n00b needing settings for overclocking i7-875k

[Angry Eeyore]

Hi all, first post and hopefully not something you have all had to answer 100 times over and over.

 

I have had a gaming PC for almost a year now and never OC'd my CPU at all and I think it is high time I try it out. I am hoping I can just use someone's settings that has an identical set up as me so I can just run through the bios and set it up without testing it a ton of times.

Anyway, I suppose I should list some specs and if I am missing anything you guys may need to better assist me, just let me know!

 

Computer Type: ACPI x64-based PC

OS: Windows 7x64

CPU: Intel® Core i7 CPU K 875 @ 2.93GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)

Motherboard Chipset: Intel Ibex Peak P55, Intel Lynnfield

System Memory: 8183 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)

BIOS Type: Award Modular (08/10/10)

DMI BIOS Version: F11

Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1024 MB) x2 (not running in CF)

Audio Adapter: Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card

GPU Clock: 300 MHz (original: 900 MHz)

Memory Clock: 1059 MHz (original: 1050 MHz)

[PremiumAcc]

There isn't one applicable setting that can be applied across the board, as different samples of CPUs will have different OC potential. Basically, you have to play around with the fsb and multipliers in the BIOS until you become unstable. If you need a guide on how to OC you could refer to OCC OC Guide.

 

Edit:

 

During the OC process please refer and compare to the below:

 

4.0-4.3GHz 1.300v-1.325v

4.3-4.5GHz 1.325v-1.375v

4.5-4.8GHz 1.375v-1.450v

Edited January 13, 2012 by PremiumAcc

[Angry Eeyore]

There isn't one applicable setting that can be applied across the board, as different samples of CPUs will have different OC potential.

 

Hrm, I would have zero idea what I am doing if I tried this on my own. I have been going through some of the different posts and it is all pretty much Greek to me.