. So, when you think it's enough then it's enough. To test, you can use CPU Stress tester like Prime95.

[zonahbear]

So what if I don't increase the voltages/ increase them too much?

You're saying, I should increase them slowly and then watch the temperature go up... But how do I know when to stop, when the voltages are just right?

 

run a stress testing program and if it crashes or you blue screen you need more voltage or lower clock speed

once it is stable lower the voltage by .01 increments to get it as low as you can(to make your CPU last longer)

 

[Giganizer300PRO]

run a stress testing program and if it crashes or you blue screen you need more voltage or lower clock speed

once it is stable lower the voltage by .01 increments to get it as low as you can(to make your CPU last longer)

 

 

 

When the temperatures goes like above 70 degrees celcius, when you increase the Voltage you can overclock it more but doing so can make the CPU runs hotter. So, when you think it's enough then it's enough. To test, you can use CPU Stress tester like Prime95.

 

What's the best CPU stress tester?

[DimasRMDO]

You can use Prime95 for the CPU stress tester and use CPU-Z to check the OC and CoreTemp for seeing CPU temperatures.