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Ages ago I had an MSI Motherboard that automatically overclocked my CPU to 4.5ghz instead of 3. 

 

How do I know what exactly it did so I can replicate that oc to my Asus motherboard, and if I cannot, what would be a good oc to start with? 

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13 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

Ages ago I had an MSI Motherboard that automatically overclocked my CPU to 4.5ghz instead of 3. 

 

How do I know what exactly it did so I can replicate that oc to my Asus motherboard, and if I cannot, what would be a good oc to start with? 

just work your way there or find out what voltage most people have on 4,5Ghz and then try that one and see if you can run it stable or if you need more voltage

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well mine goes to 4.8GHz on 1.275V anyway just up the multiplier and if it crashes up the voltage, to check if it crashes run 10 mins of ITX, P95 or AIDA64 and then run 15h or more once you are happy with the overclock to make sure it wont crash

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4.5 should be very easily achievable without any extra voltage.  Give it a go and see what happens!  1.25 to 1.30 volts should get you into 4.7-4.8 ghz territory!

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41 minutes ago, CostcoSamples said:

4.5 should be very easily achievable without any extra voltage.  Give it a go and see what happens!  1.25 to 1.30 volts should get you into 4.7-4.8 ghz territory!

Do I just need to edit the ghz and volts? Or is it much more complicated? 

 

Also, how do I know if its stable or not? 

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I just clock auto or a preset. Set it to 4.8 and I just turn down the voltage a tad. I normally follow a oc guide for the chip as they normally use asus boards anyway.

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