Overclocking help

[fatrafa]

Hi, I have bought an overclocked system from PC specialist and I had some questions, here is my spec:

Case ZALMAN Z11 PLUS BLACK MID TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-3570k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.60GHz)

OC Settings Show/Hide
AI Overclock Tuner: XMP
BLCK Freq: 100
Turbo Ratio: 46
By All Cores: 46
Internal PLL OverVoltage: Auto
Mem Freq: 1600
EPU Power Saving: Disabled
Load-Line Calibration: Auto
CPU Manual Voltage: 1.375
DRAM Voltage: 1.65
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Ratio: Auto
CPU C1E: Disabled


Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5003AZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling Corsair H40 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£39)
Extra Case Fans 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)
Change to: NONE
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)


I was wandering a few things;

-If I did overclock, how would I underclock (If such a thing even exists)
-Is it safe depending on my specs (Is my airflow good, what about my power)
-What happens to my 1 year silver warranty if I overclock via AI Suite II

Sorry if some of these questions are really stupid, I'm still learning about computers.

Thanks in advance.

 

[keynes]

-If I did overclock, how would I underclock (If such a thing even exists)
-Is it safe depending on my specs (Is my airflow good, what about my power)
-What happens to my 1 year silver warranty if I overclock via AI Suite II

1) You could disable the overclock going to bios, you could try saving your overclock settings (probably it is already saved) and seek help from PCS technical support on how to go back to stock clock speed or look at how you go to default settings.
2) From the details posted it seems you purchased an overclocked system from PCS so it should be fine.
3) Your warranty will be voided if you cause a damage to the computer but I have used asus suite and I have never experienced an issue
I am just curious why you want to go back to stock clock speed, why did you get the overclocked system?

 

[steaky360]

If you bought an overclocked system from PCS then your PC should already be overclocked (running at 4.6GHz under full CPU load)
Cant speak for the airflow specifically (but PCS normally seem to do a great job of cable management), the H40 is a good cooler and you should have no problems running with your current overclock but if you were to try and push it higher I would keep a close eye on your temps to make sure you don't overheat the CPU.
I think if you overclock yourself and don't damage anything your warranty is still valid although I'd contact PCS in advance to get an official response on that.

Note I am purely talking here about overclocking the CPU, if you try to overclock the GPU I believe it will invalidate the warranty for the GPU.

 

[fatrafa]

I was just curious, I was considering overclocking but I was afraid I would mess up, thus ending my warranty and breaking my PC. But Asus suite seems pretty safe, thanks for clearing these things up

 

[steaky360]

I was just curious, I was considering overclocking but I was afraid I would mess up, thus ending my warranty and breaking my PC. But Asus suite seems pretty safe, thanks for clearing these things up

If you were to give it a go yourself just keep an eye on your temps and you cant go too far wrong