Good day all,
I've just invested in the i7-8086k processor after my 6800k failed and was causing freezing issues. I use my rig for gaming, and my main game is WoW (which I know is more CPU heavy than GPU).
Now, I'm a complete novice when it comes to overclocking, and reading output and such. I have CPU-Z, but because I'm not that au fait with all the different stats and terminology, I don't really know how efficient my new 8086k processor is. I read that an 8086k can hit 5GHz out of the box, but 1) I don't know how accurate that is, and 2) I don't know if mine is doing so.
Anyway, I was considering doing an ever so slight overclock on the CPU, to boost a few more frames out of it, but as I say, I'm a complete novice, so I'm not quite sure how to go about it. I have the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO motherboard, which I have read should make overclocking quite simple, but I'm just a bit reticent about tinkering about without knowledge - I really don't want to wreck my rig through ignorance. I only want to boost it by a little bit, to minimise any potential issues later on.
Any advice would be greatly appreciate.
On a similar subject, I have a GeForce GTX 1080 that I am considering doing a little overclock on as well. I downloaded MSI Afterburner, but again, I'm a novice on this. I only want to do a small boost so that I can minimise any damage or issues with it. If you've got advice on this as well, that would be lovely.
I've just invested in the i7-8086k processor after my 6800k failed and was causing freezing issues. I use my rig for gaming, and my main game is WoW (which I know is more CPU heavy than GPU).
Now, I'm a complete novice when it comes to overclocking, and reading output and such. I have CPU-Z, but because I'm not that au fait with all the different stats and terminology, I don't really know how efficient my new 8086k processor is. I read that an 8086k can hit 5GHz out of the box, but 1) I don't know how accurate that is, and 2) I don't know if mine is doing so.
Anyway, I was considering doing an ever so slight overclock on the CPU, to boost a few more frames out of it, but as I say, I'm a complete novice, so I'm not quite sure how to go about it. I have the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO motherboard, which I have read should make overclocking quite simple, but I'm just a bit reticent about tinkering about without knowledge - I really don't want to wreck my rig through ignorance. I only want to boost it by a little bit, to minimise any potential issues later on.
Any advice would be greatly appreciate.
On a similar subject, I have a GeForce GTX 1080 that I am considering doing a little overclock on as well. I downloaded MSI Afterburner, but again, I'm a novice on this. I only want to do a small boost so that I can minimise any damage or issues with it. If you've got advice on this as well, that would be lovely.
