OverClocking my CPU new to overclocking

[Jonkerstien]

I am new to overclocking my CPU and was wonder what i have to do to get this started where i have to go and what i have to do it safely i have messed around in the BIOS but every time it fails to overclock before the system reboots and i have to default everything again to get my PC booted

Computer Information:
Intel Core i7 2600K Sandy Bridge 3.40GHz
Corsiar H80i Water Cooling for CPU
ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 Intel Z68 DDR3
Corsair HX750 750W Modular Power Supply
Gigabyte nVidia Geforce GTX570 OC 1280MB( Upgrading to EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked ACX 3GB)

[Highlnder3]

FYI....according to your screen shots the BIOS version you are running is 3603. Now to help you overclock I suggest you start by looking at this thread.
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?2787-Maximus-IV-GENE-Z-BIOS-Guide-Overclocking&country=&sta...

The screen shots in there will show you where every item in the BIOS is and what it is.

Good luck.

[Jonkerstien]

Here are 2 screen shots from bios as you can see the version is 2.00.1208 instead of 2.00.1201 which is in the screenshots in the link u gave me now can i roll the bios back so i can see one like that or is it just how my motherboard bios looks.
Also in one of these images i linked here there is the CPU ratio which i tried to change but it is defaulting to 34 and it can go lower but not higher than 34

[Nate152]

Thank you for posting your bios screenshots Jonkerstien. Set turbo ratio to by all cores and disable cpu level up. Then post me a screen shot of your extreme tweaker tab.

[Jonkerstien]

I am not able to disable the auto cpu lvl up and i cant set the turbo ration by all cores as i dont see that option

[Nate152]

Are you able to set by all cores to manual?

[Nate152]

OK Jonkerstien, I don't see turbo ratio on your extreme tweaker tab. Try setting turbo mode to enabled then see if you have the turbo ratio option.

[Jonkerstien]

No sorry it doesnt show anything is there a possiblility that my k series cpu is not unlocked or that my mohterboard does not support overlclocking?

[Nate152]

No sir, both your motherboard and cpu were made for overclocking. I'm not sure why the turbo ratio is not showing up in your bios. There might be a setting somewhere to enable it or, it is possible a bios update would put the turbo ratio there. I will look further into this.

[Jonkerstien]

Thank you very much if u need any information dont hesitate to ask

[Nate152]

Ok, on extreme tweaker tab, do you see cpu performance settings? Set the maximum power setting to disabled and see if it gives you the turbo ratio. We will try a few things to see if we can get the turbo ratio to come up. That is what we are looking for.