What can I overclock?
The most often overclocked components are the CPU, video card and memory. In this guide our
focus is CPU overclocking.
Disclaimer: Overclock at your own risk!
Overclocking your CPU voids your warranty and it can also damage your CPU, especially if done
incorrectly.
Chapter 2: How to Overclock Your Intel i9-12900K
For reference we are using a GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS MASTER motherboard and an Intel i9-
12900K CPU.
Based on our testing some Intel i9-12900Ks can hit 5.1-5.2GHz using water-cooling and
around 1.3-1.35ish Vcore. This is our experience with the CPUs we've tested. You may find
that your CPU will overclock better (or worse) than our samples so keep that in mind when
doing the testing.
For ease, we will only overclock the high-performance cores on this guide but with exactly
the same way you can overclock the high-efficiency cores if you want. You can do that
simultaneously but we recommend to overclock them after you stabilize your overclocking
with the high-performance cores first.
■ Step 1: Enter the BIOS by pressing the “delete” button
If you have never been inside your BIOS before, welcome! There is no need to worry, we will
guide you step by step with screenshots.
■ Step 2: Load your Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)
Enter BIOS and go to the “Tweaker” tab. Scroll down until you see the “Extreme Memory
Profile (X.M.P.)” option.
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