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When you do any overclocking there are a few things that you should to do first and that is to disable the turbo boost , because the turbo boost is aet to a certian frequency and when you overclock you will most likly go past the turbo boost settings so if the turbo boost engages then it will actually down clock the cpu. The second is to disable the Intel speed step , there are preset settings there also. Now you would be ready to over clock and the way to do that is to increase the multiplier.

The most important thing about overclocking is that you have to do it in small increments (baby steps) , you can't just go in there and crank up a number and expect it to work. Overclocking is a slow tedious process and rightfully so because...
When you do any overclocking there are a few things that you should to do first and that is to disable the turbo boost , because the turbo boost is aet to a certian frequency and when you overclock you will most likly go past the turbo boost settings so if the turbo boost engages then it will actually down clock the cpu. The second is to disable the Intel speed step , there are preset settings there also. Now you would be ready to over clock and the way to do that is to increase the multiplier.

The most important thing about overclocking is that you have to do it in small increments (baby steps) , you can't just go in there and crank up a number and expect it to work. Overclocking is a slow tedious process and rightfully so because you are dealing with an expensive piece of hardware and if you ruin the cpu oyu have to buy another , the warrenty does not cover the cpu being overclocked and if you think you can fool those people at Intel by saying "you don't know what happened it just stopped working" think again they can get that cpu and tell exactly what happened with it.

So getting back to overclocking , the best thing to do is to find some articles or sites that can walk you through step by step how to overclock and the best tool to do that is Google Search , I can't tell you how many things I am able to find by simply doing a Google Search. To give you a condensed version of how to overclock the process is basicly increasing the multiplier until Windows becomes unstable and then add a small amount of voltage (smallest amount possible) and you do have to be careful with that , then start with the multiplier again , increasing it until Windows is unstable and add some more voltage. The adding voltage is where the risky part comes in because you can fry the cpu. There are other adjustments to be made as you go further but that is how you would start out. As you can see the process is slow and tedious with going into Windows at every adjustment to verify it being stable , but the end result is a high overclock and a stable Windows.
 
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