How/should I overclock

[HappyBuffalo]

Hello everyone, In my system I currently have:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5930K (6- cores, 15MB Cache, Overclocked up to 3.9 GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
My question is how do I take advantage of the turbo boost (which I'm assuming is overclocking) and do I really need to for most games. Also I have a gtx 980 currently dedicated to the processor. Would this make much of an impact or would I be better off sliing it with my other two 980s?

 

[captaincharisma]

normally the turbo boost should be on by default. all you do is go into the BIOS and enable it. intel chips have options where depending on how much your computer is doing it will adjust the clock speed of your CPU so it may not run at for example 3.3gHz all the time. if your not getting any real slowdown or bad performance then i do not see any reason for you to overclock but it is the K version of that CPU so you do have the option


if you do plan to overclock then you really need to get something better then the stock CPU fan

 

[HappyBuffalo]

normally the turbo boost should be on by default. all you do is go into the BIOS and enable it. intel chips have options where depending on how much your computer is doing it will adjust the clock speed of your CPU so it may not run at for example 3.3gHz all the time. if your not getting any real slowdown or bad performance then i do not see any reason for you to overclock but it is the K version of that CPU so you do have the option


if you do plan to overclock then you really need to get something better then the stock CPU fan

Thanks for the fast reply. Could you explain to me how to go into the bios to make sure it is enabled? I am pretty new to computers (played on consoles most my life)

 

[madmatt30]

Keep jabbing f2 key while booting from cold (full power off)

 

[captaincharisma]

normally the turbo boost should be on by default. all you do is go into the BIOS and enable it. intel chips have options where depending on how much your computer is doing it will adjust the clock speed of your CPU so it may not run at for example 3.3gHz all the time. if your not getting any real slowdown or bad performance then i do not see any reason for you to overclock but it is the K version of that CPU so you do have the option


if you do plan to overclock then you really need to get something better then the stock CPU fan

Thanks for the fast reply. Could you explain to me how to go into the bios to make sure it is enabled? I am pretty new to computers (played on consoles most my life)

depends on your computer/motherboard really. normally you just hit F1 or the ESC key when first starting the computer. if you are on windows 10 you can hold down the shift key while clicking on restart to get to a menu that will get you access to the BIOS