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ok guys I need a little help ocing

I have a i7 4790k. How should I start ocing? Never really oced before

also, anyone know which features I can disable in the bios for faster performance? like power saving features. thanks
 

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ok guys I need a little help ocing

I have a i7 4790k. How should I start ocing? Never really oced before

also, anyone know which features I can disable in the bios for faster performance? like power saving features. thanks

a lot of bios have built OC's... for instance my BIOS automatically OC's my processor from 3.5 to 3.9 ghz

just like you though I dont know how to manually OC even though everyone tells me its easy :sadcam:

but ive been hard pressed to actually go from 3.9 to 4.5 :yeshrug:
 

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a lot of bios have built OC's... for instance my BIOS automatically OC's my processor from 3.5 to 3.9 ghz

just like you though I dont know how to manually OC even though everyone tells me its easy :sadcam:

but ive been hard pressed to actually go from 3.9 to 4.5 :yeshrug:

I did that but I read you get more performance if you oc it yourself. Also in BF4 it felt like the game was a lot smoother when I ran the game with my own OC as opposed to the built in oc settings.
 

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i've never OC'd my rig...my bios has a setting for this but i'm afraid to use it.


yo you guys gotta OC lol. Gotta get that free performance, esp for games. I never OCed before but after reading up on the performance gains Im down to do that shyt
 

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So after my overclock, it's taking about 10-20 seconds longer to boot up my computer (it stays on the windows 8 startup screen for a bit longer than normal, goes to a black screen for a second, and them takes longer to get into windows after logging in). It's nothing crazy, but it's a little weird. I was stable with prime 95 and have no problems with crashes in games or anything like that.

The internet seems to say that a longer boot up might be a problem, but others are saying it's normal after an overclock. Is the longer boot time something I should be concerned with? Or is this just something you deal with when overclocking?

Edit: I have an asus sabertooth x79 mobo and I'm at 4.5ghz at 1.25v with a 4820k

Breh I swear you're trying to build a nuclear warhead. :mjlol:

If the overclock is stable I say stick with it. Boot and shutdown times are meh and sometimes Windows drags on both for no reason at all.
 

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