Vanquish 4 Overclocking

Greetings, all.

I'm very pleased to say that my Vanquish 4 has passed stage 7 and is on the way. I'm very excited to get it, but since I've never had a real gaming rig (my whole life up to this point has been spent toiling on store bought Dells and the like) I thought I'd try and educate myself a little before the computer arrives in a week or so.

My main question right now has to do with overclocking... I've never had a PC with an overclocked processor, so I'm not 100% clear on exactly how it works or what I should be prepared for. My understanding is that the Vanquish 4 comes pre-overclocked (which I suppose is good as I wouldn't know how to do it myself anyway).

That said, I've heard that overclocking can cause negative performance issues (with Windows, for instance) and overheating. Is this something that I should be worried about? And if it is, will there be a way for me to disable the overclocking? Ideally I suppose it would be best if there was a way to turn it on or off as needed (off when I'm doing work and on when I'm playing something like Skyrim, for instance).

Maybe I'm worrying about nothing (obviously DS wouldn't overclock it if that was going to cause any serious issues), but I just want to be sure I'm fully educated when the time comes so I can hit the ground running.

Thanks,

DR

Thanks for the quick response! That's exactly the kind of information that I need. As I said, I figured it wouldn't be a problem but I do want to make sure I'm educated. I may be the computer expert in my family, but that isn't really saying much... 

I've heard that there are applications that will allow you to check (or at least get some sort of vague idea) of what temperature the rig is running at (to help me keep an eye on potential overheating). Is that true, or will I just have to play it by ear?

Exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thanks again!