PC Noob looking to overclock a I5 4690k

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EmperorCrumpet

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hey, im looking to overclock my cpu stated above and was wondering what the max overclock I could do with the H100i corsair cooler as I'd kinda like to get to 4.5 ghz. Also I read on another forum that there's something wrong with the Z87 motherboard or something that effects the i5 can anyone elaborate on this???

my specs:


CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87-D3HP
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1866mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB
Case: Fractal Design ARC Midi R2
PSU: 650W Corsair VS





 
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Wyoming is right, every overclock is an experimental procedure. The good news is the speed your going for is generally fairly common for OCers to hit on that series of i5. The bad news is you may want to aim for something a little less for your first OC. Try for about 4.2GHz, run for a few days on that and monitor how stable your voltages are and your temps while you game and stress it to be sure they stay at safe levels. If after a few days you haven't had any lock ups or random glitches/shutdowns/artifacts or anything else, bump it up a little. I generally aim for very little voltage variation, and 65 deg C max before I stop. Adding more speed and voltage beyond that for 100 to 200 MHz is not really worth it IMO.

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Wyoming is right, every overclock is an experimental procedure. The good news is the speed your going for is generally fairly common for OCers to hit on that series of i5. The bad news is you may want to aim for something a little less for your first OC. Try for about 4.2GHz, run for a few days on that and monitor how stable your voltages are and your temps while you game and stress it to be sure they stay at safe levels. If after a few days you haven't had any lock ups or random glitches/shutdowns/artifacts or anything else, bump it up a little. I generally aim for very little voltage variation, and 65 deg C max before I stop. Adding more speed and voltage beyond that for 100 to 200 MHz is not really worth it IMO.

This also depends on your power supply, motherboard, and RAM. When you build a system with overclocking in mind it is always best to pick parts known to be good for it.
 
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