HexagonalBolts
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Hello everyone,
My old graphics card died and I was able to get my new one for a good price, however I was advised on here to overclock my CPU to reduce the bottleneck it would have on the system. I only want a fairly minor overclock of the CPU to about 3.0GHz. My cooler is only a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.
I am completely new to overclocking and have absolutely no idea where to start. I have looked at several guides (including the one on this forum) but I am still left quite bewildered, and the guides are frequently out of date. If anyone could offer me a nice clear guide to overclocking, any advice that is relevant to my system in particular, or even an exact guide on how to overclock my system I would be extremely grateful. Thank you very much for any help in advance.
System
Mobo: Asus P5K Premium
CPU: Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" @ 2.40GHz
The rest: HD 6950 2gb Frozr II | Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 | CM690 case + 5 case fans | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | Corsair HX Series 520W Modular PSU | 1TB HDD | Windows 7 x64 | Blu-ray drive | 1920x1080 27" LG monitor
My old graphics card died and I was able to get my new one for a good price, however I was advised on here to overclock my CPU to reduce the bottleneck it would have on the system. I only want a fairly minor overclock of the CPU to about 3.0GHz. My cooler is only a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.
I am completely new to overclocking and have absolutely no idea where to start. I have looked at several guides (including the one on this forum) but I am still left quite bewildered, and the guides are frequently out of date. If anyone could offer me a nice clear guide to overclocking, any advice that is relevant to my system in particular, or even an exact guide on how to overclock my system I would be extremely grateful. Thank you very much for any help in advance.
System
Mobo: Asus P5K Premium
CPU: Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" @ 2.40GHz
The rest: HD 6950 2gb Frozr II | Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 | CM690 case + 5 case fans | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | Corsair HX Series 520W Modular PSU | 1TB HDD | Windows 7 x64 | Blu-ray drive | 1920x1080 27" LG monitor