Would would it take to over clock it?

[AstroMagic]

What would it take to overclock a i5-3570k CPU to 4.5 GHz is possible? How much power? Cooler if necessary? Is the stock cooler enough or do I need better one? Also i have a p7-1125 case and the stock power and motherboard with a Gigabyte GTX 750 1Gb. Help would be appreciated!

 

[ThatVietGuy]

You're definitely going to need an aftermarket cooler.

 

[AstroMagic]

You're definitely going to need an aftermarket cooler.

What kind of cooler specific with the case i have?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Now that I read a little closer, you're probably not overclocking at all if you're on the original HP motherboard.

Typically OEM motherboards are locked to prevent you from overclocking.

 

[Eximo]

You will need a motherboard that supports overclocking. Z77 or P68 in this case. That case comes stock with a locked H61 motherboard.

Pushed to the limits you can see about 150W draw from the CPU alone. Your GPU on a good day might be able to pull 60W, so your total power draw won't require much.

You aren't going to see much in the way of gains with such a weak GPU though. Gaming performance starts at the GPU. Unless you are running a game that exclusively relys on CPU for performance you likely will not notice the difference.

Since we are talking a stock HP tower, I doubt you will want to give overclocking a try anyway. You would need to replace the power supply, GPU, motherboard, and case, ideally, to make overclocking worthwhile.

 

[AstroMagic]

You will need a motherboard that supports overclocking. Z77 or P68 in this case. That case comes stock with a locked H61 motherboard.

Pushed to the limits you can see about 150W draw from the CPU alone. Your GPU on a good day might be able to pull 60W, so your total power draw won't require much.

You aren't going to see much in the way of gains with such a weak GPU though. Gaming performance starts at the GPU. Unless you are running a game that exclusively relys on CPU for performance you likely will not notice the difference.

Since we are talking a stock HP tower, I doubt you will want to give overclocking a try anyway. You would need to replace the power supply, GPU, motherboard, and case, ideally, to make overclocking worthwhile.

well i guess its time for a pc upgrade or just get the non k version. I just wanted to see if i was possible and i will build a pc in the future once cpu's start to get advanced again or gpu's or motherboards or all three . That is because cpu tech is moving slower then it use to.