Overclocking

[Armakar]

Just finished my build! Looking to overclock now,  I have never overclocked before. Ever.

 I had some uqestions before I do it :

 

I know you get blue screens while doing it, any chance ATALL of me putting a stupid voltage in and breaking the CPU or MOBO?

 

I have a MSI Gaming M5 motherboard and an i7 6700k. My h100i is keeping temperaturess phenomally low - i'm idling at 15-20 degrees. How far can I clock this thing? I'm thinking 4.5?

 

So, all that's left, how the fuck do I do it? I know you can do htrough bios but can I do it thorugh MSI afterburner? What do I have to look out for? 

 

Also, I know it reducdes the life of the CPU, bumt it will last 5 years correct ?

[xephoneration]

Granted its on an asus board the steps are really the same

[Bananasplit_00]

what cooler do you have?
anyway dont go above 1.4V and prefeably not above 1.35V start at 1.25V or something and see how far you can push it, run AIDA 64 for 10mins to stress test your CPU to make sure its fine and make sure temps dont go above 85C prefeably.  they guide posted above probably tells you just about all you need to know to be honest tho, theese are just some things i cant remember if they are mentioned, havent watched the video in a while

[xephoneration]

2 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

what cooler do you have?
anyway dont go above 1.4V and prefeably not above 1.35V start at 1.25V or something and see how far you can push it, run AIDA 64 for 10mins to stress test your CPU to make sure its fine and make sure temps dont go above 85C prefeably.  they guide posted above probably tells you just about all you need to know to be honest tho, theese are just some things i cant remember if they are mentioned, havent watched the video in a while

Video is just basic steps on how to approach the OC on the CPU

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, xephoneration said:

Video is just basic steps on how to approach the OC on the CPU

yah but i think it has the general guidelines for temps and voltages too, couldent remember so i just posted them  too  

[xephoneration]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

yah but i think it has the general guidelines for temps and voltages too, couldent remember so i just posted them  too  

 I do agree with you earlier, also it would help if the OP would post cooler specs, because there will be a huge difference if its air cooled or liquid cooled. 

[Armakar]

17 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

 I do agree with you earlier, also it would help if the OP would post cooler specs, because there will be a huge difference if its air cooled or liquid cooled. 

I don't mean to sound sarcastic, but didn't I post the cooler specs? It's an h100i V2 in an h440 case, 4 stock fans ( 3 intake, 1 exhaust ) with the AIO mounted on top exhausting.

[xephoneration]

yeah follow the guide and you will be fine. With that amount of fans as well the liquid cooler you will be set

[Armakar]

14 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

yeah follow the guide and you will be fine. With that amount of fans as well the liquid cooler you will be set

As a noob to overclocking, is it risky? If I put in a bad voltage or  base/core clock would I damage the CPU or MOBO? 

Thanks for replies!

[xephoneration]

3 minutes ago, Armakar said:

As a noob to overclocking, is it risky? If I put in a bad voltage or  base/core clock would I damage the CPU or MOBO? 

Thanks for replies!

When I started to OC. I was on my FX 6300. I OC it to 4.8 GHz and I thought I was good. I  never ran any benchmarks or stress test at all........ long story short I screwed up on 1 core. OC can be very good and VERY punishing. Linus has a full guide on how to OC in general which I recommend you watch just to get an idea on how you are going to OC. As long as you start small and work your way up you will be fine. I do stress that you run a stress test for extended periods of time (a good over night) to really make sure that your OC is good. 

[xephoneration]

General over view ^

 

 

Really just goes through the Q/A of OCing in general ^

 

 

Another in depth guide on OCing skylake cpu ^

[scottyseng]

1 hour ago, Armakar said:

As a noob to overclocking, is it risky? If I put in a bad voltage or  base/core clock would I damage the CPU or MOBO? 

Thanks for replies!

It is risky. As long as you have patience and take it slow, you won't kill anything. However, if you just go to the BIOS, and type in the max voltage, you can cause severe damage.

 

If you type in a multiplier or clock, your PC will just bluescreen. If it fails to post, you can reset the BIOS by resetting the CMOS. That doesn't have much danger. But do take it slow, go in 100-200 MHz increments. and add vCore bit by bit.