First OC /w Ryzen 5 3600 and Vengeance LPX 3200

[Jokk]

Hello, I was wondering what would be a good basic overclocking I could do as a newbie. I'm not quite sure what settings to change and what to not touch at all.

I have:

• Ryzen 5 3600
• Vengeance LPX 3200
• Noctua NH-D15
• Geforce 970(going to upgrade in a month or two)
• MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX
• Corsair CX600(might need to replace the fan or the whole thing as it's making some odd noises)

It's all stock atm.

All help appreciated!

[Jurrunio]

Ryzen 3rd gen CPUs dont have much headrrom so might as well ignore that for now

 

The proper way is to do the memory first, but then that's like starting a game in hard mode...

 

@LukeSavenije Is old CX that bad?

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

LukeSavenije Is old CX that bad?

it's not as bad as some make it to be, but it's old, especially by todays standards (at least up to and including the 600w)

 

i wrote a bit why here:

 

i would highly recommend not to change fans in a psu. buy a new one if you can.

[Jokk]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Ryzen 3rd gen CPUs dont have much headrrom so might as well ignore that for now

 

The proper way is to do the memory first, but then that's like starting a game in hard mode...

 

@LukeSavenije Is old CX that bad?

Isn't PBO a big increase in itself?

 

I think it's just mine/the upgrade that made it complain. It makes a high pitched noise when the computer is turned off as long as it's connected to the MB. It makes a little bit of noise even when it's unplugged from basically everything(including an unplugged power cable) which I found a bit weird.

[Jurrunio]

1 minute ago, Jokk said:

Isn't PBO a big increase in itself?

2nd gen maybe, not 3rd gen

 

[Jokk]

Oh okay thanks. That makes it a bit easier! How do I go about OC the DRAM then? They're currently running on 2666 as I don't want to touch anything without understanding what I'm doing.

[Midnitewolf]

Ryzen 3000 doesn't have much overclocking headroom but some people are having success getting a bit more performance out of them with an all clock boost.  However, in most cases the performance increase is minimal, just 2-3% over stock. 

 

Memory on the other hand seems to be where you can get the most performance gain.  Ryzen seems to like high frequency and low latency.  3600 CL 16 or 3200 CL 14 seems to be a sweet spot from a price to performance standpoint.  Still even here I am not sure your getting all that much of a boost, maybe 3-5% with good memory and tight timings.

 

The reason I mention this is that I am not sure it is really worth the effort to overclock Ryzen 3000 but I am sure there are ton of people who will disagree.