Greetings all!
About 2 weeks ago I built my first (what I consider) higher tier build, namely for gaming (current GW2, beta testing PS2).
The current rig is:
Intel 3770K (Ivy Bridge)
ASRock Z77 Pro 4 Mobo
EVGA GTX670 2Gb FTW LE
8Gb Corsair Vengeance RAM
128Gb OCZ Vertex 4 SSD (OS)
1Tb Seagate HDD (All other files)
Thermaltake 750w Smart PSU
Alright, with that out of the way, I'm wondering how to go about getting a modest OC out of the system. I've noticed in CPU-Z that the CPU runs at 1.6Ghz (Which from what I've read is the factory idle while it has no load), so I went into the BIOS (which has that ASRock skin over it) and changed "All Cores" to a 35 ratio, hoping to bypass that factory idle, but it still sits at that 1.6 until I start loading programs. Anyway to eliminate this completely?
My second question is:
Being the CPU from the factory runs at 3.5Ghz with up to a 3.9Ghz Turbo boost, can I set the Ratio up to 3.9Ghz and run it that way all the time? Possibly higher? I'm new to OCing (So I'm not sure if I need to adjust voltage or anything) if I hadnt stated that before and I really dont want to go and brick my system :/ Any help will be much appreciated, especially those that know the ASRock BIOS interface (or the ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility, which is the in Windows BIOS adjuster).
Thanks in advance all!
-Wood
About 2 weeks ago I built my first (what I consider) higher tier build, namely for gaming (current GW2, beta testing PS2).
The current rig is:
Intel 3770K (Ivy Bridge)
ASRock Z77 Pro 4 Mobo
EVGA GTX670 2Gb FTW LE
8Gb Corsair Vengeance RAM
128Gb OCZ Vertex 4 SSD (OS)
1Tb Seagate HDD (All other files)
Thermaltake 750w Smart PSU
Alright, with that out of the way, I'm wondering how to go about getting a modest OC out of the system. I've noticed in CPU-Z that the CPU runs at 1.6Ghz (Which from what I've read is the factory idle while it has no load), so I went into the BIOS (which has that ASRock skin over it) and changed "All Cores" to a 35 ratio, hoping to bypass that factory idle, but it still sits at that 1.6 until I start loading programs. Anyway to eliminate this completely?
My second question is:
Being the CPU from the factory runs at 3.5Ghz with up to a 3.9Ghz Turbo boost, can I set the Ratio up to 3.9Ghz and run it that way all the time? Possibly higher? I'm new to OCing (So I'm not sure if I need to adjust voltage or anything) if I hadnt stated that before and I really dont want to go and brick my system :/ Any help will be much appreciated, especially those that know the ASRock BIOS interface (or the ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility, which is the in Windows BIOS adjuster).
Thanks in advance all!
-Wood