Overclocking Ryzen 5 2600

[lagista]

I'm planning to overclock my CPU. 

 

If I'm planning a 4.0 ghz overclock, will it always run at 4.0ghz even when it's idle or <10% cpu utilization? 

 

How do I simply increase the boost clock to higher while allowing it to downclock during idle periods? 

 

For reference, I'm using Asus Prime B350M-A mobo and Cryorig R1 Universal cooler. 

[BigDamn]

If you use the high performance profile on Windows it will not downclock below 4ghz ever. You can adjust this in power settings in control panel. When overclocking you disable boost clock and your overclock frequency becomes your base frequency. This won't hurt anything, just make sure its stable and you have proper cooling.

[lagista]

2 minutes ago, BigDamn said:

If you use the high performance profile on Windows it will not downclock below 4ghz ever. You can adjust this in power settings in control panel. When overclocking you disable boost clock and your overclock frequency becomes your base frequency. This won't hurt anything, just make sure its stable and you have proper cooling.

thanks! 

 

I'm using the Ryzen Balanced profile though, will it get deactivated once I OC? 

 

So is it safe to say all I should care about once I OC is temps and voltage of CPU & Mobo under load? 

[Jurrunio]

As far as I know, if you enable C-states it will drop to idle frequency when doing nothing. Anything else, even a twitch on the mouse, will ramp it back to 4GHz again. Not like it affects Ryzen's power draw much anyway, you only save say, 10% of power. Full frequency steppings (so it runs on frequency between idle and max frequency) is only available on X CPUs overclocked with PBO.