Need advice for planned OC on new machine

[Griezz]

I just purchased a new custom system a few days ago. While waiting, I am looking for as much useful information I can find about my new system, to see just how much juiceI can squeeze out of it due to overclocking. The build is as follows:

CPU - Intel i5-3570K
Motherboard - MSI Z77A-G45
Cooler - Corsair H80
Memory - Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 2x4GB (KHX1600C9D3K2)
Boot Drive - OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB SSD
Data Drive - WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD
Graphics - Gigabyte GTX 670 OC
Optical - ASUS Blu-ray Reader/DVD Burner
Case - Bitfenix Shinobi
Power Supply - PC Power & Cooling Silencer MkII 750W
O/S - MS Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit

At some point, I may put one or two more fans to help air flw for cooling, but this is the basis of my system. Based on what I have read so far, a good place to aim for would be to overclock the i5-3570K from 3.8 GHz to something in the range of 4.4 to 4.6 GHz; does that sound right? And based on the system I just listed, what range seems possible, given that I don't have an extreme water-cooling setup?

 

[Josh Weston]

4.5GHz seems to be the sweetspot for Ivy in terms of voltages and temps, but it really is all down to your chip. Just keep an eye on your temps as you overclock, use Intel Burn Test's Maximum preset for 10 runs to validate and then work your way up the clock speed/down the voltages.
Try to avoid going over 80*C using Intel Burn Test.

Master&Puppet has a great guide to overclocking on Z77, let me find it.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=45604 et voila.

 

[airdeano]

welcome to the OC3D forum,
you should be happy up to 4.5/4.6 overclock. the H80 is a simple solution
to heed an easy overclock. addition of some case fans could easily help as well
to vent the shinobi case. something in the spectre pro will be a great addition.
but it will depend largely on the demands of the system. what are you using
the system for?

on a 4.5 OC temps on the H80 would be cloce to 72°-78° depending on
ambient temperatures.

airdeano

 

[Griezz]

I'd have to say that the majority of my computer use would involve online browsing, game playing (ranges from Skyrim to WoW; might be getting into Arkham City) with preference for ultra quality settings, general Office work, as well as multimedia enjoyment. The most intensive use would be either the game playing (extremely frequent) or occasional conversion of video files from one format to another (say AVI to MP4 or something like that).

 

[airdeano]

you could easily vitu MVP for the rendering. but a pretty good build.
next time, we want you to do the building..

airdeano

 

[Josh Weston]

Damn straight
It's not custom unless you do it yourself! Well, not in my books, anyway

 

[CPMFW]

Damn straight
It's not custom unless you do it yourself! Well, not in my books, anyway

totally agree with you

 

[Griezz]

Two responses to that...
1) I am more concerned with the overclocking at this point. Being rather new, I am still concerned about doing something silly and burning out a component.
2) I have tried assembling a system in the past, but I had a lot of difficulty and finally had to get a professional do it. I do have large hands and fingers, which proved to be a hindrance in managing extremely tiny switches or awkwardly-placed screws in the confines of a small case.

As such, I have no problems having someone else do the physical labor during installation. However, once I actually get my system, the first thing I will be doing is Windows optimization for SSDs, as per a page I found on another forum:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
Once that is complete, THEN I will start my overclocking experimentation.

So, as you can see, I will certainly be doing my part in my system's creation.

 

[airdeano]

Two responses to that...
1) I am more concerned with the overclocking at this point. Being rather new, I am still concerned about doing something silly and burning out a component.
2) I have tried assembling a system in the past, but I had a lot of difficulty and finally had to get a professional do it. I do have large hands and fingers, which proved to be a hindrance in managing extremely tiny switches or awkwardly-placed screws in the confines of a small case.

As such, I have no problems having someone else do the physical labor during installation. However, once I actually get my system, the first thing I will be doing is Windows optimization for SSDs, as per a page I found on another forum:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
Once that is complete, THEN I will start my overclocking experimentation.

So, as you can see, I will certainly be doing my part in my system's creation.

1. with the help of OC3D members, to date i do not think we've lost one CPU
to silicone heaven. so throw that thought out.. we can guide you past the
unknown.
2. with todays tech the smallest anything are motherboard screws. and thats
about it..
no excuses now, the OC3D crew is behind you building your own rig..

airdeano