Z-97 Overclock software VS manual tweaking

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I'll be getting a new watercooler, and I plan to overclock my intel i5 4690k. As somebody who is new to overclocking, I'm a bit hesitant to manually tweak every little aspect in my BIOS. However, my Z-97A motherboard comes with overclocking software, but I have heard that users have had issues with it. Is the Z-97 OC software reliable, and is manual overclocking easier/safer?
 
I strongly suggest a manual over clock

soft ware over clock can be extremely unstable unreliable and shorten the life of your CPU because they use way to many volts

use full link-http://lifehacker.com/a-beginners-introduction-to-overclocking-your-intel-pr-5580998
 
The software generally will not give you as good as an OC. Meaning it will set the voltage higher than if you were to manually do everything yourself. I wouldn't be too worried about messing things up, as the worst thing to happen is your computer won't post and you'll have to pop back into the bios.

There are many guides online, and if you give the exact model of your motherboard we could probably help you out a bit more.
 
DON'T OVERCLOCK BY ANY SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE CANNOT BE PROGRAMED TO PERFECT OVERCLOCKING!!!!
I will recommend to do overclocking in bios because it needs less voltage, higher oc and if also increase the processor life comparable to oc by software. Also If you get Any manual settings and of you go for that then the oc will be unstable and will produce more heat. If you give less voltage then you will get unstable oc and if you give higher voltage then it will produce more heat and will reduce CPUs life. So it is important to find a sweet point of correct combination of frequency and voltage. To do that Just follow this Steps:
1) just enable your XMP memory profile if your memory support that.
2) increase the cpu ratio from factory settings a little(whichever smallest possible) and boot in your os.
3) Download cpu stress testing software prime95 and do a stress test around 20 minutes.
4) if it passes then restart and go in bios, increase a little cpu ratio again a little bit.
5) if it passes then repeat 4th method. And if it not passes then go in bios and increase the CPU voltage and again test. Just keep doing that.
6) a time will arrive when the temp will gone so high, at that time you have to stop and keep it to cool.
7) also when doing upper methods you have to keep a eye on your temps.
8) a step will arrive when prime95 will never pass or the temp will gone so high immediately when stress test started, that point you have to stop and you get the unleashed speed of your processor. You got a stable oc now. Watch temps and don't let them go above 80.
Also see the guide that I given below, it will tell you the basics. Good Luck.
CB :sol:
 


don't use prim 95 it can break your cpu its common to recommend it but it can cause voltage spiks that could fry the cpu I've seen it happen
 
WRONG, recent versions of Prime95 such as 28.5 run AVX code on your processor's Floating point Unit(FPU) math coprocessor, which produces unrealistically high temperatures but because of that FPU, CPU never have such threats like frying the CPU and all. It is just a Input output system math processor and never happen such things, it just gives the error of the unstable oc and its information, thats why all prefer the Prime95. The FPU test in the software utility AIDA64 shows the same results.It doesnt cause voltage spikes, it happens because of the poor power supplies such as Corsair vs,cs and cx series that uses poor Chinese capacitors and a bad transformer cant handle the large fluctuations of voltage that have been demanded by CPU, This is not cauze by the Prime95
CB :sol:
 


it was not wrong its just out date

I believe asus still recommend that you don't use aid64 or prime 95
the recommend this because there mobo bios use an adaptive voltage system that can raise voltages reasonably high when ruining aid64 or prime95

sorry if i was wrong but i know this is the case with rog z-97 boards
 

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