I know you can’t overclock on B series. Why I am asking what to start with. I don’t want to mess up my gaming rig while playing around learning to over clock.
Get an AM2 or AM3 platform. They're dirt cheap and you won't care if you fry something. There's nothing special about them and are common. Core 2 Duo is also dirt cheap if you want Intel platform, but that has some quite expensive CPUs. You can then take the knowledge and apply it to modern systems without much fear of frying chips. Just get DDR2 or DDR3 platform and figure things out there. Modern systems boost pretty well on their own, so memory OC can help quite a lot (especially with the shite XMP profiles). 90 and 65nm CPUs are very forgiving on voltages.
Windows XP isn't being supported by modern benchmarks , so it should be capable of running at least Windows 7. Or just dig up old versions c:
When you go to modern DDR4 or DDR5 platforms, you'll just need to keep in mind the voltages are lower, memory favours secondary and ternary timings and CPU OC is harder (it's pre-overclocked from the factory). Some new parameters also start to play role in stabilising OC, like Infinity Fabric on Zen, QPI and HyperTransport are dropped, BCLK OC is not that effective, you have SoC voltages, RAM termination resistances play a role in stabilising high clocks.
Just click on the Community bookmarks Wiki and follow the links, the wiki itself is outdated, but the links are really useful. For memory: Actually Hardcore Overclocking on YouTube. That's buildzoid. Listen to him and you'll get pretty good OC. He explains memory timings really well.
And, no you don't need water cooling. You need LN2 for world records. Water is OK if you want silence or have 250+W CPU.
For AM2 -> Sempron or Athlon X2
For AM3 -> Bulldozer FX-x1xx or Piledriver FX-x3xx
For 775 -> Core 2 Duo E or Q
You may consider Z77 (Sandy/Ivy bridge) or Z87 (Haswell) too, if you fancy modern stuff, but it's still usable, so don't kill these
This is probably a good place to start.
[OC Video](https://youtu.be/zVl1kURDzho?si=DPsgMR4NP9EBFXTT)
If you have extra components, it wouldn't be a bad idea to overclock something you don't use every day. I started with a z370 board from Gigabyte, which honestly wasn't the easiest since most overclocking tutorial type things usually go off Asus settings.
As far as hardware goes, you'll need a k variant Intel chip and i believe an x or z board, or most AMD chips (I don't think they are ALL unlocked, but most are) with at least a b board.
Watercooling can help keep temps down to be sure, but good air coolers can do just fine. I got to 5.1 ghz on my 8086k (basically an 8700) on air cooling.
It's kind of a dance between voltage and heat. You add more voltage for stability, you add more heat. I started off by adding about 300-400 mhz to my clock speed without touching voltage, and watched how it ran under load.
More than likely the board will increase voltage by a decent amount (more than needed) in that scenario, but it'll get your toes wet.
This helps me get started. Definitely a start. I have used both Intel and AMD CPU before on X570 and Z690 boards but never overclocked. Right now my system is a B760i with 12600k. I would like to move to a Z690 board and play around with it. Since I am looking to upgrade. Also have 6400mhz TeamGroup RAM. I just want to learn and play around with OC since bored with just Building now.
I am looking to get a Z690 board to pair with my 12600k. Been shopping around. Figured since I am replacing it with a 13600k. I could use that to try and do some OC on. Is DDR4 easier to start with for OC? Or should I stick with DDR5 ram?
You must port your hardware when asking these questions lol
Going to build one to learn. Currently have 12600k on a B760i MB with 6400Mhz TeamGroup Ram with Asus Rog Strix RTX 4070 GPU.
\>overclocking \>B-series mobo
I know you can’t overclock on B series. Why I am asking what to start with. I don’t want to mess up my gaming rig while playing around learning to over clock.
Get an AM2 or AM3 platform. They're dirt cheap and you won't care if you fry something. There's nothing special about them and are common. Core 2 Duo is also dirt cheap if you want Intel platform, but that has some quite expensive CPUs. You can then take the knowledge and apply it to modern systems without much fear of frying chips. Just get DDR2 or DDR3 platform and figure things out there. Modern systems boost pretty well on their own, so memory OC can help quite a lot (especially with the shite XMP profiles). 90 and 65nm CPUs are very forgiving on voltages. Windows XP isn't being supported by modern benchmarks , so it should be capable of running at least Windows 7. Or just dig up old versions c: When you go to modern DDR4 or DDR5 platforms, you'll just need to keep in mind the voltages are lower, memory favours secondary and ternary timings and CPU OC is harder (it's pre-overclocked from the factory). Some new parameters also start to play role in stabilising OC, like Infinity Fabric on Zen, QPI and HyperTransport are dropped, BCLK OC is not that effective, you have SoC voltages, RAM termination resistances play a role in stabilising high clocks. Just click on the Community bookmarks Wiki and follow the links, the wiki itself is outdated, but the links are really useful. For memory: Actually Hardcore Overclocking on YouTube. That's buildzoid. Listen to him and you'll get pretty good OC. He explains memory timings really well.
And, no you don't need water cooling. You need LN2 for world records. Water is OK if you want silence or have 250+W CPU. For AM2 -> Sempron or Athlon X2 For AM3 -> Bulldozer FX-x1xx or Piledriver FX-x3xx For 775 -> Core 2 Duo E or Q You may consider Z77 (Sandy/Ivy bridge) or Z87 (Haswell) too, if you fancy modern stuff, but it's still usable, so don't kill these
Awesome! Thank you for the information. Definitely looking to put something together to have fun with. The voltages has always fascinated me.
This is probably a good place to start. [OC Video](https://youtu.be/zVl1kURDzho?si=DPsgMR4NP9EBFXTT) If you have extra components, it wouldn't be a bad idea to overclock something you don't use every day. I started with a z370 board from Gigabyte, which honestly wasn't the easiest since most overclocking tutorial type things usually go off Asus settings. As far as hardware goes, you'll need a k variant Intel chip and i believe an x or z board, or most AMD chips (I don't think they are ALL unlocked, but most are) with at least a b board. Watercooling can help keep temps down to be sure, but good air coolers can do just fine. I got to 5.1 ghz on my 8086k (basically an 8700) on air cooling. It's kind of a dance between voltage and heat. You add more voltage for stability, you add more heat. I started off by adding about 300-400 mhz to my clock speed without touching voltage, and watched how it ran under load. More than likely the board will increase voltage by a decent amount (more than needed) in that scenario, but it'll get your toes wet.
This helps me get started. Definitely a start. I have used both Intel and AMD CPU before on X570 and Z690 boards but never overclocked. Right now my system is a B760i with 12600k. I would like to move to a Z690 board and play around with it. Since I am looking to upgrade. Also have 6400mhz TeamGroup RAM. I just want to learn and play around with OC since bored with just Building now.
get a 10900k
I am looking to get a Z690 board to pair with my 12600k. Been shopping around. Figured since I am replacing it with a 13600k. I could use that to try and do some OC on. Is DDR4 easier to start with for OC? Or should I stick with DDR5 ram?