overclock help

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    Question Core 2 system overclocking help

    Hello all, Some time ago, my grandfather passed away and I was left his old computer. I have tinkered with the overclocking for the past 6ish years but my knowledge of the subject is quite limited, and the forums I combed through for information either end up on a cliffhanger or the final image...
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    Question 9700k wont go above 1.35v

    I recently got a 9700k and had it at 5GHZ on all cores then updated the bios and it will set to 1.37v and the bios says thats what it is running at but XTU and dragon center say it isnt going above 1.35 which causes BSOD on benchmark. if i set the Vcore to auto in bios it will go up to 1.4 but...
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    Will upgrading CPU help with steam link?

    Hello, I have a very old CPU Intel Core Duo E8500 @ 3.16 GHz and ASUS P5Q Pro motherboard. Streaming on steam link to my bedroom tv is very slow with slow encoding always displayed when 'Display Performance Metrics' is set. I am playing strategy games like XCOM so my desktop computer as such...
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    Overclocking the i7 2600K - Voltage opinions

    Hello, have been using this processor for a year at stock speeds. Decided to overclock and got a stable 4.5GHz at an offset voltage of +0.025V on a Asus Sabertooth Z77 board. Stock temperature is around 32-35 C ; When running Intel Burn Test at max stress; the temp shoots upto 75 C max. Air...
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    Tools like SetFSB for Windows 8.1

    I have a proprietary motherboard which means I can't overclock through BIOS, back on Windows 7, I used SetFSB to overclock to 3GHz. Unfortunately on 7, my graphics drivers crashed, so I upgraded to 10. 10 ran awfully so I then went to 8.1. Unfortunately, SetFSB doesn't work on Windows 8.1, so...
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    unable to overclock

    Rig: Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V-PRO Cpu: i7- 3770k Gpu: Nvidia GTX 670 FTW Ram: Trident X 16GB (F3-2400C10D-16GTX) https://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c10d-16gtx Os: Windows 7 Pro 64 Cooling: Watercooled Programs: Core temp, Cpu-z, Prime95 link used \video ...
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    Over Clocking Help!

    Hi guys, Im trying to overclock my i5-4690k, other hardware i have includes a gtx970, corsair h100i cooler, cx600m power supply and two hard drives. I also have the z97-ar motherboard. At First i tried setting the over clock at 4.0 giga hertz and 1.3 volts. which i thought would be more than...