Originally Posted by
looniam
i've been looking for a few hours to see if any "alarmist" would reply, "overclocking the BCLK is very dangerous and should not be done!" i always though as enthusiasts we
reasonably throw caution to the wind and tweak those settings!
but i digress, let me ask a question to answer your question; have you noticed a difference with the 6% clock speed you have now?
an additional ~2% probably won't if the 6% hasn't. but it may be what puts you "over the hump" and you'll see something. since i have a i5-2400 i goofed around and went 103 without any problems, so i tired seeing where the limit is at by raising it until i could not boot/post and got as far as 106.5 before there was no love. a 105.5 @38 multi would give me a single core clock speed of ~4Ghz but seeing how 1hz more wouldn't boot, that is too close to the edge to hang around at, if you understand what i am thinking and not too much of what i did is strictly single core.
so with that said, if you are looking for any performance increase, i think you may get disappointed. but if you are looking to tweak what you have for fun - well, go for it.
(insert disclaimer that there are risks involved, some you know of but others that are not known until they happen)
however, if you are apprehensive at adjusting your voltage i would believe it would be wise to hold off doing anything further until you overcome that fear. also you will want to get comfortable with adjusting the load line calibration (LLC). i doubt it will be necessary since what overclocking you are doing, single digit % increase, is not that huge but the point is to get comfortable with your bios and
understanding what you are doing.
get some first hand experience tweaking where you are at now - then sit down with a pencil and paper; because writing down what settings you change will be helpful; and see how far you can go - i have seen some reviews hit 110 BLCK but didn't see if it was stable . . .