Good Morning TH community -
I'm looking for some direction regarding my set-up and safely overclocking it - particulary opinions on how high I can go with stock CPU fan
My Set up: ( the chip/mobo are brand new)
ASUS P8Z68 VPro Gen3
i7 2600k
GTX 460 (v2) DDR5 1GB
8GB (2x4) Kingston Hyperx @ 1600
Antec HC 620W
I have AIDA 64 Extreme and use that to monitor temps/voltage and utilize the stability test.
I'm sure many of you are aware of how easy it is to OC with my mobo. While this mobo came with the ASUS II suite software, I still OC in the BIOS and do not use the software - or even have it installed.
When choosing OC mode in the BIOS, it OCs the chip up to 4.5 GHZ. Is this considered safe with the stock cpu fan? Or do they assume you have upgraded that? The reason I ask is because my cores temps get really hot, really fast (they average around 70C after a few min of the AIGA stress test). Also, after a couple hours of playing League of Legends I did get a BSOD. So I dropped the multiplier down to 4.4 and haven't seen one since. Is there any chance my PSU isn't meeting power demands?
I did look at the stickies and perhaps I missed my answer. Feel free to direct me to any posts that may help me.
Thanks in advance!
I'm looking for some direction regarding my set-up and safely overclocking it - particulary opinions on how high I can go with stock CPU fan
My Set up: ( the chip/mobo are brand new)
ASUS P8Z68 VPro Gen3
i7 2600k
GTX 460 (v2) DDR5 1GB
8GB (2x4) Kingston Hyperx @ 1600
Antec HC 620W
I have AIDA 64 Extreme and use that to monitor temps/voltage and utilize the stability test.
I'm sure many of you are aware of how easy it is to OC with my mobo. While this mobo came with the ASUS II suite software, I still OC in the BIOS and do not use the software - or even have it installed.
When choosing OC mode in the BIOS, it OCs the chip up to 4.5 GHZ. Is this considered safe with the stock cpu fan? Or do they assume you have upgraded that? The reason I ask is because my cores temps get really hot, really fast (they average around 70C after a few min of the AIGA stress test). Also, after a couple hours of playing League of Legends I did get a BSOD. So I dropped the multiplier down to 4.4 and haven't seen one since. Is there any chance my PSU isn't meeting power demands?
I did look at the stickies and perhaps I missed my answer. Feel free to direct me to any posts that may help me.
Thanks in advance!