How to overclock Intel Pentium G3258 + GIGABYTE GA-B85-HD3?

[Kalmado]

I recently purchased this combination and to be candid I have no clue how to overclock. I've read this combination has excellent capabilities for a value bundle. Would someone please be able to post step by step instructions that are simple to understand on how to overclock this properly so I do not damage my parts please?

I also have a I5-3570k with an Asus P8Z77V-LK that I have used the auto tune. I'm running a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo and it's currently at 4.2. How would I manually overclock this?

 

[MeteorsRaining]

CPU Voltage Mode: Manual
CPU Voltage: 1.31
Load line Calibration: Medium
Multiplier:46

http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/overclocking-pentium-g3258-on-h81-b75-h87-h97-chipsets-a-60.html

 

[Eximo]

Overclocking for both will be similar.

i5-3570k: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_z77_overclocking_guide/1

Pentium: Not seeing too many step by steps, the Haswell guide should suffice: http://www.overclockers.com/3step-guide-to-overclock-intel-haswell

For the Pentium you need to make sure the motherboard/BIOS actually supports overclocking the Pentium. This is a big exception that Intel appears to be willing to allow. Normally overclocking is done with only Z class boards.

 

[Kalmado]

Overclocking for both will be similar.

i5-3570k: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_z77_overclocking_guide/1

Pentium: Not seeing too many step by steps, the Haswell guide should suffice: http://www.overclockers.com/3step-guide-to-overclock-intel-haswell

For the Pentium you need to make sure the motherboard/BIOS actually supports overclocking the Pentium. This is a big exception that Intel appears to be willing to allow. Normally overclocking is done with only Z class boards.

This board indeed does allow it, but I believe you need to do a firmware update which I do have the link to. I'm overly paranoid about breaking the parts so I just want to 1000% make sure I'm doing things the right way.

On a side note, that cpu/mb paired with a powercolor 7850 2gb and 8gb 1333 patriot ram I was able to get on average 28fps in Uningine Valley on Extreme HD 1080p. I can't wait to get this cpu oc'd and I'm going to tweak the gpu just a little too!

 

[nikoli707]

keep moving the core multiplier up until you cannot boot into windows, then move down one and test with intel burn test. load up intel burn test and set it to maximum stress level. monitor your temps with a temp program(hwmonitor, aida, etc) and if you are going over 80c, stop the test. you are likely to blue screen, thats ok, let it(note the 0x stop number it gives). then back out and move the multiplier down one again and retest. we want to see what multplier/clock you can get with the stock auto cvid voltage without touching anything else first. later on you can start playing with vcore and upping the voltage to get a higher clock, but thats after we figure out your stock cvid limits.

if you can make it though a single pass at maximum, then load up prime95 and run a small fft test for 12 hours. if you can make it though all that, your stable.

and again, dont let it go over 80c, just stop the test and back down the multiplier.

as for your 3570k, the same exact process. and turn that auto tune overclock off, its very likely giving your chip way too much vcore.

 

[ThePixelShadow]

Overclocking for both will be similar.

i5-3570k: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_z77_overclocking_guide/1

Pentium: Not seeing too many step by steps, the Haswell guide should suffice: http://www.overclockers.com/3step-guide-to-overclock-intel-haswell

For the Pentium you need to make sure the motherboard/BIOS actually supports overclocking the Pentium. This is a big exception that Intel appears to be willing to allow. Normally overclocking is done with only Z class boards.

This board indeed does allow it, but I believe you need to do a firmware update which I do have the link to. I'm overly paranoid about breaking the parts so I just want to 1000% make sure I'm doing things the right way.

On a side note, that cpu/mb paired with a powercolor 7850 2gb and 8gb 1333 patriot ram I was able to get on average 28fps in Uningine Valley on Extreme HD 1080p. I can't wait to get this cpu oc'd and I'm going to tweak the gpu just a little too!

Have you used this combination yet and is it good? I want to get the same setup except a Gigabyte ga-b85m-hd3 instead of the ga-b85-hd3 but I assume that overclocking would be the same?

 

[Kalmado]

Overclocking for both will be similar.

i5-3570k: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_z77_overclocking_guide/1

Pentium: Not seeing too many step by steps, the Haswell guide should suffice: http://www.overclockers.com/3step-guide-to-overclock-intel-haswell

For the Pentium you need to make sure the motherboard/BIOS actually supports overclocking the Pentium. This is a big exception that Intel appears to be willing to allow. Normally overclocking is done with only Z class boards.

This board indeed does allow it, but I believe you need to do a firmware update which I do have the link to. I'm overly paranoid about breaking the parts so I just want to 1000% make sure I'm doing things the right way.

On a side note, that cpu/mb paired with a powercolor 7850 2gb and 8gb 1333 patriot ram I was able to get on average 28fps in Uningine Valley on Extreme HD 1080p. I can't wait to get this cpu oc'd and I'm going to tweak the gpu just a little too!

Have you used this combination yet and is it good? I want to get the same setup except a Gigabyte ga-b85m-hd3 instead of the ga-b85-hd3 but I assume that overclocking would be the same?

I have. I overclocked it to 4.0 and could have went further, but because I sold it I wanted to keep it lower. After updating the BIOS it was very simple. The combo being under $100 was an excellent value.

 

[EpicPcGamer101]

I have heard it OC'd to 4.7 GHZ on a z97!