Want to overclock, some noob questions first

[zijin_cheng]

I have a 3570k with stock fan, and I want to OC to 4GHz at stock voltage. Shouldn't be a problem for stock fan right?

Right now, my idle temps are 24-28Celsius, and gaming temps at 58-60C. I'm assuming thats normal for this CPU?

I want to OC, and I can do it in the BIOS as well as afterburner etc etc?

Oh and finally, OCing GPU is exactly the same right?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Change mulitply to 40

 

[borisvodofsky]

well you may consider other mother tweaks as well to really get optimum stability, because default autodetect isn't perfect

 

[zijin_cheng]

I guess what I was asking about was given my temps without OC, what temps could I expect with the same stock cooler if OCed to 4.0GHz?

Also, can I OC not using BIOS? also do I have to use the BIOS?

is GPU overclockinh the exact same as CPU?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

gpu overclock is easy.
install msi afterburner and move the sliders

 

[Wnh5001]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2014496

check that thread out. i think it answers your question. I believe its a combination of the cpu speed and voltage.

 

[zijin_cheng]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2014496

check that thread out. i think it answers your question. I believe its a combination of the cpu speed and voltage.

no I already know kind of the concept of overclocking increasing multipliers until u can't then increasing the voltage, I was just wondering about the questions in my OP

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Afterburner=GPU only
its completely seperate from CPU overclocking
The bios is for CPU overclocking only (and memory overclocking)
those temps are normal

 

[zijin_cheng]

Ok exactly what I wanted to hear, even though I know GPUs can be OCed on desktop, CPUs can't troublesome

And normal temps!!! Yay!!