P8z68V-Pro

Hi,
I was thinking about getting this board with i7 2600k but just wanted to know about the auto overclock. Is this very safe? I have a noctua nh-d14. If the board fries my cpu will asus refund me for my cpu? Also does it need to overclock evrytime i turn on my pc and will it always change mhz? One last thing will it read the tempreature of my cpu or just work on the voltages? any help is appreciated.

Auto clock would certain be the one-click solution to overclocking but it isn't ideal because manually overclocking offers much more control.

Usually, the autotuner will pump more voltage that necessary for a clock speed - using more electricity and generating more heat.

The CPU usually have the safeguarding measures to shutdown when it gets too hot.

If done correctly, your system will only reach higher clock speeds when your applications demand it - falling back down when you don't need it.

You can read the temps in BIOS or through programs after installing an operating system.

Hey Willy

Get the ASUS P8Z68 V-Pro/Gen3, it is a great motherboard which I will vouch for.

Overclocking is a messy business, in theory it voids your warranties if they can somehow prove it, also in theory you motherboard doesn't fry your CPU, it is the user throwing to much VCore through it that is the issue, so here is what you do, you start small scale, you overclock on the Turboboost frequencies keeping the C-State and EIST settings enabled. Bump the TB frequencies to 38/38/38/38 (3.8ghz), keep your VCore settings on auto and monitor the auto voltage the motherboard assigns to the CPU using CPUID and Prime95, if the Auto VCore is to high you can manually lock the vcore and offset the voltage up or down till you get the sweet spot, in most instances a 1.2~1.25 at 3.3~4ghz is the range you should be looking at, low 1.2's, you can run that with the power saving features 24/7 without to much risk of CPU degredation.

I thought I may tell you this incase, being part of a OC community we found that the Sandybridge CPU's will great overclockers and highly efficient degrade quickly if you run 24/7 oc states, it will go from a 7.9 WEI score to 7.3(overclocked) in a matter of months.