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Help with overclocking/is it possible with my build?
Hello there
I'm interested in overclocking my system but have never done it before. I did some research and read some articles about it but I am not sure how safe it is and am worried about damaging my hardware. From my specs, I wanted to ask experienced folks here whether they would recommend it for my current build, and if so how much by. My main concern is that I don't really have a huge amount in the way of cooling, just the stock fan over the CPU and one in the back of the case.
Any tips or advice would really be appreciated. I'm not sure I can really shell out to upgrade my CPU or GPU right now (although as it stands I think my GPU is still okay?? just not for any recent AAA* games haha..)
CPU:Intel i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz
Motherboard:Gigabyte Technology H97M-HD3
Memory:Corsair DDR3 16GB
Graphics Card(s):NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Sound Card:IntegratedMonitor(s)
Displays:1x LG 1920x1080, 1x UGEE 2150 tablet display 1920x1080
Screen Resolution:1920x1080 x2
Hard Drives:Corsair Neutron SSD [118GB]
Toshiba External USB [1TB]
Transcend External USB [1TB]
PSU:Corsair CX600
Case:CIT G Force Blue
StockKeyboard:Logitech K360
Mouse:Logitech MX Anywhere 2