Newish to overclocking

Soldato
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I havnt overclocked my PC since i had an i7 920, and i just followed some step by step instructions without really knowing what i was doing, but i had it stable at 3.8ghz.

Anyway, I have a i7 8700k with 16gb of the RAM below, on a Gigabyte Z370n motherboard.

Is this all good enough to overclock, where do i start , is my RAM fast enough, good enough. is it worth while? its currently on a 360 AIO cooler


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £98.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​
 
ive just followed this video used the same settings and windows booted with CPU at 5ghz idling between 42 and 45 degrees. whats best to test it? CPUZ?

 
CPU goes to 92 - 100 using CPUz stress, is this too high? do i need to check the thermal paste
 
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