Safe CPU Overclock

Filip66

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Hello, want to ask about safe CPU overclock, and by safe I mean SAFE!
My components are:
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Asus Z87-k motherboard
i5 4670-k 4core
24gb ram Kingston (2×4 1600mhz hyperx red and 2×8 1866 mhz hyperx fury black)
700w power supply
Cooler Master Hyper 212 + Evo
Nvidia Asus gtx 660 2gb OC edition
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So what do you think? Is my cooler cool enough to provide safe temperatures for cpu and remain relatively silent? Iam not clocking nerd, never done such a thing before, thats why Iam writing this, to get some useful info. I've done some research, but Iam still not very confident about it, cause I dont want to mess it up. Pc is working just fine, cpu temp. never exceeded 60°C, not even 55°C I think, even when I was gaming over 2 hours.

Also I have to remark, before I buy those two 8gb kingston hyperx fury, I've got total 12gb ram in pc, so I remove 2×2 kingston and istall 2×8 instead and left there 2×4. When I turned on pc, its just keep reseting, not even screen turned on. So I remove 16 gb hyperx fury, left only 8 gb, turned system on and everything booted up smoothly. So I opened up google and start searching what the problem could be. In short, I have to change vram frequency in bios from auto to 1866 mhz, then, pc booted up normally to this day, no problems at all. So this was the only thing I have ever changed in bios in order to be able turn on pc normally. Also "in not too distant future", I am thinking about purchasing Asus gtx strix 1060 6gb OC graphic card, so maybe I wont need clocking cpu at all, but any useful info is welcome.

These are my current ram:

Kingston hyperx red 8gb
https://www.google.sk/search?site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=kJXTWMLjNMjearG7kKAK&q=kingston+hyperx+red&oq=kingston+hyperx+red&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3..0i19k1l2j0i8i30i19k1.1506.10962.0.11539.20.12.0.8.8.0.592.2159.0j11j5-1.12.0....0...1c.1j4.64.mobile-gws-img..0.20.2346.3..0j41.3noufTWoq1g#imgrc=qawOaLEH34_ITM:

Kingston hyperx fury black 16 gb
https://www.google.sk/search?site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=kJXTWMLjNMjearG7kKAK&q=kingston+hyperx+red&oq=kingston+hyperx+red&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3..0i19k1l2j0i8i30i19k1.1506.10962.0.11539.20.12.0.8.8.0.592.2159.0j11j5-1.12.0....0...1c.1j4.64.mobile-gws-img..0.20.2346.3..0j41.3noufTWoq1g#tbm=isch&q=kingston+hyperx+fury+black+16gb&*&imgrc=Fcki3qHUV6rAaM:
 
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There is no guaranteed "safe" o/c, some are just less extreme than others.
I have a 4690k with evo 212 and I'm 4.5Ghz @ 1.290v and I hit around max 65c in gaming. It's not the best cooler but it does good.
If you are not comfortable then I suggest not doing it but it is really simple, just time consuming.
As long as you keep it below 1.3v it's relatively safe.

Those temps are high for stock settings though so I would reapply your thermal paste before doing anything though.

harrisjb78

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There is no guaranteed "safe" o/c, some are just less extreme than others.
I have a 4690k with evo 212 and I'm 4.5Ghz @ 1.290v and I hit around max 65c in gaming. It's not the best cooler but it does good.
If you are not comfortable then I suggest not doing it but it is really simple, just time consuming.
As long as you keep it below 1.3v it's relatively safe.

Those temps are high for stock settings though so I would reapply your thermal paste before doing anything though.

 
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