OC i7-4790K - do I have sufficient hardware?

[Tomas1020]

Hello everybody!

I have bought an Intel Core i7-4790K into a year old PC. It initially had an i5-4590 3,3 GHz. Wasn't enough for MS Flight Simulator X.

These are my current specs:
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary
GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX 960 2GB OC
RAM: Kingston 8GB HyperX Fury (2x4GB)
PSU: Seasonic 450W Gold
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus
CPU: well, like i said, i have i7-4790K coming
Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 103 (this is where I'm concerned the most)
SSD: Kingston HyperX Fury 250 GB (this is where only Windows and Flight Simulator with add-ons are installed)
HDD: basic WD 1 TB

The simulator is very CPU demanding, therefore I think that I will need to overclock it. I have never overclocked any CPU before so I'm a total newbie. But I will do research about it . My goal is to hit 5 GHz or at least come as close to it as possible.

My question for you is, is this build good enough? Especially the cooler. Is it safe to test it first and if I see that it's not, then change it? Or will the CPU be in immediate danger?

If the cooler isn't sufficient, which one would you recommend? Air or water? Please keep in mind that I'm a student, not a millionaire (yet ).

Thank you very much for any tip!

Tomas

 

[CTurbo]

No your H97 motherboard does not support overclocking. The i7 already runs at 4.4ghz turbo speed though. Don't worry about it.

 

[faalin]

The ASRock H97 Anniversary is no able to overclock you would need a Z97 board to do that.

 

[Tomas1020]

Oh, that's a bummer. I was looking forward to it. I should have bought i7-4790, without "K", right?

 

[CTurbo]

I should have bought i7-4790, without "K", right?

No not necessarily. The 4790k still has a 400mhz clock advantage over the regular 4790. Consider it "pre-overclocked" already.

 

[Tomas1020]

At least something And how does that work? It runs at 4.0 GHz and when it's not enough, it automatically introduces the additional 400 MHz? Or can I force it manually to run all the time?

And about the cooler, will it be sufficient to run this CPU at stock?

 

[CTurbo]

Yes that's pretty much how turbo works, and no you can't force it with that motherboard. Yes the stock cooler is fine.