Can I safely/Should I overclock?

oddy21

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Nov 3, 2013
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I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to overclock my CPU as a lot of people are telling me it's bottlenecking my GPU leading to lower framerates. I have liquid cooling so heat is not an issue. Can I safely do it? Also, is this "bottlenecking" my actual problem that's causing the low FPS in games like DayZ and WoW? Thank you for the help in advanced!

Specs:
-AMD FX-6200 Zambezi 3.8GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
-SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC with Boost
-COOLMAX ZU Series ZU-900B 900W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
-Asus M5 A97 Motherboard