My builds coming in today. I need tips.

[tryanwilliamson]

I have ordered the following and this will be my first time overclocking anything at all and I need a detailed guide doing so. One other than the sandy bridge ivy bridge guide please. It's confusing.

Here's the build!

i5 3570k ivy bridge
212 evo cooler
asrock z77 extreme 4 mobo.
EVGA gtx 770 4gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231486 is my ram
750w psu
128 gb ssd and 1 tb blue hdd

Also should I consider oc'ing the ram? Is it safe and will it make a difference?

I am aiming to OC my cpu to 4.4ghz. Need all the help I can get!


Thanks for any tips/pointers!

 

[Yuriman]

Check out this post. I have the same board/CPU so it should apply 100%. I even ran with an evo for a while, though I'm delidded and under water currently.

If I may inquire, why did you pick Ivy Bridge over Haswell? Got a screaming deal?

EDIT: Some programs that might be useful to you:

Prime95 - stability testing
Intel Burn Test - stability testing
Core Temp - temperature monitoring
CPU-Z - voltage and clock monitoring

Keep in mind that no single program can guarantee stability. If you experience odd behavior or crashes that don't exist at stock, chances are good you need to increase voltage or lower your multiplier.

 

[tryanwilliamson]

Check out this post. I have the same board/CPU so it should apply 100%. I even ran with an evo for a while, though I'm delidded and under water currently.

If I may inquire, why did you pick Ivy Bridge over Haswell? Got a screaming deal?

EDIT: Some programs that might be useful to you:

Prime95 - stability testing
Intel Burn Test - stability testing
Core Temp - temperature monitoring
CPU-Z - voltage and clock monitoring

Keep in mind that no single program can guarantee stability. If you experience odd behavior or crashes that don't exist at stock, chances are good you need to increase voltage or lower your multiplier.

I just heard ivy bridge was the very best way to go for gaming for the value you get. Should I be interested in overclocking my ram or gpu? What voltage is too high? I'm kind of scared I'm just going to fry the thing. xD

 

[Yuriman]

Haswell is slightly faster per clock than Ivy, and given the same price I'd have gone for the newer platform, but the difference is quite small. Ivy can sometimes overclock better, and if buying secondhand, can be cheaper too.

System RAM - probably not. Most RAM doesn't overclock much, if at all, and overclocking gives very little return if you're not using an integrated GPU.

GPU - probably, yes. See how far you can take it without touching voltage. I'm not familiar with safe bounds for nV cards.