do i overclock

[studentofcubes]

I have a gaming board and graphics card (gigabyte GA-Z97-MX gaming 5 and gigabyte GTX 970 gaming) as well as an i5 4690K with a siedon 120V water-cooler (single fan radiator)

 

its done fine at benchmarking but I want to know what to do before I overclock so I don't void the warranty and immediately have a part crap out.

 

how do I know the water-cooler is well seated and pulling heat as effectively as possible? and furthermore what test should I run without overclocking to make sure I don't need to RMA some parts first?

 

I don't think I need the OC boost yet and i would actually like to find a way to run the computer as quiet, cool, and low power as possible so that i can leave it on and remote desktop for class, but i would also like to kick it up when i want to run taxing games when i want to as well.

[NickElDubs]

Well what temps are you getting at stock speeds at full load? (I suggest using prime 95)

[Starelementpoke]

If I remeber correctly, overclocking doesn't set your cpu at the said speed per say, it just ups the max clock speed. So you should be fine if you leave it idle, and fine when you play games. As for the water cooler, I guess you could find other people with the same cooler, and compare cpu temps if they have the same cpu. If they're about the same, then you'll know your good.

[Tim Drake]

Idk, do you? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

On topic: 4.4GHz for your CPU and ramp your GPU to max voltage in MSI Afterburner (dw it's safe) and add around 150+ to core for easy overclock and 180+ for risky overclock and 400+ for memory

[Ganz]

Well what temps are you getting at stock speeds at full load? (I suggest using prime 95)

DON'T USE PRIME95! You should never use prime95 with haswell CPUs as it overvolts which could fry your CPU.

[studentofcubes]

i am not sure how to get a good measurement for those load temperatures. i guess i could run 3D mark with the temp gui up but other than that i am unsure

[BigDay]

I have a gaming board and graphics card (gigabyte GA-Z97-MX gaming 5 and gigabyte GTX 970 gaming) as well as an i5 4690K with a siedon 120V water-cooler (single fan radiator)

 

its done fine at benchmarking but I want to know what to do before I overclock so I don't void the warranty and immediately have a part crap out.

 

how do I know the water-cooler is well seated and pulling heat as effectively as possible? and furthermore what test should I run without overclocking to make sure I don't need to RMA some parts first?

 

I don't think I need the OC boost yet and i would actually like to find a way to run the computer as quiet, cool, and low power as possible so that i can leave it on and remote desktop for class, but i would also like to kick it up when i want to run taxing games when i want to as well.

 

search for prokon's intel haswell overclocking guide to learn how to overclock the cpu

read my gpu overclocking guide to learn how to overclock the gpu:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/403328-nvidia-amd-graphics-card-overclocking-guide/