Adjusting performance on an i5 3300 at 3.00ghz
Adjusting performance on an i5 3300 at 3.00ghz
3.6Ghz, I doubt very much, i5-3540? No such thing as an i5-3300.
These chips are not intended for overclocking, so they have locked multipliers. This means the only thing you can adjust is the Base Clock (BCLK) up to around 105Mhz if you are lucky. This is also tied to the PCIe bus, so you are also increasing its speed, which may lead to instability.
If it is a 3540, then it should have a max clock of 33x100Mhz. Setting the BCLK to 103Mhz will net you a gain of 33x3Mhz, or just about 100Mhz, so that you are up to 3.4Ghz. Not really worth it.
This is assuming you have control of the BCLK, depending on the motherboard you may not. Many OEMs restrict the BIOS to not have these features. Most of your Z77 boards probably have it though...
3.6Ghz, I doubt very much, i5-3540? No such thing as an i5-3300.
These chips are not intended for overclocking, so they have locked multipliers. This means the only thing you can adjust is the Base Clock (BCLK) up to around 105Mhz if you are lucky. This is also tied to the PCIe bus, so you are also increasing its speed, which may lead to instability.
If it is a 3540, then it should have a max clock of 33x100Mhz. Setting the BCLK to 103Mhz will net you a gain of 33x3Mhz, or just about 100Mhz, so that you are up to 3.4Ghz. Not really worth it.
This is assuming you have control of the BCLK, depending on the motherboard you may not. Many OEMs restrict the BIOS to not have these features. Most of your Z77 boards probably have it though. H77 and H61 may not.
Not really any easy to use overclocking software outside of what the vendor provides, and usually that just gives you access to the features from Windows. It is far from ideal. Overclocking is best done directly in the BIOS.
All that said, not worth it in your situation.
There is a need for P67, Z68 or Z77 boards to enable turbo bins, adjusting the maximum from 32 to 36 and applying a slight offset voltage of 100 or 200 mV. The I5 3300 model is available. Turbo overclocking support exists on ivy bridge, but Haswell removed this feature. Overclocking discussions on Sandy Bridge processors are ongoing in various forums.