So how difficult actually is it?

[danbt]

... to take a brand new i5 2500k with an Asrock Extreme gen3 mobo, silver arrow cooler and overclock it to around 4.8ghz?

I have never overclocked before, and tbqh am overwhelmed with even the beginners guides.

Is it literally just a matter of tweaking a few values, running a benchmark and hoping for the best?

 

[danbt]

Yeh. Ive heard of these "Golden Chips" Or something. SO its completely random? Youve got no idea of what you are ordering really?

Coo. pgi947, what cooler are you using?

 

[danbt]

Right. So basically, the more voltage you pump through, hotter it gets, eventually bang if you keep going.

So the key is to get highest clock with lowest voltage?

 

[danbt]

Ok. I can see there is a beginners guide to OCing on the forum, but could anyone link me to any video guides if possible?

Cheers

 

[danbt]

Brilliant, that will really help.
Thanks