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OC'ing specifics, help?

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I recently did a serious upgrade to my rig, putting in Gigabyte's Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard with Intel's i5-2500K CPU and 8 GB of memory.

I successfully overclocked my old computer, an EVGA 680i SLI with Intel's E6600 Core 2 Duo with no problem. From what I remember, though, there were numerous things I had to turn on and off (like halt state, speedstepping, etc.).

So I looked up for some instructions on what to turn off/on for my new mobo and haven't really found anything. I mean, I know how to overclock the CPU, I just raise the multiplier, that's no sweat, but don't I have to configure some settings in BIOS first before I do that or is it really that simple now?

By the way, anybody care to share what's an 'err-on-the-side-of-caution' voltage for the vcore? I'd much rather set it manually than let the auto setting do it for me (and perhaps mistakenly raising it a little too high for my comfort).

Yes, I got a very nice cooler, thank you for asking, I'll be fine oc'ing the sucker! :) (Coolermaster V8...geez, it's big).

Anybody else with this board and CPU? Best stable OC?
 
It really is that simple now. Just increase multiplier and vcore. There's some playing around with LLC or Vdroop, the naming depends on the motherboard, but mostly that's just to keep things stable at a lower voltage, but some people say it'll kill your processor in the long run. I personally have my doubts about this, but it's your choice.
 
Yeah, that easy. I just changed my multi, didn't even need to change volts or anything else, just the multi. You get the benefit of 1.6 GHz idle for power and temps, and then the turbo when you need it.
 
Wow...thanks guys, overclocking has really come a long way over the years, hasn't it? Still gotta deal with conventional BIOS, though, and not UEFI, but I'm sure Gigabyte's gonna get with the program eventually.
 
Also, I learned a valuable lesson too. Check your CPU PLL Voltage. It's usually set to auto humming along at 1.800v. Try setting this to 1.7v manually. The lower voltage seems to increase stability at lower vcore settings.
 
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