Just overclocked for the first time ever!

[Stiffmaister]

Yea the guide is very good. i have never overclocked but with this guide i guess all could do it. alot of info about everything, best one i have found so far. hope it help some of you who wanna overclock but is new to it.

 

[Cigarjohn]

Were you able to enter the bios and increase the Vcore? Usually the Vcore moves up by 1/4 volts at a time. This will give more power to your processor and less stress on your PSU.

Peace!

 

[3vlNomad]

Were you able to enter the bios and increase the Vcore? Usually the Vcore moves up by 1/4 volts at a time. This will give more power to your processor and less stress on your PSU.

Peace!

All my tweaking was done in BIOS, I don't like using third party software to change settings. I might have set the volts too high for my 3.6 build, seeing as I increased it from 1.01 to 1.26 lol. But the main problem is with my thermal paste application. I maxed at 77C on completely stock settings while using a good heatsink w/ 2x fans on it. (NH-D14's little brother, the NH-U12P)

 

[Cigarjohn]

All my tweaking was done in BIOS, I don't like using third party software to change settings. I might have set the volts too high for my 3.6 build, seeing as I increased it from 1.01 to 1.26 lol. But the main problem is with my thermal paste application. I maxed at 77C on completely stock settings while using a good heatsink w/ 2x fans on it. (NH-D14's little brother, the NH-U12P)

Artic Silver is the best you can use on the CPU only since its very conductive. For everything else like the Videocards, MX2 or MX3 is the best on the market.

Peace!

 

[3vlNomad]

Actually according to a benchmark review of thermal pastes Arctic Silver is in the top 3, I forget which one was first but the top 3 were all pretty much equal and I've always used AS5 I just think I might have applied way too much when I set this rig up.