CPU - i7 3770k
Mobo - Asus P8Z77-V LK
Heat Sink - Noctua NH-D14
I've watched videos and read guides all over the internet on OCing this CPU, but the guides I've found aren't really making that much sense to me. Some say you need to do quite a bit of work, others say you hardly need to do anything to get a stable OC. It seems to depend on your motherboard how complex or simple an OC you can get, and I guess that's where the guides are failing me.
I haven't found one single guide out there that shows me how to OC the CPU I have with the motherboard I have. I can find a few videos and forum posts, but they aren't guides. They're usually posted by someone just showing off their specs without really explaining what they did to get them, or why they had to do what they did. So that's why I'm posting here.
I would like to get between a 4.5 and 4.8 OC, depending on how cool my heat sink can keep my CPU. How do I do this with the Asus P8Z77-V LK? What is the maximum safe temperature to run my CPU at? I tried OCing it earlier today and got a blue screen, then my computer got stuck in a reboot cycle without ever making it to the POST. I fixed it, but I got a little freaked out at that point, so if anyone has experience OCing this CPU with this mobo, I would greatly appreciate some guidance in the matter.
Mobo - Asus P8Z77-V LK
Heat Sink - Noctua NH-D14
I've watched videos and read guides all over the internet on OCing this CPU, but the guides I've found aren't really making that much sense to me. Some say you need to do quite a bit of work, others say you hardly need to do anything to get a stable OC. It seems to depend on your motherboard how complex or simple an OC you can get, and I guess that's where the guides are failing me.
I haven't found one single guide out there that shows me how to OC the CPU I have with the motherboard I have. I can find a few videos and forum posts, but they aren't guides. They're usually posted by someone just showing off their specs without really explaining what they did to get them, or why they had to do what they did. So that's why I'm posting here.
I would like to get between a 4.5 and 4.8 OC, depending on how cool my heat sink can keep my CPU. How do I do this with the Asus P8Z77-V LK? What is the maximum safe temperature to run my CPU at? I tried OCing it earlier today and got a blue screen, then my computer got stuck in a reboot cycle without ever making it to the POST. I fixed it, but I got a little freaked out at that point, so if anyone has experience OCing this CPU with this mobo, I would greatly appreciate some guidance in the matter.