Real World Benefits of over-clocking?

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what are the real world benefits of over clocking my new 6700k. What can I do to minimize my risk of damage. I mainly worry about damaging the Motherboard or the video card. I highly doubt I damage the cpu... my current setup is as follows

Gigabyte Z170 G1 Gaming 7 motherboard
Intel 6700k 4.0ghz at 1.2volts
32 gigs of Micron ram
Gigabyte GTX1080
CPU Cooler is a Corsair h105i
As you can see I have pretty nice specs so really wondering would there be any benefit to boosting my clocks lets say 400-600 mhz

Also is there a good guide on toms are else where to follow for over clocking. Normally when overclock I wait till almost end of life... then just jack my cpu voltage up a bit and place a higher clock (multiplier) on the cpu! and let the cards fall where they might. At times this has worked brilliantly and other times its been lack luster results at best. I would assume doing something wrong. Though did mange to get my I5 2500k up to 5ghz and it lasted no less then 3 months 24-7 at those speeds before burning up.
 
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5ghz 2500k... :O You's cray cray.

It's better to slowly step up the multiplier until it refuses to boot/double boots/goes into recovery, then give it like +0.1V and then keep slowly stepping up the multiplier, and stress testing with Prime95 or Aida64 after every change, until EITHER:
1.) CPU hits uncomfortably high temps under load (I'd call 80C on the hottest core uncomfortably high)
2.) You've reached 1.4V VCORE
3.) Stability limits (stress tests keep crashing no matter how much more voltage you feed it)

Now back to the original question: What are the real world benefits of overclocking a CPU?

Well, the faster it can run through the things it needs to do, the faster and snappier everything seems to happen. In most games, you'll...
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5ghz 2500k... :O You's cray cray.

It's better to slowly step up the multiplier until it refuses to boot/double boots/goes into recovery, then give it like +0.1V and then keep slowly stepping up the multiplier, and stress testing with Prime95 or Aida64 after every change, until EITHER:
1.) CPU hits uncomfortably high temps under load (I'd call 80C on the hottest core uncomfortably high)
2.) You've reached 1.4V VCORE
3.) Stability limits (stress tests keep crashing no matter how much more voltage you feed it)

Now back to the original question: What are the real world benefits of overclocking a CPU?

Well, the faster it can run through the things it needs to do, the faster and snappier everything seems to happen. In most games, you'll have more consistent frametimes, and thus, more consistent framerates, with maybe the added bonus of a few extra FPS. In other workloads that are better CPU-thread-count-optimized (diction escapes me today) like Blender/Maya3D rendering or video post-processing, you may see linear decreases in time used compared to clock speed, or you may see no change at all. CUDA acceleration is a thing, after all. Every little bit helps though. If you play games including but not limited to Planetside 2, H1Z1, Arma 2/3/Dayz, or any variety of Asian fantasy MMO's based on Unreal and/or DX9, you'll likely see a linear increase in framerates across the board compared to clock speed.

Is it worth it? I see you've got an H105 and a nice motherboard. If you've got a high quality PSU as well, there's practically no reason not to overclock. Remember to keep it stable if you want it to last more than 3 months. It's better not to push a CPU up to its clock speed ceiling, only to where it's comfortable. CPU temps and motherboard VRM temps are a pretty big indicator of this.

Then comes the question: turbo overclock (dynamic voltage) or old school overclock (static voltage)? That's up to you.

Last but not least, obligatory YMMV here.
 
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Thanks and yea I know it was a bit insane to over clock it to 5ghz and honestly was expecting it to last a few days maybe a week. Fact it went 3 months blew my mind. I was shocked friend was shocked! It was funny cause I still have the chip I just couldn't make my self throw it away cause that thing was a cherry picked as they come. Sounds like over all a overclock is safe as long as I am careful and watch what I am doing the power supply I have is older but its a Thermal Take Tough power 850watt... thought its about 4-5 years old easily now maybe older then that could be going on 7-8. Perhaps I should look at replacing that before playing around with over clocking.
 
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Well, 5ghz on Intel CPU's are a feasible reality now. This new kaby lake stuff is apparently totally 5ghz-ready. Lots of reports of 5ghz+ 7700k's floating around the net lately.

You could try with your current power supply, but I'd keep a closer eye than usual on voltages and fluctuation. Of course, playing it safe (I clearly suck at doing this) would mean going out and buying a new power supply, especially if it is 7-8 years old, and made by thermaltake.
 
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