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Hi all,

Im new here and completely new to clocking.
I've been a gamer and mid level PC user for about 20 years and would you believe it I've never clocked anything!

So I've just bought a new PC and in a nutshell its

Processor Brand Intel
Processor Type Core i7
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Count 4
RAM Size 16 GB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 2 TB
Graphics Card Description geforce gtx 760

Now I know this is far from the best PC but it was less than £380 and I thought a good deal. (Graphics card was extra)

So to get the most out of my new PC I looked into (rather stumbled into) clocking. I know my chip is not the "K" one but I've read places it can still be safety clocked to 4.1 or 4.3Ghz.
Problem is, what I've read, I don't understand! haha

Can anyone help me with what to do? ideally the simplest way?

Thanks all in advance and hello again.

EDIT - I've had a look at the guides but I'm not sure what "bridge" I am?
 
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The 3770 (non-k) should overclock by 4 turbo bins on all cores at basically stock voltages. It's not game changing, but it's free and completely safe. Minimal temp increases. Your motherboard and PSU may factor though: tell us exactly which models you have.

I have an i5 3470 ... non-k, 3.2ghz (3.4ghz turbo), and mine is clocked at 3.8ghz all cores. I could actually drop the volts slightly from stock whilst still getting ~12% extra CPU performance. Do I notice it? Frankly, not really, but I don't notice much difference from my old 4.6ghz i5 2500k either. Still, it's free performance and 100% safe and stable.

There's not huge reasons to do it ... but there's even less reasons not to.
 
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Unless I'm mistaken, I thought the non-k models were both multiplier and voltage locked, making an effective overclock impossible.
 
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Unless I'm mistaken, I thought the non-k models were both multiplier and voltage locked, making an effective overclock impossible.
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The locked Ivy Bridge CPUs can go 400MHz over the max turbo frequency on Z77 boards and the voltage is fully adjustable
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@OP If you have a Z77 mobo you can just up the multi to 43 and leave everything else at auto. From then on you can fine-tune it if needed.

This way you'll have 2 cores up to 4300Mhz, 3 cores up to 4200MHz and 4100MHz when all cores are in use.
 
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Hey guys, thanks for all the input, sadly I can't get said computer anymore anyway, I will now be getting a i7 4790. Bit of an upgrade too. But all I have learned will be all relevant and help me.
 
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