Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone, the following is my current setup:

INTEL CORE I5 3570K
MSI Z77A-G45 GAMING
Asus Radeon R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 2048 MB
Corsair Vengeance Blue,1600-8gb 8 GB, PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Single
WD WD Caviar Black 1TB 1000 GB, SATA, 64 MB, 7200 RPM
Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2 500 Watt, 20+24 Pins
Windows 7 Pro x64

I heard that I could overclock my CPU, my question would be how to do it and how high can I overclock it without replacing the standard CPU fan.

Thanks for the help!

Kesoria

How high you can go on stock fan depends on a lot of things, most importantly the quality of silicon used in the processor and the mainboard, the power supply, how well ventilated the case is, etc. Your best bet would probably be googling if no one other than myself answers, haha.

Kesoria.5601:

Hello everyone, the following is my current setup:

INTEL CORE I5 3570K
MSI Z77A-G45 GAMING
Asus Radeon R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 2048 MB
Corsair Vengeance Blue,1600-8gb 8 GB, PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Single
WD WD Caviar Black 1TB 1000 GB, SATA, 64 MB, 7200 RPM
Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2 500 Watt, 20+24 Pins
Windows 7 Pro x64

I heard that I could overclock my CPU, my question would be how to do it and how high can I overclock it without replacing the standard CPU fan.

Thanks for the help!

Kesoria

>standard CPU fan is barely enough for non Oc’ed cpu.

Azraelle.1683:

>standard CPU fan is barely enough for non Oc’ed cpu.

Not always true. Friend of mine that runs a computer shop had an old Athlon II X2 clocked up from 2.8 GHz to 3.720 GHz on stock fan and gamed on a Radeon HD 4890.

The old AMD HS’s use to be pretty good vs intel and allowed for some pretty good OCing on stock. However, that is not the case with newer HS’s, sure, you can do some OCing with the stock HS, but the fan is going to be maxed and really loud and you will probably be running close to 100C, which is not something I would suggest, when a good HS can be had for 20 bucks or so depending on sales at the time.

Kesoria.5601:

Hello everyone, the following is my current setup:

INTEL CORE I5 3570K
MSI Z77A-G45 GAMING
Asus Radeon R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 2048 MB
Corsair Vengeance Blue,1600-8gb 8 GB, PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Single
WD WD Caviar Black 1TB 1000 GB, SATA, 64 MB, 7200 RPM
Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2 500 Watt, 20+24 Pins
Windows 7 Pro x64

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thermalright-Ultra-120-Extreme-CPU-Heatsink-/131084779839?pt=US_CPU_Fans_Heatsinks&hash=item1e8543013f

this is what I use and the current bid is 7$ on ebay. (plus shipping) (plus whatever bracket you need) (plus quality thermal grease)

I don’t pretend to know your finical situation, but i’m pretty sure you can afford it.
I heard that I could overclock my CPU, my question would be how to do it and how high can I overclock it without replacing the standard CPU fan.

Thanks for the help!

Kesoria

Pop your i5 3570K to 4.5Ghz at 1.25v in the bios, make sure you enable LLC.

If it boots into windows with out a BSOD then you have an above average Chip, if not then lower the Clock down to 4.3Ghz and repeat, if that fails then 4.1, then 4.0 then 3.8…ect. Until you get into windows with out a BSOD.

Once you get into windows run Prime95 for 5-10mins to verify temps. You do not want the temps to exceed 80c on the stock cooler (can and will damage the Chip since Temps are NOT real-time). If in that 5-10min your temps do not exceed 80C/83C, then continue to run the test for a good 8-10hours to verify a stable overclock (though, this is synthetic and not really proven ‘stable’). If this part fails with a BSOD, or a windows Reboot back down your Clock rate as mentioned Above.

Mind you Prime95 pushes the CPU to 100% max Utilization. Most applications will not do this under normal Load (Gw2 Included). So while 100% will probably push to 80c-83c, normal load in GW2 will be pushing 68-78c respectively. But you will still want to look into getting an aftermarket Cooler, as you WANT your CPU to be as close to 60c’s as possible.

Now – after you have found your stable point with Prim95, you can start to back down the voltage in the BIOS from 1.25 to 1.24, 1.23, 1.22, 1.20…ect repeating the Prime95 Test with each step back on the voltage.

Remember, the lower the Voltage the cooler your CPU will be under full Load, but also the less power its going to pull for the Clock rate you are pushing.

Also physically check the temp on your PSU. If your PSU is underrated or aging this overclock can damage it. As you Overclock and run Prime95 TOUCH the exhaust port on your PSU and feel how hot it is. As long as it doesnt get above Warm (if it burns you when you touch it…That is BAD), then you are probably ok. But if its hotter then Warm disable the Overclock until you can replace the PSU with a higher rated Wattage then your Current one.

Go to Overclock.net

They have great OC guides.

Avelos.6798:

Azraelle.1683:

>standard CPU fan is barely enough for non Oc’ed cpu.

Not always true. Friend of mine that runs a computer shop had an old Athlon II X2 clocked up from 2.8 GHz to 3.720 GHz on stock fan and gamed on a Radeon HD 4890.

Next time try to read original post. It’s about certain cpu and not even amd.

Azraelle.1683:

Next time try to read original post. It’s about certain cpu and not even amd.

Try being more observant. My response to OP is the second message on this topic. You made a statement and I took the time to correct that it’s not always true.