Preparing for Overclock

[Meloco]

Hi guys,

Just bought my new system and wondering if anyone with a similar setup can give me some advice on overclocking it when it arrives? I've read a few stickys on the CPU and in this part of the forum. If anyone has any screenshots they can share from another thread or just text based settings I can use I'd greatly appreciate it.

spec:

Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68

thanks

 

[Meloco]

I started by copying the settings in these screenshots

I would take screenshots of my settings for you but it's still work in progress and im not at home. Maybe someone else will

Slack

If you do take screenshots of your system settings please let me know ...

thanks for the replies.

 

[Meloco]

Can do. It won't be until the weekend though...

That sounds fine to me, I've been looking on youtube throughout the day and managed to find this guy:

about the only one in English and explains in part what to do and why. I still feel like there is more to overclocking the boards than that though...


Did you jump straight into a 4ghz+ overclock or did you start off small? I'm wondering if I go straight for 4.5ghz it's going to fry the chip !