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I want to know what the savest and easiest way would be to overlcok my processor.

I got:

  • UEFI BIOS (MSI Z77-GD65) (never tried)
  • MSI Control Center that allows me to do things similar to the BIOS just in the OS (never seriously tried)
  • Intel XTU ( got stuck in a reboot loop once and the system restored automatically basically kicking XTU into a state of "kind of not installed". I neither know what happenned nor how it fixed itself)
  • other tools?

Since I got stuck in a reboot loop once I am concerned about reversability of my OC if something goes wrong.

I have an i7 3770k cooled by a Scythe Mugen 3. My case is well ventilated. I know I should look at temps but if it crashes it crashes. So how do I go about it? Give voltage and increase clock until it crashes or ...?

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or you could use the UEFI?

CPU: Intel i7 5820K @ 4.20 GHz | Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz | GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury (x2 CrossFire)
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BIOS. Always OC through BIOS, if you can. And if you can't, you are most likely advised to not even try at all!

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A quick search on Youtube found me at an unknown number of overclocking guides.
Follow anyone of them and they'll probably at least have you understand the process.

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1 minute ago, DXMember said:

or you could use the UEFI?

The UEFI BIOS the first point on my list right?

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Just now, GER_T4IGA said:

The UEFI BIOS the first point on my list right?

yes, combine that with your manual and google

CPU: Intel i7 5820K @ 4.20 GHz | Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz | GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury (x2 CrossFire)
Storage: Samsung 950Pro 512GB // OCZ Vector150 240GB // Seagate 1TB | PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent | Case: NZXT H440 | Cooling: Nepton 240M
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1 minute ago, Imakuni said:

BIOS. Always OC through BIOS, if you can. And if you can't, you are most likely advised to not even try at all!

And I will just be able to reset CMOS and return to stock without any problems, correct?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/334934-unofficial-ltt-beginners-guide/ (by Minibois) and a few things that will make our community interaction more pleasent:
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2 minutes ago, DXMember said:

yes, combine that with your manual and google

That sounds pretty good. What shall I touch? Just core voltage, maybe enable XMP, and of course mutliplier? Do you advise the same multiplier for all cores (so same on multicore load as single core?

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Just now, GER_T4IGA said:

That sounds pretty good. What shall I touch? Just core voltage, maybe enable XMP, and of course mutliplier? Do you advise the same multiplier for all cores (so same on multicore load as single core?

yes

CPU: Intel i7 5820K @ 4.20 GHz | Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz | GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury (x2 CrossFire)
Storage: Samsung 950Pro 512GB // OCZ Vector150 240GB // Seagate 1TB | PSU: Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent | Case: NZXT H440 | Cooling: Nepton 240M
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1 minute ago, DXMember said:

yes

To both questions?

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3 hours ago, GER_T4IGA said:

To both questions?

Yes

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4 hours ago, Imakuni said:

BIOS. Always OC through BIOS, if you can. And if you can't, you are most likely advised to not even try at all!

Unless you're going for max clocks, in which case boot in at high frequency and bump it up slightly in windows.

Stuff:  i7 7700k @ (dat nibba succ) | ASRock Z170M OC Formula | G.Skill TridentZ 3600 c16 | EKWB 1080 @ 2100 mhz  |  Acer X34 Predator | R4 | EVGA 1000 P2 | 1080mm Radiator Custom Loop | HD800 + Audio-GD NFB-11 | 850 Evo 1TB | 840 Pro 256GB | 3TB WD Blue | 2TB Barracuda

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4 hours ago, Lays said:

Unless you're going for max clocks, in which case boot in at high frequency and bump it up slightly in windows.

That only matters for LN2 cooling. And if you are pushing that far, then you'd get a high end motherboard that would surely have a "lower clock boot" feature.

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35 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

That only matters for LN2 cooling. And if you are pushing that far, then you'd get a high end motherboard that would surely have a "lower clock boot" feature.

When going for that "max clock", any type of cooling can benefit from it. Sometimes you can squeeze a tiny bit extra mhz out in windows, that you couldn't post/boot with otherwise. Especially when it comes to RAM.

Stuff:  i7 7700k @ (dat nibba succ) | ASRock Z170M OC Formula | G.Skill TridentZ 3600 c16 | EKWB 1080 @ 2100 mhz  |  Acer X34 Predator | R4 | EVGA 1000 P2 | 1080mm Radiator Custom Loop | HD800 + Audio-GD NFB-11 | 850 Evo 1TB | 840 Pro 256GB | 3TB WD Blue | 2TB Barracuda

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38 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

That only matters for LN2 cooling. And if you are pushing that far, then you'd get a high end motherboard that would surely have a "lower clock boot" feature.

especially for XOC on X99 doing most of your tweaking in windows is very beneficial, especially because its crazy hard trying to get all 4 banks of memory trying to train memory.

 

For example booting into windows at 3200 CL12 then using BCLK in windows to get to 3300.

PEWDIEPIE DONT CROSS THAT BRIDGE

 

 

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