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Ruwuhh

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Hey guys, I have an i7 4790k at stock speeds on a H110i GT water cooler. I know this cpu is great for overclocking with what I've researched before i purchased it a year and a half ago. Im now looking to overclock it to get better performance but i have no idea where to start. I don't want to fry my cpu
I've looked up multiple videos but i still don't understand what to do first. If anyone can help or send me a guide on how to do it that would be great.
 
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Starting at 40x is just so you can find a good baseline to start overclocking with voltage like you said.
Make sure to have your motherboard updated to the latest firmware, you can download it from the MSI website.
The bios should have 6 different tabs to select, 3 on each side, and one of them should say OC. That is where you will find all of the cpu voltage and multiplier settings.

Also with testing, I normally do 5 minutes on XTU and then I do the benchmark as well on XTU to test short term stability. To test the true stability, youll want to run XTU stress test for about 2 hours
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So to start overclocking, youll need stress test software and temperature monitoring software, I recommend Intel XTU for stress testing and HWMonitor for temps.

Now go into your BIOS and go to the overclocking settings

Set your Multiplier to 40x and set your voltage to 1v
Now try to boot into Windows, if successful, stress test the system and check temps. If the system does not crash, return to the bios and set the multiplier to 41x, try booting into windows, if successful, run stress test and check temps.
Once system becomes unstable, add 0.025v to the CPU Core until stable again.
Rinse and repeat until you have your max/desired overclock.

Rule of thumb with the 4790K, do not go over 1.3volts on the core to make sure the chip lasts a long time.
Always try to keep temperatures under 80c. Everyone has different preferences on temperatures, I personally do not like to go above 75c which was why I didnt keep 5ghz on my 4790k was because the max temp was around 77c and my voltage was 1.42v.

Id personally recommend that you try to keep it in the low 70s for a good 24/7 overclock.


Hope this helps, hopefully you have a great overclocker, mines 4.7ghz at 1.25v so lets see if yours is better ;)

Remember, all chips overclock differently so your temps will be different than others and you may not be able to get a good overclock. But chances are youll manage 4.7ghz while staying under 1.3v
 
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Ruwuhh

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Why start at 40x if the stock clock is 4.00 Ghz, Is it to see if it can handle it with a lower voltage then normal ? . And also i cant seem to find where to adjust values in the bios. My mother board is the MSI z97 g55 SLI. One more thing, how long should i be stress testing the system after i make adjustments ? Sorry im kinda new to this stuff lol
 
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Starting at 40x is just so you can find a good baseline to start overclocking with voltage like you said.
Make sure to have your motherboard updated to the latest firmware, you can download it from the MSI website.
The bios should have 6 different tabs to select, 3 on each side, and one of them should say OC. That is where you will find all of the cpu voltage and multiplier settings.

Also with testing, I normally do 5 minutes on XTU and then I do the benchmark as well on XTU to test short term stability. To test the true stability, youll want to run XTU stress test for about 2 hours
 
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