Am I ready to overclock my CPU?

[Eric92]

I've read up a lot of the overclocking guides and I feel I have a good grasp of what to do. I noticed a lot of people saying things like good mobo for overclocking or not and good cooling. Basically just wondering before I get into it do I have the right hardware? A good mobo for overclocking? Good cooler? Does Ram matter?

Here's my whole build just in case.

i7 4790K
Cooler Master 212 EVO CPU Cooler
ASUS Z97-A Mobo
750W EVGA 12V
8GB 1866 RAM Kingston
GTX 970 MSI Gaming
120 GB Samsung SSD
1TB WD 7200 rpm

 

[clutchc]

Yes, you have top shelf stuff there. Start by increasing the CPU clock multiplier alone to see how high you get on that before playing with voltages.

 

[Eric92]

Yes, you have top shelf stuff there. Start by increasing the CPU clock multiplier alone to see how high you get on that before playing with voltages.

Thank you very much! Here goes..