How do I safely overclock my intel i5 4690k, and how high can I get the overclock

__Ben__

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Mar 19, 2016
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It'd be nice if you can give specific directions on how to, step by step.

Here are my specs.
- Case: Silverstone tek ft02b (Case I think would be very important because its one of the BEST aircooling cases out there with a 90 degree build.
-GPU: 2x CrossfireX, XFX r9 290x
-Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Blizzcon special)
-Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250 gb SSD, Western Digital Caviar 1tb 7200 rpm
-RAM: 2x8 GB DDR3 1866 G- Skill Sniper series (16gb total)
-PSU: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold certified fully modular
-CPU fan: Coolermaster Hyper 212 evo
-Case fan: I have 3 huge case fans at the bottom of the case, pushing air out, and a corsair af120 mounted.

Total the power usage is 816 watts according to PCpartpicker without including my speakers, keyboard, and the Silverstone case.

Thanks:
-Ben
 
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We have a similar build, the first thing I did was turn off turbo boost, change the core voltage to 1.2v and up the core multiplier by one (from 35 to 36) and stress test it for a bit with Prime95 v26.6 or Aida64, if it doesn't bluescreen, overheat or produce any errors after a while of testing, you can go back into the BIOS and up the core multiplier again (from 36 to 37) and repeat until you get instability or high temps (try to keep it under 75 under stress testing), when I found where I wanted to be, I tested the final OC for longer to ensure stability.
We have a similar build, the first thing I did was turn off turbo boost, change the core voltage to 1.2v and up the core multiplier by one (from 35 to 36) and stress test it for a bit with Prime95 v26.6 or Aida64, if it doesn't bluescreen, overheat or produce any errors after a while of testing, you can go back into the BIOS and up the core multiplier again (from 36 to 37) and repeat until you get instability or high temps (try to keep it under 75 under stress testing), when I found where I wanted to be, I tested the final OC for longer to ensure stability.
 
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