Hello all, just ordered my new computer with an i5 2500k processor and an Asrock P67 Pro3 motherboard.
I am interested in overclocking but have never done it before, am I seriously limiting the life of my system by overclocking and what are the risks involved if you are being careful?
The mobo has a new style BIOS interface and in a review I read it has an automatic overclocker where you use a slider to select the GHz you want and then it creates a stable overclock at that level which is ready for your next boot, is this safe? does it automatically up the voltage running through your cpu / board and is this a bad thing if so?
The case for this build is a NZXT lexa S with its 4 stock fans (front, read, side and top) and the cooler is a coolermaster TX3.
With my cooling in mind what is a good overclock to aim for, I do not want anything ungodly, just something to give me a bit more performance (no idea if I will even want / need more performance yet as at the moment running on an intel dual core e2220)
Thanks for any tips and advice.
Einholt
I am interested in overclocking but have never done it before, am I seriously limiting the life of my system by overclocking and what are the risks involved if you are being careful?
The mobo has a new style BIOS interface and in a review I read it has an automatic overclocker where you use a slider to select the GHz you want and then it creates a stable overclock at that level which is ready for your next boot, is this safe? does it automatically up the voltage running through your cpu / board and is this a bad thing if so?
The case for this build is a NZXT lexa S with its 4 stock fans (front, read, side and top) and the cooler is a coolermaster TX3.
With my cooling in mind what is a good overclock to aim for, I do not want anything ungodly, just something to give me a bit more performance (no idea if I will even want / need more performance yet as at the moment running on an intel dual core e2220)
Thanks for any tips and advice.
Einholt