First ever overclock - advice needed!

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Just about to do my first ever overclock, the reason for this is my PC is struggling with Player Unkown: Battlegrounds and I have been told the beta isnt properly using GPU yet and is mainly CPU heavy.

Asus P8P61-PRO
Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz
Hyper V 212 CPU Cooler

Is my system suitable for this, from what I have read my cooler should be fine?

Also what speed do people recommend going to? I dont want to push it to its absolute max and risk it blowing up in a few months ha.
 
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My son's 2600k is running at 4.8 Ghz for 6+ years (max core = 75C/ w/ Thermalright Silver Arow)... I don't think that I still have a listing of BIOS settings as he installed new drives recently. Ther Hyper 212 is a "good cooler for the money" with the major emphasis being on the last 3 words. It is a great cooler for the money, it is not a great cooler in the tanks of the best available. If you want the best performance, you'll need a NH-D-15, Cryorig R1 Ultimate, Phanteks PH-TC14PE ... don't waste ya time with CLCs.

For overclocking advice, I'd look at the overclocking threads for Sandy bridge over on overclock.net One linked below

http://www.overclock.net/t/910467/the-ultimate-sandy-bridge-oc-guide-p67a-ud7-performance-review
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My son's 2600k is running at 4.8 Ghz for 6+ years (max core = 75C/ w/ Thermalright Silver Arow)... I don't think that I still have a listing of BIOS settings as he installed new drives recently. Ther Hyper 212 is a "good cooler for the money" with the major emphasis being on the last 3 words. It is a great cooler for the money, it is not a great cooler in the tanks of the best available. If you want the best performance, you'll need a NH-D-15, Cryorig R1 Ultimate, Phanteks PH-TC14PE ... don't waste ya time with CLCs.

For overclocking advice, I'd look at the overclocking threads for Sandy bridge over on overclock.net One linked below

http://www.overclock.net/t/910467/the-ultimate-sandy-bridge-oc-guide-p67a-ud7-performance-review
 
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Thanks for the advise will have a look at that - just been told theres a patch which will fix my issue. However I think when i get a better cooler I will overclock it as always fancied doing it. 6 years overclocked is impressive from what I hear overclocking tends to wear down processors quicker - not in your case!

Would you recommend those coolers over a water cpu cooler?
 
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