Intel G3258 - ASUS H87- How Do I Overclock?

Hi!

I just got the Pentium G3258 and I want to overclock it to 4 or 4.2 GHz with the stock cooler.

I have an ASUS H87I-Plus motherboard, and I have looked and looked in the BIOS for overclocking settings, and I cannot find anything to change the multiplier.

Where can I do this, and how far should I overclock?

Thank you!
 
Oh I think I got it!

It just took a bit more looking, the settings were buried a bit.

Should I "Sync All Cores" or "Per Core" for the multipier?

I have no idea what I am talking about when it comes to these technical overclocking terms.

Thanks again!
 


You're good, no harm done. I should've just bought a Z97 motherboard in the first place anyway.

Thanks for the help guys! I will use tutorials to help with the actual overclocking now.
 


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I once clocked it up to 4.2 GHz, but only very briefly. Idle temps were about 40C range (memory is kind of vague) and within 30 seconds of starting a stress test, it crashed. It was hitting almost 90C. I think it was at 1.2 volts, but I really don't remember. Obviously, way too hot and 4.2 was too much.

I'm not much of an overclocker, so most of the time I just left it at 3.8 GHz, but I got it to run stably at 4 GHz and go through stress tests. Again, voltage I believe was 1.2. Idle temps were about 38-40C and it sometimes spiked up to 80 C in stress tests. Not recommended, but for a $60 CPU and a stock cooler, it is was a respectable performance bump!

Since then, I dumped the G3258 for an i5-4590 just so I have the four cores for 'future-proofing,' so I can't help you by testing more.

Remember in all of these, I am very inexperienced with overclocking, and I could have been doing something wrong. If you have a real Z97/Z87 motherboard, or if you do more research than me, I'm sure you can find some tips and ways to overclock to run it cooler at higher frequencies. Heck, i'd start my own thread just asking for tips on the G3258!