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Would I be able to overclock?

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Hello,

I was wondering if I would be able to overclock on the PC I just bought a few days ago, still waiting to receive the parts though. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Hp24WZ

Would it be worth overclocking or should I leave it as is?

Thanks

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 er yh you can oc 

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Hello,

I was wondering if I would be able to overclock on the PC I just bought a few days ago, still waiting to receive the parts though. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Hp24WZ

Would it be worth overclocking or should I leave it as is?

Thanks

Yeah, but i would go with a mild overclock with that cooler, maybe 4.0 GHz. I've heard that's pretty easy to achieve on that CPU

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You can definitely oc with that. The question is how high you can get

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