Initial user who encountered an issue
Initial user who encountered an issue
At the age of seventy-five and having just started building, my advice would be outdated. In the past year and a half, I assembled a computer with the goal of overclocking and aiming for optimal performance. (New components) An Asrock z77 Extreme 4 board, 16 gig DDR3 RAM, Cryorig H7, heatsink, an 850 Evo SSD for booting, and a 1TB WD Black HDD for storage. I used existing parts, never overclocked the i5 3570k, installed an Evga 650 gold PSU all fitted into a Deep Slience 1 ATX case, and used a Reven 4 eyes fan controller. When everything was combined, I was very satisfied with the outcome. Now it's time to try overclocking again. I downloaded Core Temp, CUPID, and Prime95 and thoroughly learned how to perform the process to reach the ideal speed. Only two aspects are giving me difficulties. In a tutorial, it was recommended to check C/drive, properties, hardware, SSD (boot drive), adjust settings, and click Enable write caching on the device so that crashes won’t corrupt files. If this advice is correct, after overclocking do you need to return and click Enable write caching? My other question concerns BIOS updates—this can wait. Any feedback on this build... am I on the right path? One more thing: a 750Ti OC game card, thanks.
In windows, every permanent drive comes with write caching turned on by default. Turning it off may reduce its performance and won't improve things after a crash. It's safer to create a full backup of the system drive; Macrium Reflect is likely the best option for that. It's still a wise precaution.
Regarding OC, the ideal range is where stability is maintained and temperatures stay within safe limits for the processor, chipset, and VRM, including stable voltage levels.
In windows, every permanent drive comes with write caching turned on by default. Turning it off may reduce its performance and won't improve things after a crash. It's safer to create a full backup of the system drive; Macrium Reflect is likely the best option for that. It's still a wise precaution.
Regarding OC settings, the ideal range is where stability is maintained and temperatures stay within safe limits for the processor, chipset, and VRM, along with acceptable voltage levels.