Help Overclocking Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge
September 6th, 2013
My first time overclocking anything and just wondering what I would need and what to do to overclock. I was wondering if my PSU wattage is enough and CPU cooler good enough to keep the CPU from overheating?
System Specs:
Monitor: ASUS VE247H 24 inch LED
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430
Case Fans: Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 Fan
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge (Stock for now)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Graphics Card: Sapphire AMD Radeon 6950 HD 2GB
RAM: G-Skill Ripjaws X 1600MHz 8GB
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 640 GB | Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB
Power Supply: Corsair 650W TX Series
I would like a 24/7 use overclock so I don’t have to turn it off etc. A stable hertz. Does anyone recommend following this video? Anything wrong about it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZX7p6vY42A
I talked to the guy and he says it’s completely safe and stable. But as always, I need a second or even third opinion on this. I don’t want to fry my brand new CPU which I just bought 2 days ago.
Can anyone walk me through the steps and tell me what softwares I need? Prime95, CPU-Z and Real Temp?
Thanks a lot!
Yea man, you should post a pic of CPU-Z.
Whats your target clock rate?
You should easily get 4.5GHz with out going over about 1.3V.
Just set your overclock and give it a stability test with, Prime95.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100352-cpu-stress-test-prime95.html
And you can use HWMonitor to monitor your temps as you test.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
I’m not sure anything that can boost my performance, but at the same time stable clock rate. 4.5GHz okay? Or is there a higher clock rate which is stable as well?
16x Multiplier is the lowest you can have,
You can only go up from there my friend =D
With unlocked multipliers, much of the trial and error has been eliminated,
But you still gotta get the get the multiplier and voltage right while staying under temp!
I don’t really understand about multipliers and stuff. Should I just follow the instructions the video shows and I should be fine?
OperationWarez replied: I don't really understand about multipliers and stuff. Should I just follow the instructions the video shows and I should be fine?
That or Google a guide (as if you need one, I don’t visit youtube site).
Boot into your bios and up the multiplier a little and give it some voltage.
Let everything else auto, then give it a stress test and monitor the temps.
SmAsHeDr replied:
up the multiplier a little and give it some voltage.
How much?
Jeez. Your motherboard comes with a software that lets you overclock with a press of a button. It’s too easy to overclock nowadays.
Really??? Where!!!?
It’s called QuickBoost. Check your software. I would tell you how to overclock using with your BIOS but I can already tell you don’t have much of a clue at the moment. I don’t know how much it does overclock though. Probably around to 4.2GHz. ASUS and AsRock boards of the same price range can do 4.5-4.8GHz with a single click. You need to play around with the BIOS with Gigabyte.
Yeah, thanks a lot it’s done! I want to overclock it to 4.5 though. Do you know how?
OperationWarez replied: I want to overclock it to 4.5 though. Do you know how?
-paroxysM^ replied: You need to play around with the BIOS with Gigabyte.
SmAsHeDr replied: Boot into your bios and up the multiplier a little and give it some voltage.
Let everything else auto, then give it a stress test and monitor the temps.
If you have any questions, Google has all the answers =D