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Armthehobos

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I'm replacing my athlon x2 soon with a better processor and a friend is giving me a cooler. I recently upgraded my power supply and I think I'd like to take a crack at overclocking (same friend said I could likely push the new processor from its current 4 cores to the equivalent of 6).

Given the parts in the list below, would you advise overclocking? Is the cooler good enough? Will I have enough power to even entertain the idea? Any other advice? I'm aware the parts I'm going to list are older pieces; I don't use the computer enough to warrant getting anything more up to date so long as everything I have still works.

Motherboard: msi 785gtm-e45

CPU: Amd phenom ii x4 960t

PSU: evga 500w 80+

Cooling unit: CoolerMaster Hyper 212+

GPU: nvidia GeForce gt 610
 
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Overclocking I always found to be enjoyable if you know what you're doing. Since you'd be overclocking for the first time I'd be cautious so you don't accidentally blow up your CPU. That being said, the 212 Evo is a great cooler that has proven it's worth for years, my 6700k is more than happy with it. Also your psu is fine for overclocking. As for overclocking itself, it would potentially be best to overclock the bus speed a little bit then work on the base multiplier. In addition, get some stress test programs as you will be testing for stability, I personally have used Aida 64 and realbench for my best results.
Best of luck to ya!
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Overclocking isn't the same as unlocking cores, although they both can introduce instability.
You may be able to overclock a bit with your hardware. Don't expect a miracle though. That's a good cooler but I like the ones that cool the VRs as well.
What memory do you have? Your best bet will be to unlock the cores and/or raise the bus speed a bit.
 
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Overclocking I always found to be enjoyable if you know what you're doing. Since you'd be overclocking for the first time I'd be cautious so you don't accidentally blow up your CPU. That being said, the 212 Evo is a great cooler that has proven it's worth for years, my 6700k is more than happy with it. Also your psu is fine for overclocking. As for overclocking itself, it would potentially be best to overclock the bus speed a little bit then work on the base multiplier. In addition, get some stress test programs as you will be testing for stability, I personally have used Aida 64 and realbench for my best results.
Best of luck to ya!
 
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Armthehobos

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A related question while I've remembered it: my motherboard has an overclock switch directly on the board. Is anyone here familiar with how that works in relation to BIOS setting overclocking
 
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If i'm correct, it just enables a profile on the bios, while it tends to be an OK overclock, i found more success/fun out of doing a manual overclock and seeing how far you can go :)
 
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