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Jake_Green

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This will be my first time Overclocking. I have done a bit of research on OCing and have a basic idea of how to do it. First I'd like to add that this is going to be in a very budget machine. I should have very decent Air flow 5x case fan. Decent cable management. However for the first month of having the machine I will be using the stock cooler. Is it a bad idea to try to OC, even slightly, with a stock cooler? What do you think I could get out of a OC with this processor(with a stock cooler and with a aftermarket one)? With a stable Overclock how much stress will i be putting on my APU? Will it significantly reduce the life of my APU? Also, my mobo has OC Genie II. Is this a stable program to try and OC with?

Any other tips, tricks, or advice is also greatly appreciated. Again this is my first time so I'd like to dive into it as prepared as possible.

Cheers,
Jake
 
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Blimey! I thought I had copy/pasted it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckeAmnDeTk

Anyway, the Xigmatek Gaia is a good cooler. When it goes on sale for $25 bucks, it's a great recommend. It often trades punches with the Hyper 212 EVO, which is often the go-to recommend for coolers on this site.

As for the airflow set-up, it depends on where the fans are. As a general rule, the top half of the case you want as exhaust, and the bottom half you want as intake.
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I would not attempt to overclock without an aftermarket cooling solution.

As long as you keep your APU within acceptable voltage and temperature levels, you shouldn't have to worry about reducing the practical life of your hardware.

Overclocking is best, and most stable, through the BIOS.

This was a pretty good walk-through for overclocking. It won't be exactly the same for you, but all the settings should still be there, just perhaps named slightly different. Take your time, familiarize yourself with your BIOS, and take things so and easy.
 
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just wait, its not worth it. plus if you use it for a month at stock first, then start OC'ing you will actually be able to feel/tell if there was a performance gain (vs OC right out the box). in the meantime, save bookmarks for all the guides that are relevant to your CPU for future use
 
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I ordered all my parts tonight and ending up getting a XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler. I checked out lots of reviews on it. Professional and user. Seems like a great cooler. It had some good benchmark temps at idle, full load, and overclocked and I'm going to be run a micro ATX board inside of a full tower case with this cooler and 5x case fans. I was thinking 3x intake and 2x exhaust. What do you guys think? Plus this cooler. I think this set up is going to be able to get a great Overclock.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233082
 
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I'm not seeing a link for a "good walk-through for overclocking". Mind relinking it? I could find my own, but if you have one that you would suggest I'd rather look at that one.
Thanks bud.
 
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Blimey! I thought I had copy/pasted it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckeAmnDeTk

Anyway, the Xigmatek Gaia is a good cooler. When it goes on sale for $25 bucks, it's a great recommend. It often trades punches with the Hyper 212 EVO, which is often the go-to recommend for coolers on this site.

As for the airflow set-up, it depends on where the fans are. As a general rule, the top half of the case you want as exhaust, and the bottom half you want as intake.
 
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Yup, $23 for the Xigmatek Gaia on sale. I couldn't pass it up. It seems like they are putting out a lot of really quality coolers and I love the looks of them too. It's gonna look dope in my new rig.

I am going to have a 140mm intake on the front bottom. A 140mm intake on the side, bottom right. A 140mm intake on the lower back (about half way up the case), but this is the one that I am debating on whether I should make as a exhaust or not. A 140mm exhaust on the upper back. And lastly a 120mm exhaust on the top of the case. All will be LED's. :) 4x blue LED and 1x green LED. Wish I could have had 1 more green LED and a red LED mixed in, but I already had 4x blue so it'll look great anyway. SO EXCITING! haha
 
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I'll probably just try both and run some tests to see which one keeps my case cooler. I watched that Youtube on Overclocking too and it is really simple. Any reasonably intelligent person can do it without even having experience. Thanks again for the link though.
 
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