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Hey guys,
I built my first computer about 3-4 years ago and now I feel like its time to overclock my processor for the first time. I never considered it before because in honesty, I was worried haha. So I came to this forums because its known for its best advise
Currently, my specifications are:
- Antec 300 case - (no front panel fans)
- MSI HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
- Corsair XMS3 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit
- Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366).
- ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155)
- XFX 750w PSU
- Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005)
Will these specifications be okay to begin with? I've been doing a lot of reading about overclocking and it seems to be the temperature which causes most problems. There are videos showing how to overclock hardware involving my processor and motherboard so I thought to follow the advise. I'd love to increase my processor to 4.2ghz at least.
Any advise would be appreciated as I'm new to overclocking. Its took a while for me to even consider it haha
Kind Regards
Stefan
I built my first computer about 3-4 years ago and now I feel like its time to overclock my processor for the first time. I never considered it before because in honesty, I was worried haha. So I came to this forums because its known for its best advise
Currently, my specifications are:
- Antec 300 case - (no front panel fans)
- MSI HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
- Corsair XMS3 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit
- Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366).
- ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155)
- XFX 750w PSU
- Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005)
Will these specifications be okay to begin with? I've been doing a lot of reading about overclocking and it seems to be the temperature which causes most problems. There are videos showing how to overclock hardware involving my processor and motherboard so I thought to follow the advise. I'd love to increase my processor to 4.2ghz at least
.Any advise would be appreciated as I'm new to overclocking. Its took a while for me to even consider it haha
Kind Regards
Stefan