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Advice on overclocking

PheonixOne
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I just got myself an i7 4770k, and it was watercooled, but my watercooler just died on me (not sure why, buying a new one shortly, nothing in my PC was damaged)

 

So im using the stock cooler for the moment, I want to OC it to 4.0Ghz for now,

 

Literally never done it before on any CPU, would it be safe on the cooler? How do i do it? Any video references?

 

Thanks

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I just got myself an i7 4770k, and it was watercooled, but my watercooler just died on me (not sure why, buying a new one shortly, nothing in my PC was damaged)

 

So im using the stock cooler for the moment, I want to OC it to 4.0Ghz for now,

 

Literally never done it before on any CPU, would it be safe on the cooler? How do i do it? Any video references?

 

Thanks

 

Just no, lol. Get a replacement cooler and then overclock.

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It will run hot at stock speed with that cooler. You have no head room. Wait for the upgrade

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No, 1rst gen haswell is notorious for being horrible at overclocking. Wait for another cooler.

Also if you plan on doing any decent overclocking, i would delid ( at your own risk)

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