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Hello, folks. I've only been a modern PC gamer since around late 2015 when I inherited my brother's hand-me-down rig. Over the last few years I've made some upgrades and it's basically an entire new system now. 

 

One thing I've never done is overclock. My brother is an IT professionally, but he doesn't do it either, so I thought I'd ask my question here.

 

Just yesterday I've ordered an MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS CFX ATX, a Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED CPU Cooler with PWM Fan, and some thermal paste. I intend to order an i7 8700k in the next month or so. Now the 8700k runs at 3.7 GHz stock, with a boost mode of 4.7 GHz. My question is what is "boost mode" exactly? I've seen it on my current rig in the BIOS but it doesn't DO anything since my current CPU isn't a "K" variant.

 

Is it really is simple as pressing some button in the BIOS and *boom* it's a GHz faster? Is the cooler I've bought good enough to allow me to use that feature?

 

I'm sorry for the questions I'm sure you've all seen a million times before, but I'm totally ignorant here. I've googled the question but everything I've read is all for really experienced people and I'm not sure if it's even the same thing as just using "boost mode". I'm scared of frying my new stuff, but if this is some pretty harmless feature that CPU and Mobo manufacturers put in, it seems like I'd be a fool  NOT to use it.

 

Thank you all for your time!

 

Edit: I'm intending to use my old GPU (Gtx 1080) and my current RAM ( 4 sticks of 8gb Corsair Vengeance LPX  DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz). PC Parts Picker says everything should be nice and compliant.

 

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Turbo boost 3.0 will allow granular speed increases depending on the amount of active cores

 

2c - 4.7ghz

3-4c - ?

6c - 3.4ghz (maybe)

 

MCE will lock all cores at 4.7ghz, enable it in bios.

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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16 minutes ago, Horseticuffs said:

Hello, folks. I've only been a modern PC gamer since around late 2015 when I inherited my brother's hand-me-down rig. Over the last few years I've made some upgrades and it's basically an entire new system now. 

 

One thing I've never done is overclock. My brother is an IT professionally, but he doesn't do it either, so I thought I'd ask my question here.

 

Just yesterday I've ordered an MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS CFX ATX, a Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED CPU Cooler with PWM Fan, and some thermal paste. I intend to order an i7 8700k in the next month or so. Now the 8700k runs at 3.7 GHz stock, with a boost mode of 4.7 GHz. My question is what is "boost mode" exactly? I've seen it on my current rig in the BIOS but it doesn't DO anything since my current CPU isn't a "K" variant.

 

Is it really is simple as pressing some button in the BIOS and *boom* it's a GHz faster? Is the cooler I've bought good enough to allow me to use that feature?

 

I'm sorry for the questions I'm sure you've all seen a million times before, but I'm totally ignorant here. I've googled the question but everything I've read is all for really experienced people and I'm not sure if it's even the same thing as just using "boost mode". I'm scared of frying my new stuff, but if this is some pretty harmless feature that CPU and Mobo manufacturers put in, it seems like I'd be a fool  NOT to use it.

 

Thank you all for your time!

 

Edit: I'm intending to use my old GPU (Gtx 1080) and my current RAM ( 4 sticks of 8gb Corsair Vengeance LPX  DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz). PC Parts Picker says everything should be nice and compliant.

Normally Turbo boost works automatically. When only a few cores are used heavily it clocks them up to the turbo clock speed. The more cores are in use the less it clocks them up as Damascus said:

 

9 minutes ago, Damascus said:

2c - 4.7ghz

3-4c - ?

6c - 3.4ghz (maybe)

MCE is multi core enchancement and it will lock all cores to 4.7 ghz at all times. I recommend turning it on. With a 212 Evo you can do some mild manual overclocking too in addition to just turbo boost. Here linus explains overclocking:

And here is a guide, most of it still applies:

 

 

Winning an argument with a woman step by step

step one - talk to her

step two - fight with her for 2 hours even if you are really right

step three - admit that she is right for the sake of your safety

step four - realize that you have accomplished nothing and she still thinks you were wrong and now she thinks you are even more stupid

GTX1080ti, I5-4690k, ASUS Z97 PRO-GAMER, 8GB DDR3 1600mhz, Hyper 212 EVO, Tt view 31 RGB.

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9 minutes ago, Horseticuffs said:

Thank you all for the info. I'll check the vids out!

In case you still aren't sure, Boost mode is not the same thing as overclocking. Boost mode is supported by Intel and should already be working, overclocking isn't.

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32 minutes ago, Damascus said:

MCE will lock all cores at 4.7ghz, enable it in bios.

 

19 minutes ago, henkka_scorpio said:

MCE is multi core enchancement and it will lock all cores to 4.7 ghz at all times. I recommend turning it on. With a 212 Evo you can do some mild manual overclocking too in addition to just turbo boost. Here linus explains overclocking:

 

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

MCE will lock all cores at 4.7ghz, enable it in bios.

 

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

MCE is multi core enchancement and it will lock all cores to 4.7 ghz at all times.

I just thought I would clarify what MCE is as it could be difficult for a person new to these things to find info on an acronym :)

 

Winning an argument with a woman step by step

step one - talk to her

step two - fight with her for 2 hours even if you are really right

step three - admit that she is right for the sake of your safety

step four - realize that you have accomplished nothing and she still thinks you were wrong and now she thinks you are even more stupid

GTX1080ti, I5-4690k, ASUS Z97 PRO-GAMER, 8GB DDR3 1600mhz, Hyper 212 EVO, Tt view 31 RGB.

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