Can i overclock this? And how do i overclock?

[Grusek]

Hello people

So i want to overclock my pc, but i don't really know how to do it, and whether it can with this pc.

case - Corsair Carbide 500r
cpu - Intel i5-4440 3.10GHz
gpu - Sapphire R9 270x dual-x
motherboard - ASUS B85M-G
power - Seasonic M12 II EVO 520W
cpu cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
storage - 1TB HDD
RAM - 1x HyperX Fury Red 8GB

I watched vids on YouTube, and i started reading thins about it on forums etc. but i still don't have my answer.. Can i overclock this pc (cpu/gpu or both), and how. Can i just use MSI Afterburner? (even with MSI afterburner i don't know which settings i have to use). I hope there is someone that can help me!
(i use this pc most for gaming, and very rarely for editing)

 

[mcnumpty23]

dont think you can overclock that cpu its not a K version

and msi afterburner is only for graphic card overclocking

 

[techgeek]

You can't overclock a non-K CPU and certainly not with a B series Intel chipset. To overclock Intel CPU's (non-Skylake) you need a K series CPU and a Z series chipset.

So short answer, no you can't overclock your CPU.

However you can overclock your GPU using Afterburner or a similar program.

 

[Grusek]

ok, thanks ..
and how to overclock the gpu?

 

[techgeek]

To overclock your GPU, I would start by increasing your core clock. This usually gives you more of a boost than overclocking the memory clock. Start small, no more than 10MHz at a time. After adjusting it, test it. You can use something synthetic to test like 3DMark, or Furmark. Just be warned that Furmark will push your GPU harder than anything else and consequently will cause your GPU to heat up much more than any game would. So this would be a worst case scenario. When running your test, keep an eye on your GPU temperatures, if they start to get out of hand, then stop the test. As long as the thermals are OK, let the test run and watch for graphic anomalies, or lock-ups, restarts, BSODS, or application crashes. After say 10-20 minutes if nothing untoward happens, then you can be relatively confident that it's stable. If your temps were good and everything was stable, if you want to overclock higher, then try another 10MHz and so on.

The biggest enemy is heat here, so this is the most important thing to watch for.

And here comes the obligatory warning, overclocking can in rare cases damage your component (in this case GPU) or make your system unstable. So go in with your eyes open and if you experience any weirdness look to the overclock first in your troubleshooting procedure.

 

[Grusek]

I overclocked from 1060 MHz (core clock) to 1110, my highest temps are 72 on full load, when the temp goes over 72 degrees the second fan goes on, and the temp goes to 71, and so every 30 seconds, isnt it bad for the gpu if 1 fan goes on and off every 30 seconds? Will the 50 MHz overclock make any difference? And should i go and try to overclock more? Hope i can the answers

 

[techgeek]

Well 50MHz amounts to a little less than a 5% overclock, so expect an improvement somewhere less than 5%. So let's say that you are getting around 40FPS in a certain game, the most you could hope for is an additional ~2 FPS. So it's not really much of an improvement. Unless you can get above 10%, you're not likely to see much difference. So if you can't get 100MHz+, then it's probably not worth it.

As for your fan going on an off, I'd say it would be better to not have it going on and off. Can you set a custom fan profile in Afterburner to keep both fans turning all the time?

As for temperature 72C isn't excessive though I'd try to keep it under 80C for extended periods. So if keeping both fans on helps that, then I'd try that. AMD / ATI GPU's run a little hotter than nVidia.