Overclocking help

[Poseidon123789]

I just built my first computer and am looking into overclocking, but have no idea how. My system is:

i7-8700k cpu

Noctua NH-D9L cpu cooler

ASrock Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/ac motherboard

G.Skill Value DDR4-2666 memory (16gb)

TEAM T-force Delta 1TB SSD storage

MSI RTX 2080 VENTUS GPU (coming in a few days)

Rosewill 650w 80+ gold full modular psu

 

Anything is appreciated, thanks!

[Emanbaird]

What do you know so far about overclocking? do you understand bclck and multipliers at least?

[Poseidon123789]

I've seen them in the driver software, and I'm assuming higher is better, but I don't know exactly what they do.

[r2724r16]

17 minutes ago, Poseidon123789 said:

I just built my first computer and am looking into overclocking, but have no idea how.

What do you want to overclock (CPU, GPU, DRAM)?

 

Here's a very short GPU overclocking guide:

- Download MSI Afterburner and Unigine Valley Benchmark

- Increase the core clock by a bit at a time (maybe 25MHz at a time) and same goes for memory.

- Then stress test your GPU (run Unigine Valley Benchmark) for some time.

- If the application doesn't crash, then your overclock is stable but if Unigine Valley Benchmark crashes, then your overclock isn't stable. 

- If your app crashes, you have two options: either add more voltage or decrease the core/memory clock.

[Poseidon123789]

3 minutes ago, Geography said:

What do you want to overclock (CPU, GPU, DRAM)?

Thanks for the help. I definitely want to overclock my GPU and probably memory, do you think its worth overclocking the CPU for gaming?

[r2724r16]

Just now, Poseidon123789 said:

Thanks for the help. I definitely want to overclock my GPU and probably memory, do you think its worth overclocking the CPU for gaming?

Nope. GPU overclocking will help a lot more for gaming than CPU overclocking will.

[Poseidon123789]

Just now, Geography said:

Nope. GPU overclocking will help a lot more for gaming than CPU overclocking will.

Thanks a lot, I'l overclock the GPU as soon as I can

[Emanbaird]

What is your FPS goal? for higher framerates you'll see more of a difference from overclocking the CPU