Hello all,
So about 3 Months back I brought an i7 3770K at stock speeds for my build, no problems and I am loving every moment of having the machine.
After talking with my friends and family about should I overclock my CPU to about 4.2 - 4.5Ghz (With the Intel LC Solution CPU Cooler).
My friends all agree that I should OC and void my warranty because Intel won't know if I overclocked it or not but my family says that I should keep it at stock speeds and keep the warranty because the CPU is powerful enough.
Looking at the Intel website, it encourages you to overclock if you wish but if you do you void your warranty.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking/overclocking-intel-processors.html
But then I look further into the website and you can buy insurance to cover the CPU is it blows.
http://click.intel.com/tuningplan/
What do I do? My motherboard supports OC'ing (Asus P8 Z77 V Pro W/ Thunderbolt) and I have a very Overclockable GPU as well. (Windforce X3 GTX 670)
I know this is a "Overclockers" Forum but I want to hear your opinions and if there is a worthy Performance Increase or not.
"To Overclock, or Not to Overclock, that is the question!"
Thanks
JCX50
So about 3 Months back I brought an i7 3770K at stock speeds for my build, no problems and I am loving every moment of having the machine.
After talking with my friends and family about should I overclock my CPU to about 4.2 - 4.5Ghz (With the Intel LC Solution CPU Cooler).
My friends all agree that I should OC and void my warranty because Intel won't know if I overclocked it or not but my family says that I should keep it at stock speeds and keep the warranty because the CPU is powerful enough.
Looking at the Intel website, it encourages you to overclock if you wish but if you do you void your warranty.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking/overclocking-intel-processors.html
But then I look further into the website and you can buy insurance to cover the CPU is it blows.
http://click.intel.com/tuningplan/
What do I do? My motherboard supports OC'ing (Asus P8 Z77 V Pro W/ Thunderbolt) and I have a very Overclockable GPU as well. (Windforce X3 GTX 670)
I know this is a "Overclockers" Forum but I want to hear your opinions and if there is a worthy Performance Increase or not.
"To Overclock, or Not to Overclock, that is the question!"
Thanks
JCX50
Yove got a nice combo of board and cpu, and a cracking card in the gtx 670 wf x3. At stock speed, my 3570k was holding my gtx 670 back a bit, (card is oc'd @1310/7560). Overclocking the cpu helped to eliminate this bottlenecking. I tried the ai suite 2 method, voltage set was pretty high and temps were high. Had a read of a few guides and got some advice on here and clocked it the proper way through bios. Tbh, if i can do it, anyone can.