Is overclocking I7 2600k that easy?

look:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4080/welcome-to-sandy-bridge-with-the-asrock-p67-extreme4/5

is this all I have to do to reach 4.6Ghz?

1)push the multiplier to 46x

2) set the voltage to 1.378

Is this all I need to do? couse I know nothing about overclocking, and I have the p8p67 deluxe mobo.

thx 4 ur time...

This is usually where the term YMMV, or "Your Mileage May Vary," comes into play. It's never guaranteed that you will hit the same clocks with your i7 2600k. However, considering how well these chips OC, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. If you do start getting instability when stress testing it though, just lower the multiplier down until you don't. Oh, and be sure to first try disabling C1E and Speedstep before anything else if you do get instability, just to factor those out from potential causes.

like everyone else here has stated it can vary, but honestly it doesnt vary by too much. In the end as long as u have a good cooler u can make sandy bridge fly. Im getting a Noctua 14. Gonna try to go to 5ghz :P

like everyone else here has stated it can vary, but honestly it doesnt vary by too much. In the end as long as u have a good cooler u can make sandy bridge fly. Im getting a Noctua 14. Gonna try to go to 5ghz :P

painguy1

if your lucky you might hit 5ghz on air but it all depends on your motherboard cpu and ram, but neways underwater it might really shine i'm still pondering on what to get but i might just wait for socket 2011 and if the holes line up i'm getting a better rad/block and pushing that proc :p

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

like everyone else here has stated it can vary, but honestly it doesnt vary by too much. In the end as long as u have a good cooler u can make sandy bridge fly. Im getting a Noctua 14. Gonna try to go to 5ghz :P

Neo_revolution7

if your lucky you might hit 5ghz on air but it all depends on your motherboard cpu and ram, but neways underwater it might really shine i'm still pondering on what to get but i might just wait for socket 2011 and if the holes line up i'm getting a better rad/block and pushing that proc :p

just settle for 4ghz..you don't need to double your clockspeed lolfishing666

You wouldn't really need to overclock such a chip at all, I don't think there is any games that would benefit noticeably. Right now all you really get is a higher power drag.

[QUOTE="Neo_revolution7"]

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

like everyone else here has stated it can vary, but honestly it doesnt vary by too much. In the end as long as u have a good cooler u can make sandy bridge fly. Im getting a Noctua 14. Gonna try to go to 5ghz :P

JigglyWiggly_

if your lucky you might hit 5ghz on air but it all depends on your motherboard cpu and ram, but neways underwater it might really shine i'm still pondering on what to get but i might just wait for socket 2011 and if the holes line up i'm getting a better rad/block and pushing that proc :p

i meant in terms of ram timings. sometimes to get a high oc you need to losen ram timings up to even get it stable but thats if the actual ram is being oc'ed with the proc.

[QUOTE="Neo_revolution7"]

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

like everyone else here has stated it can vary, but honestly it doesnt vary by too much. In the end as long as u have a good cooler u can make sandy bridge fly. Im getting a Noctua 14. Gonna try to go to 5ghz :P

JigglyWiggly_

if your lucky you might hit 5ghz on air but it all depends on your motherboard cpu and ram, but neways underwater it might really shine i'm still pondering on what to get but i might just wait for socket 2011 and if the holes line up i'm getting a better rad/block and pushing that proc :p

If you know what you are doing it hasn't depended on ram for quite a while. Ever since the introduction of memory multiplier all you would need to do is adjust the multiplier accordingly when increasing the FSB.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="Neo_revolution7"]

if your lucky you might hit 5ghz on air but it all depends on your motherboard cpu and ram, but neways underwater it might really shine i'm still pondering on what to get but i might just wait for socket 2011 and if the holes line up i'm getting a better rad/block and pushing that proc :p

eBusiness

If you know what you are doing it hasn't depended on ram for quite a while. Ever since the introduction of memory multiplier all you would need to do is adjust the multiplier accordingly when increasing the FSB.

yea that is fine but you still have to understand my cpu at 4.2 has my ram running at 1600 now if i were to go to 4.3 or even 4.5 i would be overclocking my ram hence being i might have to loosen my timings unless i have ram rated at 1866 or even 2000 now thats a different scenario.

yea that is fine but you still have to understand my cpu at 4.2 has my ram running at 1600 now if i were to go to 4.3 or even 4.5 i would be overclocking my ram hence being i might have to loosen my timings unless i have ram rated at 1866 or even 2000 now thats a different scenario.

Neo_revolution7

That, or you could bring the multiplier down a notch.

[QUOTE="fishing666"]just settle for 4ghz..you don't need to double your clockspeed loleBusiness

You wouldn't really need to overclock such a chip at all, I don't think there is any games that would benefit noticeably. Right now all you really get is a higher power drag.

[QUOTE="Neo_revolution7"]yea that is fine but you still have to understand my cpu at 4.2 has my ram running at 1600 now if i were to go to 4.3 or even 4.5 i would be overclocking my ram hence being i might have to loosen my timings unless i have ram rated at 1866 or even 2000 now thats a different scenario.

eBusiness

That, or you could bring the multiplier down a notch.

i dont think its safe to push the vcore past 1.35 on 32nm chips

i dont think its safe to push the vcore past 1.35 on 32nm chips

Firebird-5

[QUOTE="Firebird-5"]

i dont think its safe to push the vcore past 1.35 on 32nm chips

Daytona_178

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1576652

NOPE.avi

OP is close tho

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="Firebird-5"]

i dont think its safe to push the vcore past 1.35 on 32nm chips

Firebird-5

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1576652

NOPE.avi

OP is close tho

[QUOTE="Firebird-5"]

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"] Actually I think the MAX safe temp is 1.5v on sandy bridge providing you have VERY good cooling.Daytona_178

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1576652

NOPE.avi

OP is close tho

so probably not a good idea to push it any further than 1.378 lol