How do you overclock a CPU?

[★ Coups ★]

 

I dont know how to overclock a CPU. I know how to overclock Graphics Card, but I dont know the programs etc for a CPU.

 

 

Thanks!

[DocSwag]

Tons of tutorials online.

http://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-overclock-your-cpu-processor/

Here's a relatively modern one.

 

EDIT: Don't use programs for overclocking a CPU. I tried that and it was a mess! I absolutely hated it! I initially wanted to do it cuz I didn't want to reboot every time but I found going into the bios is a whole lot easier than using any program.

[peter325]

1 minute ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

does your mobo and cpu allow for overclocking first off and do you have a powerful enough psu?

 

[★ Coups ★]

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Tons of tutorials online.

http://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-overclock-your-cpu-processor/

Here's a relatively modern one.

Is it possible to do it without BIOS? How do I know if its going to have problems if I'm in the BIOS

 

2 minutes ago, peter325 said:

does your mobo and cpu allow for overclocking first off and do you have a powerful enough psu?

CS750M Corsair PSU. i7-4790k. MSI Z97M Gaming motherboard. The cooler should also be sufficient.

[Enderman]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DocSwag]

2 hours ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

Is it possible to do it without BIOS? How do I know if its going to have problems if I'm in the BIOS

 

CS750M Corsair PSU. i7-4790k. MSI Z97M Gaming motherboard. The cooler should also be sufficient.

It is possible, but I personally hate the programs that let you. They are ridiculously complicated and don't always give you access to all the settings.

Here is a guide that I can think of on my own:

1. For you raise your multiplier in the bios to 4.5 ghz.

2. Raise the voltage some bit.

3. Run Asus Realbench for about 10 minutes. If you don't get a BSOD, you are good to go. Otherwise, if it says something like iqrl less or not equal you need to raise the voltage a little

4. While running Realbench monitor your temps with something like HwMonitor

5. Raise the multiplier up one more bit.

6. Repeats 2-5 until either your temps are too high or you are using too much voltage (somewhere around 1.39 volts is getting a little high for a 4790k). 

If you get some weird bsods that say some weird stuff like Intel watchdog timeout or something else weird, search it up on google and you are sure to find results.

note: You don't have to use asus Realbench for the stress tests. Aida 64 is another good one-it also lets you monitor temps.