How to safely overclock 6700k?

KindaHardcoreGamer · Dec 29, 2016

I want to overclock my 6700k as much as possible without hurting its lifespan in the long run. However I'm new to overclocking and don't know what voltages are safe and what voltages will damage the CPU (and what voltages work with what clock speeds). I hope to get at least a few more years out of this thing. Is there any guides that can help me with this? Thanks

mcnumpty23 · Dec 29, 2016

first thing before overclocking

is do you have adequate cooling?

KindaHardcoreGamer · Dec 29, 2016

mcnumpty23 :

I have a decent air cooler. At stock (my CPU auto-overclocks itself to 4.16 GHz), I never see my temps go above 65ish degrees in core temp at full load (tested with prime95).

mcnumpty23 · Dec 30, 2016

start with just increasing the multiplier see how high that gets you

after that reaches as far as it can increase cpu voltage a little at a time--how high you put core voltage is up to you--1.4v is as far as i would go even with a very good air cooler and thats only if temps stay ok--but i would try to stay in the 1.3v to 1.35v area as long as temps are ok

once you get to a certain point that alone wont do it and you need to start tweaking other stuff to wring the last little bit out of it if you want to push it to the limit--which with an air cooler you might not want to any way

KindaHardcoreGamer · Dec 30, 2016

mcnumpty23 :

how exactly do i do this safely? in my BIOS correct? I have an asus motherboard if that gives you any idea of what the bios is like. I just want to make sure im doing this right.

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