New to Overclocking: Need Help with i7 2600K/ Asus P8Z77-V LX and XMP Settings

[MHanretty]

Would anyone be aware of any good (step-by-step guides) to overclocking an i7 2600K on this old board?

I've never overclocked my CPU before but, on unlocking my new DDR3 RAM sticks' advertised clock speed (1600 MHZ) by enabling XMP in the BIOS, my MOBO auto-overclocked to 4.3 GHz (from a base of 3.4 Ghz).

Now, this appears plenty stable (30-35 degrees idling, 60-70 degrees using the blend test on Prime95) but I'm wondering what I'd need to do step this up to 4.5 Ghz (I just like round numbers, I guess) and learn something about overclocking at the same time.

Secondly, I'm getting the same issue as the gentleman in this thread.

Anyone have any ideas? This issue seems to lie with the Service Control Manager (supported by the many error events in the Event Viewer) but I'm at a loss and am hoping this is a know issue with a known solution.

 

[cin19]

Here is the guide and it will help. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265056-29-2600k-2500k-overclocking-guide

 

[MHanretty]

That looks great, thank you. You wouldn't happen to know if there are any guides that use the Asus UEFI BIOS menu as a basis for explaining overclocking, would you? I'd imagine newer motherboards might use a slightly different UI layout, but I'm assuming that the fundamentals would remain the same.

 

[nikoli707]

http://www.overclock.net/t/908782/sandy-bridge-overclocking-guide-ocn-members-only
i prefer this one.

i prefer to not use xmp and instead manual manage ram timings.

but like all guides will say, leave the ram at stock auto untouched while you figure out your 2600ks overclocking profile and its stability. for simplicity and safety stay under 80c and 1.35v vcore(holding voltage, not vdroop blips). and make sure your using prime95 version 26.6