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Overclocking question

WnurraN
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Hello,

 

Back in January of 2016 I've built my first PC. I wouldn't say that it's overkill, but it is quite powerful.
I often get asked the same question by friends and even strangers in games such as CS:GO, which is: Why are you not overclocking your CPU?
And the truth is, I've spent so much money on this rig and Im just afraid that I will do something wrong. So recently I've been looking into overclocking my CPU, but I would need some help from poeple with experience so to speak.
 

My PC specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K
Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 - ATX / Z97 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX Watercooler 
RAM Cards: HyperX FURY Black Series 16GB 1866MHz DDR3 
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 (650W) 
GPU: MSI GeForce 970 Gaming 4GB 
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB 
Harddrive: WD Blue Intern Harddrive 1TB 
Case: Fractal Design Define S - Windowed 

Any answers appreciated! :)
- Oskar

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there is a haswell overclocking guide from ltt on youtube.

i have the z97 gaming 3 and i have worked with the gaming 5 before.

if you want to be reallly careful you can just use the one-click overclock button in your bios. its in the up left corner

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Nice build.

Such shame for the MSI components, hope you wont get  in any trouble any time soon ....

CPU:i7 9700k 5047.5Mhz All Cores Mobo: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC, RAM:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 OC 3467Mhz GPU:MSI RTX 2070 ARMOR 8GB OC Storage:Samsung SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB, 2x SSD ADATA PRO SP900 256GB, HDD WD CB 2TB, HDD GREEN 2TB PSU: Seasonic focus plus 750w Gold Display(s): 1st: LG 27UK650-W, 4K, IPS, HDR10, 10bit(8bit + A-FRC). 2nd: Samsung 24" LED Monitor (SE390), Cooling:Fazn CPU Cooler Aero 120T Push/pull Corsair ML PRO Fans Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum RGB mx Rapidfire Mouse:Razer Naga Chroma  Headset: Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma Sound: Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker Case: Modded Case Inverted, 5 intake 120mm, one exhaust 120mm.

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23 minutes ago, WnurraN said:

How come the MSI components are a shame?

I suspect he had a bad experience and felt it was representitive of all msi things as a whole.. the MSI stuff isn't the greatest I'll be honest but it's not going to explode.

 

Try 4.6GHz 1.3V manual override voltage. on msi boards you need to use + and - to do things usually :P

 

Intel XTU is also viable for testing an OC

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