Overclocking for Dummies?

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Ok I'm really really new to the idea of overclocking so I'll be frank - I have no idea where to begin. I've read the beginners guide on the forum but tbh that confused me even more :S ... I have an i7 3770k with chill factor 3 thermal paste and a Hyper 212 EVO heatsink. My mobo is the asus p8z77-v and at the moment I'm trying to figure out where exactly im supposed to start. The begginners guide obviously assumed that you had prior knowledge (although it was probably useful to people with prior knowledge) and therefore I really didn't understand much.
From what I can understand-
High voltage = Bad
High Temp = Bad
;) and that's about it... (yh I'm a real noob)
Is there a step-by-step guide of some sort or just a collection of links that will help a true begginner to understand how to OC their CPU? Help would be really appreciated. Also is the risk of damaging the CPU enough to justify ~£20 for the intel tuning plan? Assuming I only want a moderate OC @~ 4-4.5Ghz? Would the heatsink be up for the job? Thanks for the help :)
 
To be honest, if you do not know what you are doing don't OC. But how you OC is firstly check your temps, if you are ok, you go into the BIOS and start changing things. What I do first is turn off things that you need to (like speedstep etc) and while you are there turn off things you are not using, like IDE etc.

You then see if everything still works, set the CPU voltage to what it should be and see if it is still stable. You then starting increasing the voltage and clock until you hit high temps or until you aren't stable. The essayist way to do this is to set the voltage to auto increase the clock until you can't or don't want to go any further, you then decrease the voltage as much as you can.
 
Dark Light said:
To be honest, if you do not know what you are doing don't OC. But how you OC is firstly check your temps, if you are ok, you go into the BIOS and start changing things. What I do first is turn off things that you need to (like speedstep etc) and while you are there turn off things you are not using, like IDE etc.

You then see if everything still works, set the CPU voltage to what it should be and see if it is still stable. You then starting increasing the voltage and clock until you hit high temps or until you aren't stable. The essayist way to do this is to set the voltage to auto increase the clock until you can't or don't want to go any further, you then decrease the voltage as much as you can.
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I get what your saying with the whole if you don't know how don't do it thing BUT that's exactly why im asking the question. I want to learn how to overclock and If everyone else on these forums can someone must remember what guides they looked at at the very beginning to learn the most basic rules of overclocking.
And I do understand the whole trial and error methodology that overclockers seem to use- but I don't understand how to change the values and what increments to change etc.
Bottom line- I need help :D
 
Base clock (bclk): it's set to 100. Extreme uber o/cers may edit this but you should not. I'm ny sure about ivy, bu sandy has tiny tiny wiggle room.

Cpu ratio: this number is multiplied by the base clock to give you the max turbo frequency of the cpu. So if default is '34' the cpu will operate at 3.4ghz under load. '44' will operate at 4.4 ghz under load.

Cpu vcore /core voltage. Set to auto by default. For an easy overclock you can leave this at auto and maybe reach 4.0ghz? (mileage may vary). Idk what the max reccomended volts are for ivy sorry. However, due to smaller die size and ****** TIM underneath the IHS, adding more volts over a certain threshold will cause a lot of heat.

Then you have some other voltages cpu vcciao (idk) and cpu vtt (mem controller) which you shouldn't need to change for ivy I imagine.

DRAM voltage/ frequency/timings / enable XMP profile. If you have an option to enable xmp profile then that should set up your ram to the default specs. If not, or if for some reason they are wrong (idk), manually set the voltage and the timings/freq for the ram. They will be on the back of the sticks or in the product description. '1600mhz x 8-8-8-24 @ 1.5V' for example.

In cpu settings somewhere is an option for intel speedstep. Disabling this can help keep bigger o/cs stable. I think there's another one called c1e or something too.

As for temps, not sure what the max reccomended is for ivy. But when o/ced with higher volts it gets hotter than sandy. While testing stability with prime95 I would not want temps to go over 80 personally.
 
Just read a guide I found by googling and I've begun to understand more - the multiplier is what I'll be changing to increase the overall clock speed.
BUT now I've been hearing that changing the stock thermal paste or stock cooler will VOID warranty? Is this true? And if it is does that include the intel tune protection (was thinking about getting it)?
 
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