New to OC'ing

Kenjiin · 24 Feb 2013 at 04:01

Heya

I will be getting my new i5 3570K this week and putting together my new comp. I wanted to overclock my CPU to atleast 4.3 (4.3-4.5) but have no idea where to start and am terrified of breaking something lol.

Firstly I need a cooler, but I don't have a lot left in the budget

Is there anything out there for around £30 that would allow me to overclock to about 4.3ghz safely? If not then I guess I'll just buy the retail version cpu and leave it at 3.4 on the stock fan for a while

But I really wanted to get it going for gaming.

Any tips or suggestions on cooler? My board is the Asus P8Z77-V LX, a friend has the same board and said it was fairly easy to overclock with, but unfortunately he doesn't live close by and I feel like I'm going to blow something up

Thanks!

On Holiday · 24 Feb 2013 at 04:28

Save up more money! £60-£80 would get you a great cooler i.e. Corsair H100/H110, Phanteks PH-TC14PE, Megahalems etc

Smoogels · 24 Feb 2013 at 10:32

No need for a expensive cooler if you are only doing a mild overclock.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-CM&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2341

I have that one on a 3570K and at 4.2GHz I get to about 60C in prime95. At 4.4GHz it's around 68-70c in prime. It performs very well for it's price

LtMatt · 24 Feb 2013 at 12:16

Kenjiin set up your trust so i can send you an email.

Kenjiin · 24 Feb 2013 at 13:54

I don't see any options labeled with trust, but I've accepted your friend request

does that help?

Rubicant · 24 Feb 2013 at 14:18

My friend has the same setup more or less. He s on 4ghz using the stock intel cooler. Sooo anything above 4.0, need to consider thirdy party cooler.
You should easily achieve 4.2 by simply adjusting cpu multiplier (x42.) Anything above that (4.3-4.5) may need a vcore tweak (1.2~1.24). Follow this up with some stress testing while keeping an eye on temperatures
to confirm that system is stable.

If you really want to save money for time being, perhaps even consider
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=

Anything (Even below £20) is gonna be better than stock intel fan. I beleive that for your setup and OC target, spending more than £35 on a cooler is overkill.

"Trust" button is bottom right corner of a persons post

LtMatt · 24 Feb 2013 at 15:06

Kenjiin said:
I don't see any options labeled with trust, but I've accepted your friend request does that help?

Check your email.

VIPER258 · 24 Feb 2013 at 15:50

Phanteks PH-TC14PE if your going for large overclock or if not then go for the Hyper 212 evo.

Raikiri · 25 Feb 2013 at 00:42

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-102-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=

This would be my choice, Thermalright make great coolers and it will likely outperform the cheaper all in one water coolers whilst being quieter.