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How do I overclock and do it safely?

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I have always wanted to overclock my hardware to get the most performance I could. I would like to know any websites, guides, documents, and other resources that I could access so I could learn more about this topic. If you have anything important that I need to know, please post below. Thanks in advance!

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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/411603-intel-haswell-haswell-refresh-cpu-overclocking-guide/

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I should have searched the forum first... lol thanks

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Rule no. 1

 

Screw warranty.

 

Rule no. 2

 

Don't overclock when you're not willing to break it and blame someone else like the company.

 

Rule no. 3

 

Don't overclock if you're not even sure what you're doing 'because the guide is doing it'

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don't use the stock heatsink.

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GPU:

 

1. Get MSI Afterburner

2. Get Unigine Valley or Unigine Heaven benchmark

3. Start increasing core clock in Afterburner

4. Increase in small steps (~10MHz at a time), keep running benchmark in between

5. Increase until you see artifacting and/or glitching in benchmark

6. increase voltage by ~5mV, run benchmark again, keep an eye on GPU temperature

7. Rinse and repeat until highest stable clock at highest acceptable temperature (try to keep below ~85°C) is reached.

8. Follow same steps for VRAM overclocking, minus keeping an eye on the temperature. Just look for artifacting. Many cards won't let you change the VRAM voltage, just increase clock until you see artifacts, then dial it back a few MHz and you're done.

 

CPU:

 

1. Google search for an overclocking guide for your specific CPU or architecture (All unlocked Haswell chips overclock pretty much the same, for example). Make sure it's a good guide, nice and thorough.

2. Make sure you have decent cooling

3. Follow guide carefully, CPU overclocking requires a lot of patience

4. Don't forget to stress test appropriately. Stress test for ~20 min. in between steps, once you think you've got a decent result stress test for minimum 5 hours, 8 would be recommended, to confirm that the overclock is completely stable.

      

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