Help with overclocking

[Walt]

Hi everyone,

I was trying to overclock both my RAM and CPU but I don't understand it. I have 2 questions:

- First where can I put my RAM on 3200MHz? Which buttons in the uefi interface? (Using MSI Z270 pro gaming carbon motherboard)

- How do I overclock my CPU? How do I know how far I can go?  Which buttons in the uefi interface? (Using MSI Z270 pro gaming carbon motherboard)

I'm using the first build in the description

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Glennieboyyy007]

you can oc your ram by enabling the xmp profile. it will probably be under a ram tab. for the cpu just look online for some manual's and watch youtube, it helps a lot doing that. the site's i used were this one and this one.

[Technomancer__]

just watch

 

[Technomancer__]

ram oc

[WashMachine]

Read some tutorials online for  your platform. Annd don't rush to overclock it takes time to find the sweet spot. 

You should start increasing the FSB slowly (This increases freq.) until the CPU is no longer stable (blue screens, errors etc) Then slowly increase voltages. But just know the maximum safe voltage of your components otherwise you run the risk of ruining them
Check if your MB have automatic overclock like XMP and stuff these are pretty good it will get you about 80% of the potential of your components in most cases. 

Auto overclocking is basically one click in the bios  for begginers like me and you is very good. But unfortunately for me my PC is old and it doesn't have auto overclocking like new ones do

[Technous285]

To an extent I'd agree with WashMachine above, but personally I'd suggest trying to overclock initially by keep the FSB/Base Clock (Bclk) at stock (normally 100MHz nowadays) and instead change the multiplier value (eg: 42x Multi applied to All-Cores with a 100MHz Bclk for a 4.2GHz overclock to the whole chip).

In addition to setting a max clock speed to the whole chip using a All-Cores multiplier, one can also set a maximum clock speed for each core individually if the BIOS/UEFI provides the option to do so.