First PC, looking for overclocking help...

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xollo88

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I just recently finished building my first computer, so it's been a lot of learning and I have been reading recently about overclocking and it sounds like getting some kind of liquid cooler for my CPU is a necessary starting point, but I really don't understand a lot of the really technical pieces (voltages, etc.) Any help would be great.

My system stats are:
Asus Z-97 A Motherboard
Intel i7 4790-K @ 4.0 GHz with a Hyper 212 CPU cooler
32 GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Ram
XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition
Windows 7 Pro running on a 120 GB SSD and a 1 TB WD HDD for everything else

Its all inside a Rosewill Thor V2 which seems to have great really great circulation. I have a front mounted temp/fan controller with probes on the CPU Heatsink, the GPU heatsink, the SSD and the HDD and none of them ever get past 20 Celsius.
 
With a Hyper 212 cooler you shouldn't need water cooling until you really start pushing it. Best way is to bump up the speed using your BIOS, making sure it's stable at each step.

I'm sure there's a similar program from Intel since I used a program from AMD to overclock my CPU to a higher speed.. and my motherboard controls the voltage automatically.

If you're looking at water cooling you'll need a budget of at least $50-60 as the cheap ones aren't efficient, and aren't built very good..
 
There are many guides, Linus does quite a few on youtube. You ideally go into the bios and set the multiplier to 100 and then set the turbo ratio to what you require such as 45x100= 4.5ghz.

You then want to set up the voltage manually or you can leave it on automatic. On automatic it usually uses more voltage than needed. Mine on stock manual will run fine under 1volt on automatic it will run 1.392 volt.

You say use 1.2v for 4.5ghz and if it runs fine on stress test drop it down .005-.1volts until it will no longer run correctly. Then increase it slightly until it is stable. Increase tiny amounts at a time.

Run something like prime 95 for stress testing and I'd use something like core temp to monitor the cpu temperatures its best to stay around 70c maximum.
 
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