4770k overclock

[dmhenson1989]

Hi all I've just purchased a maximus hero mobo and 4770k. I'm wanting to over clock but the more I read the more complicated it gets!

So tell me if this is right

My goal is 4.5ghz

From what I've read all I have to do is bump my CPU to 4ghz. And work my way up from there until I BSOD.

If it crashes and I haven't reached 4.5ghz yet bump the voltage up bit by bit until no crashes happen.

Then turn off all power saving options on mobo?

Then if all seems well just run a stress test over night and make sure my temps haven't exceeded 85degrees.

Please add anything else I need to do or shouldn't do!

Thanks in advance for any help/advice

Dave.

 

[OracIe]

Well that's it in laymens terms, yes... lol

 

[Roshmcw]

Hopefully you have a decent cooler with that setup, haswell chips heat up fast as you push up the voltage!

Make sure to set the loadline calibration to high/extreme so when under load the cpu core voltage doesn't pull back a bit causing it to become unstable.

Whilst every chip is different, from my experience the i7-4770k should be able to boot at 4.5ghz with a vcore of about 1.25-1.3V to give you a general region, although your chip may need more or less.