Overclocking an i5 3300 3.00ghz

[synnchan]

I heard that this processor can be overclocked to 3.6ghz, but I'm still new to overclocking (have never done it before), so I'm not exactly sure how to proceed.

If possible, I'd like an easy to use/user friendly overclocking software, that would do the overclock in a safe way.

 

[Eximo]

3.6Ghz, I doubt very much, i5-3540? No such thing as an i5-3300.

These chips are not intended for overclocking, so they have locked multipliers. This means the only thing you can adjust is the Base Clock (BCLK) up to around 105Mhz if you are lucky. This is also tied to the PCIe bus, so you are also increasing its speed, which may lead to instability.

If it is a 3540, then it should have a max clock of 33x100Mhz. Setting the BCLK to 103Mhz will net you a gain of 33x3Mhz, or just about 100Mhz, so that you are up to 3.4Ghz. Not really worth it.

This is assuming you have control of the BCLK, depending on the motherboard you may not. Many OEMs restrict the BIOS to not have these features. Most of your Z77 boards probably have it though. H77 and H61 may not.

Not really any easy to use overclocking software outside of what the vendor provides, and usually that just gives you access to the features from Windows. It is far from ideal. Overclocking is best done directly in the BIOS.

All that said, not worth it in your situation.

 

[kraelic]

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU-

Need a P67, Z68 or Z77 motherboard to add turbo bins though, move the max from 32 to 36 maybe give it a little offset voltage 100 or 200 mV

I5 3300 exists
http://ark.intel.com/products/65509/Intel-Core-i5-3330-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_20-GHz

Intel turbo bin overclocking also available to ivy bridge, haswell got this feature removed
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/overclocking-on-1155-sandybridge-not-entirely-limited-to-the-k-series-processors.138586/#post-2160867

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/3

http://techreport.com/news/24950/intel-removes-modest-free-overclocking-from-standard-haswell-cpus