Preparing for Overclock

Meloco · 5 Oct 2011 at 16:36

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

pgi947 · 5 Oct 2011 at 19:43

Fairly sure there was an overclocking guide for the E4G3 floating about here somewhere, I think its in a review thread.

Slackjaw190 · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:24

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

Meloco · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:43

Slackjaw190 said:
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.

Slackjaw190 · 5 Oct 2011 at 22:03

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

thanks for the replies.

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

Meloco · 5 Oct 2011 at 22:40

Slackjaw190 said:
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:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e04-5hjk-I&feature=related

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 !

Slackjaw190 · 5 Oct 2011 at 23:10

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e04-5hjk-I&feature=related

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 !

I went 4GHz ran 10 cycles of intelburn, got bored and went to 4.5. You cant really go too wrong if you keep and eye on your temps and to start with I wouldnt go above 1.35v

You cant always try the preset overclocks if you're not confident to start with.