Hello everyone, long time reader first time poster here.
Today after many years of low frame rates I built my first gaming pc. Ive played games in the past with shocking graphics and want my new pc which I put a lot of my hard earned money into making to give me the best experience possible.
Specs:
Intel i5-3570k quad core 3.4ghz (stock heatsink)
PSU 750W
Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-x 3gb
asrock z77 extreme4-m
corsair vengeance 16gb ram
western digital 2tb hdd
Now I will mainly be using it too play games (includ. BF3, Planetside 2, Guild Wars2 etc.) and some 3d work in Maya and Unity game engine. I want the peak performance this rig can achieve, so what im asking is should i overclock and how do i go about doing it. Is it safe to overclock the cpu with the stock heatsink?
Today after many years of low frame rates I built my first gaming pc. Ive played games in the past with shocking graphics and want my new pc which I put a lot of my hard earned money into making to give me the best experience possible.
Specs:
Intel i5-3570k quad core 3.4ghz (stock heatsink)
PSU 750W
Sapphire HD7950 Vapor-x 3gb
asrock z77 extreme4-m
corsair vengeance 16gb ram
western digital 2tb hdd
Now I will mainly be using it too play games (includ. BF3, Planetside 2, Guild Wars2 etc.) and some 3d work in Maya and Unity game engine. I want the peak performance this rig can achieve, so what im asking is should i overclock and how do i go about doing it. Is it safe to overclock the cpu with the stock heatsink?