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Ok so i got a new PSU and CPU cooler for christmas, a EVGA supernova 650 G2 for the PSU and a Shadow rock 2 for the CPU cooler(its insainly big lol). I have already OCd my 970 and i got +130MHz for the core and +100MHz for the memory, not sure if thats good or bad for a G1 970 but thats what i got stabile, would crash otherwise whilst playing CS:GO(but never during benchmarks, not ever a couple of hours of furmark :/) and now I wana do the processor! hopefully i can reach 4GHz probably not but i can always hope, but i have no idea how to do it. do i use softwere or the BIOS or what and how do i chek if its stabile and what are some good benchmarks to run? hopefully i can get some awesers and some help here :P thanks for any replies and help!

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Start by watching some YT guides and work from there. Looking at this document 4.0 should be achievable but its all luck of the draw.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oB9-mKn2Bt56_f1vqKHC91Eb_Pa9jJzBreq47hMUI8A/htmlembed?usp=sharing&widget=false#

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What CPU and board do you have? 

 

You overclock through the BIOS by adjusting the CPU multiplier. Run a quick stress test to make sure it's stable, then adjust again. Test, adjust, test adjust and so on until you're happy with the speed. Then run a long stress test and benchmarks to ensure stability. 

 

Aida64 is a good stress test for stability. Things like Cinebench and Unigine Heavem are good real world tests to ensure stability. 

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What CPU and board do you have? 

 

You overclock through the BIOS by adjusting the CPU multiplier. Run a quick stress test to make sure it's stable, then adjust again. Test, adjust, test adjust and so on until you're happy with the speed. Then run a long stress test and benchmarks to ensure stability. 

 

Aida64 is a good stress test for stability. Things like Cinebench and Unigine Heavem are good real world tests to ensure stability. 

i have a I5 4690K and the board is a ASRock anniversary Z97

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

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#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Boot in to the bios, find the CPU settings and up the (core) voltage and clock speed. Also change the settings to make all cores run at the same clockspeeds (if available) and set it so that it forces the set clockspeed at all times while you stress test and then turn it back to adaptive or something when u have an OC. After you change the settings boot up the OS and run a stress test. I recommend Intel XTU (if you have Intel).

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Boot in to the bios, find the CPU settings and up the (core) voltage and clock speed. Also change the settings to make all cores run at the same clockspeeds (if available) and set it so that it forces the set clockspeed at all times while you stress test and then turn it back to adaptive or something when u have an OC. After you change the settings boot up the OS and run a stress test. I recommend Intel XTU (if you have Intel).

I wouldn't change the voltage until the increased multiplier becomes unstable. 

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