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High_Monk

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so i got a i5 7600k behing cooled with a 212 evo in a z270 mortar motherboard and i never overclocked before, how far can i overclock and how should i do it? if someone can help me out or send me some tuturial links would be perfect cause i dont want to ruin my brand new pc but i dont wana leave it in stock either cause i want to use my system full potential
 
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First thing, there is always a chance that your CPU degrades from overclocking. I have had two cases of CPU degradation, one was a 6600k the other a 2600k. What happens is that the CPU that was completely stable with a particular voltage and core clock will start becoming unstable and requires either more voltage or less frequency.

Second, make sure you actually need and can notice that performance gain before overclocking, unless you do the overclocking for the fun of it. For example, if you game and have a gtx 1060 with a 60hz monitor, chances are that you won't see any benefit from overclocking the CPU.

Third, since this is your first time, I would take a look at intel's XTU software. It is a very powerful tool with basic and...
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danielthegreate

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First thing, there is always a chance that your CPU degrades from overclocking. I have had two cases of CPU degradation, one was a 6600k the other a 2600k. What happens is that the CPU that was completely stable with a particular voltage and core clock will start becoming unstable and requires either more voltage or less frequency.

Second, make sure you actually need and can notice that performance gain before overclocking, unless you do the overclocking for the fun of it. For example, if you game and have a gtx 1060 with a 60hz monitor, chances are that you won't see any benefit from overclocking the CPU.

Third, since this is your first time, I would take a look at intel's XTU software. It is a very powerful tool with basic and advanced overclocking options and has benchmark and stress test as well.

If you decided to go ahead with it, here is a good place to start for beginners:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking-intel-processors.html

And this is a more advanced video guide, 7600k is pretty much the same as 6600k so the information applies:
https://youtu.be/CV-J2TU08Qk

Have fun!
 
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adamscurr

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Hi Monk,

So overclocking is really fun in my opinion. I am totally a noob compared to some of the experts here, but I'll give you my two cents...

So there are a lot of guides around, so I won't go into details exactly how to OC... I'll tell you my philosophy which has so far kept me good with first a fx 8350 and then a I7 6700k... Bump up things slowly and take your time... OCing is a fun experience so don't rush it... See what your system can do. Dedicate a Saturday to it... :)

Also, don't go nuts... Yes push it from time to time, but setting on a really stable OC that backed off a little of what is crazy for your system. My I7 can push over 5 ghz (stable, but higher voltage than I'm comfortable with) but I choose to run a much lower voltage at 4.6 for longevity's sake... Occasionally I push it up for benchmarking and such, but on a day to day usage, the difference is not a big deal... Point being, find something you are comfortable with...

Hope that helps...

Adam

 
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