Is ASUS 5-Way Optimization safe?

[Kitten of the Broccoli]

I have neither the time, nor the balls, to try and manually overclock my G3258. I have it on an ASUS Z97-A mobo, and have it set to 4Ghz with everything else set to Auto(XMP mode). I'm using a 212 EVO to cool it, and I get around 55 degrees at load with an ambient room temperature of around 30 degrees.

 

I've already watched Linus's video where he overclocks the G3258, as well as the 4790K, and all that I gathered is that AI Suite raises the voltage a little too high for comfort. Would I be able to just go into the BIOS and lower the voltage if it goes over 1.3V(as well as reducing the clock speed, if necessary)? Or would that mess something up? I'm imagining AI Suite would turn off XMP, but I could be wrong.

[DXMember]

if it doesn't make you accept additional user agreement and back off from warranty then it's good to go

[Kitten of the Broccoli]

if it doesn't make you accept additional user agreement and back off from warranty then it's good to go

So... that would mean ASUS would cover the cost of my CPU in the event the MOBO breaks it?

[ThreePhaseLoad]

I let AI Suite OC once to see what it would do. It put my 4790k to 4.7GHz with voltage at 1.34V, which I obviously did not keep. To the best of my memory (which isn't saying much) XMP was not turned off when I ran it. 

 

You can try AI Suite, but you are probably going to have to go and adjust settings anyway.

[DXMember]

So... that would mean ASUS would cover the cost of my CPU in the event the MOBO breaks it?

yes, unless they give you a popup that you have to press I Agree on