Completely New To Overclocking... Wanna help? Nah? Alright... Thanks anyway!

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EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 650W
ASUS ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboard Z97-E/USB 3.1
Intel Core BX80646I74790K i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
Crucial MX100 512 GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Solid State Drive CT512MX100SSD1
WD Green 2TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5-inch, SATA 6 Gb/s, IntelliPower, 64MB Cache WD20EZRX
ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 970 Overclocked 4 GB DDR5 256-bit DisplayPort HDMI 2.0 DVI-I Graphics Card
Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 4 x 8GB DDR3 2400MHz C11 Memory Kit (CMY32GX3M4A2400C11R)
Corsair Vengeance Series Black C70 Mid Tower Computer Case (CC-9011016-WW)

No additional cooling. Only the 4 fans in the case, CPU fan and 2 GPU fans (that I don't think have ever spun...)

Not interested in going TOO crazy and dealing with blowing stuff up... Just wondering if I can bump up things a bit and still safely operate.

If you are so totally awesome and want to help... Please remember that I'm super fresh at this and would need to know what to adjust in BIOS. I tried the "EZ Tuning Wizard" and I just had to remove the MOBO battery to boot again (thank you for that solution, forum :D )

Anyway... Here's my message in a bottle... If you want to be rad and offer a hand, I won't stop ya :)
 
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It is really easy to overclock, asus motherboards usually have a nice bios to. Just lookup any youtube video with asus motherboard of overclocking (with any CPU) just so you can see which page you will be looking at. From there its very simple, you just change the CPU Core ratio and voltage. A safe point to start off would be 4.4-4.5 @ 1.300v, if this is stable (NO BLUE SCREENS) you then have 2 options, back the voltage down, or up the speed.

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It is really easy to overclock, asus motherboards usually have a nice bios to. Just lookup any youtube video with asus motherboard of overclocking (with any CPU) just so you can see which page you will be looking at. From there its very simple, you just change the CPU Core ratio and voltage. A safe point to start off would be 4.4-4.5 @ 1.300v, if this is stable (NO BLUE SCREENS) you then have 2 options, back the voltage down, or up the speed.
 
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