Overclockers to the Rescue?

[CrabCrust]

After posting in the Upgrade thread and concluding that it might not be worth doing it yet it was recommended that I consider Overclocking.

My problem is that I have zero idea of what I need to do or anything like it.

I have the following -

- 16gb (4x4) Corsair Vengeance (https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categ...l-Channel-DDR3-Memory-Kit/p/CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R)

- i7 2600k
- Gigabye GA-Z68XP-UD3
- Coolmaster 212 Evo

I don’t want my machine to make me breakfast in the morning but after running a benchmark on UserBenchmarks it says my spec is nearly 50% down on what others have of m same spec.

So is anyone willing to give me a little talk through of what I could do to give my machine a little boost?

 

[CrabCrust]

https://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/Gigabyte Sandy Bridge Overclocking Guide.pdf

would be a good starting point, although I'm sure a few others will be able to post more details regarding what voltages and speeds you are likely to expect

Much appreciated! Always been scared to do something like this but feel I’m in safe hands. I’ll read that tonight and maybe in the meantime some others are happy to throw tips and suggestions

 

[CrabCrust]

Is it specific mainly to my motherboard or CPU?

 

[CrabCrust]

Any ideas where I can find this calculator? And do I need much knowledge on what settings to enter? Again I'm completely useless with this and wouldn't know where to start.