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Clock up and down on the fly for media/gaming?

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  • Overclocking
  • Gaming
  • Intel i5
  • Media Center
  • MSI
September 12, 2014 8:19:51 AM

I'm getting a new rig next week, and I'm trying to decide how to set this one up. It will be my main PC taking on all roles, idle browsing, media center and gaming...etc.

My current PC does all this daily, a P55 based Lynnfield i5 750, that has been ran between 3.4-4 GHz (stock 2.66). But I have been having some issues with temps, or rather, the noise because of the cooling needed. And it being the center of all my media means I sometimes want it to be very quiet. As in very VERY quiet.

New rig will be an MSI Z97 Gaming 7 motherboard with a 4690k. 16 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz, CL9. Corsair AX 760 PSU. SanDisk Extreme II 240GB SSD. And my current GTX 670, until I decide to upgrade that. I was thinking about if I could somehow, with the standard software or something else, set it up so that I could change OC quickly between a low load mode, for ultra quiet, and a high load performance mode for gaming? Maybe this is a common thing to do now? I have never tried it though. I've just OC:ed or not, and stuck with it, more or less.

Would this be easily doable, and a good idea? Would it be smooth to set up fans to adapt to this as well (PWM ones that is, case fans can stay the same)?

Are there any technical reasons changing around the clocks/voltages on the fly constantly could be bad for the hardware? Or would it only increase lifespan, because of a lot less times on higher voltages and the lower temps?

What would I need to keep in mind when setting this up? Any settings in UEFI to look at specifically?

Anyone that could give some tips for OC:ing on the MSI Z97 platform? Or general 4690k tips... Will try to read up on it a lot this weekend, but a few quick tips never ever hurt.. Especially stuff that is usually done wrong or missed. =)

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