How safe is overclocking an i5 4690k?

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I have an i5 4690k, and would like to overclock it (from 3.5Ghz to 4.2Ghz) but I was wondering how safe it is? I have heard that it is essentially a lottery and depends on your chip. I have good cooling (Two 120mm fans with a Noctua NH-D14) so that isnt my main concern. Is there any way of seeing if my chip is good for OCing? What software should I use?
 
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Z97 motherboards are GREAT for overclocking. As long as you have ample cooling, which you do, you should have NO problem overclocking it to 4.2 GHz :) Happy Overclocking!
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Intel made the "K" variant intended for overclocking.
The only caveat is that the level of overclock available is variable so Intel can not guarantee any level of performance.
Some chips do better than others.
The key is to not exceed a safe vcore voltage. That would be 1.30v.
With most chips, you should reach your 4.2 objective.
Your NH-D14 is as good as it gets for cooling.
Most chips will run into the Vcore limit long before thermal throttling is an issue.

I test with OCCT. It uses a instruction set more typical of what you will use while gaming. It will shut down the test if temperatures reach 85c.
Simply gradually raise the multiplier and see how you do. Stop when you reach a vcore of 1.30v or temperatures reach 85c.
In normal use, you will not reach those limits.

Later, you should probably use speedstep(C1e) to allow the multiplier and voltage to be reduced when there is no load on the cpu.
CPU-Z is a nice way to monitor that.
 
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Z97 motherboards are GREAT for overclocking. As long as you have ample cooling, which you do, you should have NO problem overclocking it to 4.2 GHz :) Happy Overclocking!
 
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