overclocking old GPU?

[applesuxD]

My friend is getting a super good deal.IMO at least

 

$400 USD for gtx 770,2500k,seasonic 620 gold psu fully modular,8gb ram,corsair 600t

 

he will be adding ssd and hdd combo.

 

Now,the mobo is asus Gene 

 

the gtx 770 is windforce, so certainly its made for OC, 

 

but its around 2 years old and the owner had not overclocked it.

 

1.Am i able to overclock it

2.will it have any issues or risk

3.will it have a lower clock speed than usual for overclocking(silicon loterry, will it go worse)

4. can it spoil,if its older.

 

thanks! <3

[SkilledRebuilds]

GPU OC is easy, watch your temps with monitoring programs (MSI Afterburner/GPU-Z) and don't push too much at one time without proper testing.

Focus on the CORE at first, find its max, then do MEM clocking, Core gives the most gain anyway.

 

 

 

EDIT:Responded at first with CPU overclocking info lol... Read or disregard... (I'm leaving it here tho)
 

Yes you can OC it, the 2500K should EASILY, REALLY EASILY hit 4.5Ghz, and without too much trouble, possible stay at 4.6-4.8Ghz for the rest of its days. Some went past 5Ghz, but less common. 4.6-4.8Ghz was common enough.

 

Thats also a good board to OC with,...

 

There is ALWAYS a risk of issue, even on new chips, this is why going SLOW with dialing in an overclock is a MUST DO.

When overclocking, you can do a few things, leaving it at its MAXclock (say 4.5Ghz) all the time, or have it declock as normal CPU's do in idle mode (desktop screen) down to 800-1200Mhz and then automatically boost to 4.5Ghz across all cores when needed (Gaming and such)

 

The clocks will not be lower over time, they are what YOU SET.

Anything can spoil if older, the thing to maintain your eyes on is the voltage.

 

Read/Watch a LOT (not just one or two) of blog/youtube guides for SandyBridge (<Specifically SandyBridge overclocking (with a few guides, you may find one that match's your motherboards bios look/feel/features)

Some motherboard makers rename things, this is why multiple guides are better for you, you need to grasp the 'lingo' speak to make sense of some of it.

 

Essentially you have a FSB of 100Mhz (you leave this alone) and a multiplier (call it x34) for the 3.4Ghz/3400Mhz base clock.

You raise the multi (ONLY THIS) one step (x35/x36/x37) at a time (going into windows, doing stability tests for a WHILE, dont just do 5 mins of testing, do an HOUR, and towards the end of your overclocking, do it longer again for a few hours/overnight)

 

Basically, when the raised multi (EG:x44) 4.4Ghz or so... fails stresstesting, or even booting windows, this is when you add voltage.

This is the 'GO READ A GUIDE' part, voltage should NEVER be left on AUTO for the motherboard to figure it out, it almost always uses more than it needs (sometimes by a lot) so find whatever the 'normal' voltage is for your chip, and start there.

 

Set manual CPU voltage, put the stock voltage value in there, start raising the multi until unstable, add voltage, retest stability.

 

Again...read more guides, this post is so all over the place, guides make short work of it.

 

 

 

 

My friend is getting a super good deal.IMO at least

 

$400 USD for gtx 770,2500k,seasonic 620 gold psu fully modular,8gb ram,corsair 600t

 

he will be adding ssd and hdd combo.

 

Now,the mobo is asus Gene 

 

the gtx 770 is windforce, so certainly its made for OC, 

 

but its around 2 years old and the owner had not overclocked it.

 

1.Am i able to overclock it

2.will it have any issues or risk

3.will it have a lower clock speed than usual for overclocking(silicon loterry, will it go worse)

4. can it spoil,if its older.

 

thanks! <3

[applesuxD]

GPU OC is easy, watch your temps with monitoring programs (MSI Afterburner/GPU-Z) and don't push too much at one time without proper testing.

Focus on the CORE at first, find its max, then do MEM clocking, Core gives the most gain anyway.

 

 

 

EDIT:Responded at first with CPU overclocking info lol... Read or disregard... (I'm leaving it here tho)

 

Yes you can OC it, the 2500K should EASILY, REALLY EASILY hit 4.5Ghz, and without too much trouble, possible stay at 4.6-4.8Ghz for the rest of its days. Some went past 5Ghz, but less common. 4.6-4.8Ghz was common enough.

 

Thats also a good board to OC with,...

 

There is ALWAYS a risk of issue, even on new chips, this is why going SLOW with dialing in an overclock is a MUST DO.

When overclocking, you can do a few things, leaving it at its MAXclock (say 4.5Ghz) all the time, or have it declock as normal CPU's do in idle mode (desktop screen) down to 800-1200Mhz and then automatically boost to 4.5Ghz across all cores when needed (Gaming and such)

 

The clocks will not be lower over time, they are what YOU SET.

Anything can spoil if older, the thing to maintain your eyes on is the voltage.

 

Read/Watch a LOT (not just one or two) of blog/youtube guides for SandyBridge (<Specifically SandyBridge overclocking (with a few guides, you may find one that match's your motherboards bios look/feel/features)

Some motherboard makers rename things, this is why multiple guides are better for you, you need to grasp the 'lingo' speak to make sense of some of it.

 

Essentially you have a FSB of 100Mhz (you leave this alone) and a multiplier (call it x34) for the 3.4Ghz/3400Mhz base clock.

You raise the multi (ONLY THIS) one step (x35/x36/x37) at a time (going into windows, doing stability tests for a WHILE, dont just do 5 mins of testing, do an HOUR, and towards the end of your overclocking, do it longer again for a few hours/overnight)

 

Basically, when the raised multi (EG:x44) 4.4Ghz or so... fails stresstesting, or even booting windows, this is when you add voltage.

This is the 'GO READ A GUIDE' part, voltage should NEVER be left on AUTO for the motherboard to figure it out, it almost always uses more than it needs (sometimes by a lot) so find whatever the 'normal' voltage is for your chip, and start there.

 

Set manual CPU voltage, put the stock voltage value in there, start raising the multi until unstable, add voltage, retest stability.

 

Again...read more guides, this post is so all over the place, guides make short work of it.

 

thanks alot! its good to know, 2500k has sick clocks indeed.

[SkilledRebuilds]

thanks alot! its good to know, 2500k has sick clocks indeed.

1000's of guides are already made, so don't create multiple threads for your next question please... if need be come back to THIS thread and make a new post with a new question.

Guides are out there for you to google, I'd give you a link, but if your not ready to google a "Sandy Bridge OC guide" or two,... then you shouldn't be overclocking anyway.