msi z87 OC genie safe?

caveman OCUK · 2 Sep 2013 at 21:22

My setup is :

Cpu: Intel i5 4670k haswell

Motherboard: msi z87-gd65

RAM: 8gb avexir mpower reds

CPU cooler: coolermaster seiden 120xl AIO liquid cooling

All i want is 4ghz at least, if i use OC genie is it safe?

Iv heard of people BSOD'ing when using the oc genie but they didn't state theyre cpu cooler.

Many thanks in advance

stulid · 2 Sep 2013 at 21:33

Sure its safe, but I would certainly be checking the Vcore it decides to use in case its too much.

caveman OCUK · 2 Sep 2013 at 21:57

Thanks, reckon i can run it as a 24/7 overclock? And ill use it then post the voltages etc it used back here?

stulid · 2 Sep 2013 at 22:03

Sure, the oc genie will take your chip to 4ghz i think, thats not that high.

Something Else · 2 Sep 2013 at 22:31

isn't 4ghz just 200mhz above the boost clock anyway? just set base clock to 100mhz and turn the multiplyer up to 40 will give you a stable 4ghz surely?

Volts wise i would be very surprised if you needed more than stock at 4ghz tbh, the only way you would is if the chip is a horrible clocker.

caveman OCUK · 2 Sep 2013 at 22:40

So just jump straight in for a 40 multiplier? IM new iv just built my first pc and don't really want to be clear cmos ing or reinstalling windows, itll be multiplier overclock onley, i know there's a sticky but that's FSB over clocking, thanks for your help so far