overclocking help please

[mattman32100]

i never overclocked anything before and im asking for some help i just built a new PC the other day and it has a 650W psu and a gtx 970 8gb and the cpu is a i7 3770k clocked at 3.5ghz. now i would love to get it to 4.0ghz if it possible but if not let me know here is my cooling stuff.
ok so i have a front fan that is intake and a back fan that is out-take and it seems to be pretty cool i also have the stock heat sink for the i7. heres a screenshot of my PC's temp
http://imgur.com/fLKFkpa
let me know if i can overclock it at all or if i need to get a new fan or heatsink (water cooling is not an option)

 

[Winly]

OK, I recommend you getting a better cooler for that CPU, you will want to keep temps as low as possible. The more hard you go on you OC the more heat your CPU will produce. Intel stock cooler wont really cut it.

 

[mattman32100]

ok do you have any links to a heatsink that can handle it to a 4.0 oc and is the temp of my pc cool enough

 

[Undying89]

Get a Hyper 212 Evo, its around 40$. It should able to overclock it even higher than 4ghz.

 

[Winly]

ok do you have any links to a heatsink that can handle it to a 4.0 oc and is the temp of my pc cool enough

this is a very good cooler. I recommend it. Hyper 212 Evo. You will do 4.5 easy.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

 

[gskill support]

Any cooler will be better than factory. You can get a nice air cooled Hyper 212 for $30, it's well worth the money to protect your CPU and gain some frequency.

 

[mattman32100]

wow 4.5ghz is possible? damn so i wouldnt need to get another fan for the top of my pc it will be cool enough?

 

[Winly]

wow 4.5ghz is possible? damn so i wouldnt need to get another fan for the top of my pc it will be cool enough?

well having a good case air flow is always good, you want to keep your case cool. Heat is the worst enemy of electronics. But when you get a good cooler for the CPU the cooler will make sure your CPU runs cool.

 

[mattman32100]

ok i think my case has nice temps because of the intake and outake fans + im adding a third outake fan and i also have very nice cable managment with a moduler psu so i have nice air flow so hopefully the temps are good enough

 

[Winly]

ok i think my case has nice temps because of the intake and outake fans + im adding a third outake fan and i also have very nice cable managment with a moduler psu so i have nice air flow so hopefully the temps are good enough

that sounds good.

 

[mattman32100]

by the way that 212 heat sink looks huge would it even fit with this mobo and case?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811517027&cm_re=azza_csaz-_-11-517-027-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304&cm_re=asrock_z75_pro3-_-13-157-304-_-Product

 

[Winly]

by the way that 212 heat sink looks huge would it even fit with this mobo and case?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811517027&cm_re=azza_csaz-_-11-517-027-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304&cm_re=asrock_z75_pro3-_-13-157-304-_-Product

The mobo supports it. Now the 212 is a little big yes, but you can measure its height, open your case and measure from the mobo until the height of the cooler, that will give you an idea.

 

[Winly]

let us know how it goes