How to Overclock

[jhaggerty97]

This is a really noobish question, but when overclocking what parameters do you change ( voltage, frequency etc)? I have a G1 Sniper M3 z77 board so how would I overclock on a dual uefi bios?

Thanks!

[Money]

Check out Linus's guide here:

[Whaler_99]

That video pretty much covers it for a basic overclock...

[zephiK]

Ensure you have enough cooling to overclock and not a stock heatsink as well.

[Ghost]

Overclocking is an art and takes patience. :)

[Jurgen]

Overclocking is an art and takes patience. :)

When you haven't got an unlocked processor, otherwise it's simple to do.

[cheti]

Depends on the cpu and how lucky mobo/chip you got.

Some CPU's can be pushed really far and some hit a 'wall' really early.

Internet is full of guides and reviews on how to overclock certain CPU's so writing one here would be too painful.

Check out some guides on the internet about your CPU's overclockability and be patient.

Post your results here or PM me if you get into trouble :)

Best wishes

- cheti

[Andriko]

You should look at the link Money posted to Linus's overclocking guide, and maybe after check other guides and other results to see what others overclocked to, the voltage, frequency settings, maybe look up memory controller overclocking and what it does etc. Also make sure you know the maximum safe voltage and temperature for your specific cpu architecture.

Although don't enter the exact values of what other people got, even though the model and stepping is the same, each individual processor is made from a different piece of silicon, you can get lucky and get a good chip that may have been binned too low. Overclocking also depends on your motherboard, but yours seems good quality so yeah. Cheers.

[Arkatek]

Great info already listed above just don't forget to run stress tests. It may seem stable at first but may show failures after 10 maybe even 24 hrs prime 95 is a great testing software that's free. Overclocking is not a quick one day process if you are trying to crank the most performance out of your cpu, take it slow and test before upping the clock speed and voltage. Use the lowest voltage you can to support a stable overclock and that will keep it as cool as possible.

[27-bit]

Search the internets for guides for your MB. My MB is an intel x58so and manged to find some good guides keeping in mind it is an old MB.

[SammichThyme]

Most motherboards have autopilot software either in the bios or in some software utility. It's really good for getting to the 4.2GHz range. After that, you're on your own. I learned from when I had a really finnicky 2600k and I had to spend hours trying to get it stable at 4.6GHz, which by no means is impressive under water on Sandy-Bridge chips.

[mikey]

Keep in mind that for the new intel cpu's you should not be overclocking the FSB too much. Stick with increasing the multiplier first. Because of the internalization certain components onto the cpu itself, tampering with the core clock will make many other components unstable (plus, you will not get much out of it).

When overclocking, (as with modifying any bios setting) you should be changing one setting at a time. (eg. underclock the ram to ensure it is not the bottleneck when OCing cpu and vice versa)

[Pinkdonut666]

OCing has gotten so much easier over the past little while... I had no end of trouble overclocking my socket A athlon MP's, but with p67, z68, and z77 it's SUPER easy, just turn the multiplier up till it's unstable under prime 95 for like 4 hours, then bump up the voltage... maxing out a chip can be a pain in the ass... so if you get a clock you like, and it's stable, keep it there... I know my 2600k will do at least 4.8ghz, I think I had it at 5 once, but 4.6 seems to be just fine, and it keeps the temps low enough under air that I can leave it 24/7...

NOW keep in mind, if your old school like me, I turn intel speed step off, I don't like software controlling my clocks all over the place...