Help checking if system allows overclocking

Hi there!

I am building a gaming pc and I am wondering if this setup will allow some overclocking...

I expect to OC the processor to ~4.5Ghz and the video card to something
near the user drydog got here what seems to be this: (Voltage 1.013, Power Target 125%, Clock Offset +88, Mem clock offset +282)

This is my rig:

- Case: Corsair 300R Carbide Black (http://www.corsair.com/carbide-series-300r-compact-pc-gaming-case.html/)

- PSU: Xfx 850W Core Edition Pro 850w P1-850s-nlb9

- Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Rr-b10-212p-gp

- GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW 4096MB (04G-P4-3687-KR) (http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-...F8&qid=1341787574&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+680+ftw)

- CPU: i5 2500k - (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354589)

- Mobo: Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard - (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0387554)

- RAM: Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Desktop RAM Kit (Two 4GB Memory Modules)
(http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0366817)

- HDD: Seagate 2 TB.

- SSD: Crucial m4 128GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" SSD with Marvell Controller (CT128M4SSD2) (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0364545)



And I am waiting for some suggestions, but for now I was thinking in adding this 4 fans here: (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103052) being two for the side panel and two for the top. Note that the case already has two built-in fans.

What do you think guys? Will I be able to reach my goal (OC)? And does it seem enough cooling?

Thanks in advance!

That looks like a great setup there and should allow you to reach your CPU overclocking goals.

Have you already bought the system?

Don't need more than 750W for SLI 680s.

670 provides much better value, but if you want to triple screen in the future, then stick with your current video card. I don't know if there's a 4GB 670, but it
would be a better option for price/performance.

Corsair cases are great quality but a tad overpriced. Could go with a HAF912 or Lian Li case, little more roomier for the same price. Don't really need the extra fans either way.

An Agility 3 is a faster drive for the same price, or you could step up to a Samsung 830 if you save money with any of the other suggestions.

Knufire said:

Have you already bought the system?

Don't need more than 750W for SLI 680s.

670 provides much better value, but if you want to triple screen in the future, then stick with your current video card. I don't know if there's a 4GB 670, but it
would be a better option for price/performance.

Corsair cases are great quality but a tad overpriced. Could go with a HAF912 or Lian Li case, little more roomier for the same price. Don't really need the extra fans either way.

An Agility 3 is a faster drive for the same price, or you could step up to a Samsung 830 if you save money with any of the other suggestions.

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Hi Knufire! Thanks for your suggestions!

I will look for reviews about the Agility 3 SSD because people used to tell me that Crucial had a better cost-benefit (cost per gigabyte) and being of great reliability and good speed. But if Agility is even better, of course I will grab it!

Actually I have already purchased the following items I flagged as so:

- (purchased) Case: Corsair 300R Carbide Black (http://www.corsair.com/carbide-serie...ing-case.html/)

- (purchased) PSU: Xfx 850W Core Edition Pro 850w P1-850s-nlb9

- (purchased) Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Rr-b10-212p-gp

- (purchased) GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW 4096MB (04G-P4-3687-KR) (http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-D...ds=gtx+680+ftw)

- CPU: i5 2500k - (http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0354589)

- Mobo: Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard - (http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0387554)

- RAM: Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Desktop RAM Kit (Two 4GB Memory Modules)
(http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0366817)

- (already owned) HDD: Seagate 2 TB.

- SSD: Crucial m4 128GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" SSD with Marvell Controller (CT128M4SSD2) (http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0364545)

Reviews of all these drives are pointless now, they would have been done a long time ago. What happened was that Sandforce was having major stability issues with their new controller. Sandforce controllers were used in Corsair, OCZ, Kingston, Mushkin, Plextor, etc, etc, the majority of the SSD market. As a result, everyone went to Crucial and Intel drives, as the Crucial used a different controller, and Intel used Sandforce but wrote their own firmware for it. All these issues since have been fixed by firmware updates. The Crucial is considered a relatively slower SSD.