Can I overclock

[Aviral_9410]

I have got a PC with h61 motherboard a Nvidia 620 2GB graphic card and 8GB of RAM and a 450 zebronics power supply And Intel i3 2100 processor.

 

I understand this that this is not the best gaming pc so can I overclock it to increase its performance

[191x7]

You can't overclock that processor but you can overclock that graphics card. Sadly, it won't help since those parts are old.

Can you upgrade with some cheap parts?

[LukeSavenije]

you can overclock the gpu

 

the cpu and mobo are locked tho

 

tho that psu sort of concerns me...

[RAM555789]

Even with a decent overclock on the GPU the effects will be minimal on more modern titles due to lack of Vram.

[Bananasplit_00]

You can overclock the GPU and maybe OC the CPU using base clock 

[Aviral_9410]

Can you tell how can I overclock ?

 

[Aviral_9410]

5 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

You can overclock the GPU and maybe OC the CPU using base clock 

Plz explain briefly

[Aviral_9410]

5 hours ago, RAM555789 said:

Even with a decent overclock on the GPU the effects will be minimal on more modern titles due to lack of Vram.

Plz tell the recommended vram

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, Aviral_9410 said:

Plz explain briefly

for the GPU you can probably use MSI Afterburner and if you look in the BIOS there might or might not be a setting called BCLK(or baseclock, systemclock or similar names) that you could try nudge. Moving it can make stuff like I/O stop working and PCIe might get unstable because you are messing with the clock that is the basis for all the buses on the motherboard but you can get a couple percent sometimes

[Aviral_9410]

6 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

for the GPU you can probably use MSI Afterburner and if you look in the BIOS there might or might not be a setting called BCLK(or baseclock, systemclock or similar names) that you could try nudge. Moving it can make stuff like I/O stop working and PCIe might get unstable because you are messing with the clock that is the basis for all the buses on the motherboard but you can get a couple percent sometimes

How much should I change

 

[Bananasplit_00]

14 minutes ago, Aviral_9410 said:

How much should I change

 

you wont be getting more than a coupple MHz change on the baseclock, i would start with putting it up one and seeing if it will even do that

[Berfs1]

You can upgrade the CPU up to a i7-2600 safely; you MAY need a BIOS update to get support for the 3rd gen CPUs, but if it does support the 3rd gen CPUs, you can go up to a i7-3770. The 3rd gen CPUs still pack a punch, and they should be compatible with the motherboard (but please check with the manufacturer of the motherboard before purchasing the CPU). GPU can be upgraded, I would recommend up to an RTX 2060 if you wanted (but to take advantage of the graphics card's full capabilities, you need to upgrade the CPU to a quad core such as an i5 or i7), however you are free to choose a GPU that doesn't have any power connectors or has a power connector that your power supply can provide. I did not mention the overclockable parts such as the i7-2700K or i7-3770K, and while the i7-2700K is a bit faster than the i7-2600, it comes at a cost premium. And, the i7-3770 is identical to the i7-3770K except for the unlocked multiplier, found only on the K variant, and the base frequency (which doesn't really affect anything because the turbo frequencies are the same).

[Berfs1]

1 hour ago, Aviral_9410 said:

Plz tell the recommended vram

Depends on the games you are trying to run, but in 2019 I recommend minimum 3-4GB of VRAM, as 2GB barely cuts it anymore. That is assuming you are running 1080p.

[Berfs1]

1 hour ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

you wont be getting more than a coupple MHz change on the baseclock, i would start with putting it up one and seeing if it will even do that

For an i3-2100, you can safely go up to ~104 MHz, after that it depends on your chip. Some i3s can hit 105.5, some cant go over 104. Since the multiplier is 31x, I would say 104 MHz is definitely achievable. Just make sure your RAM can handle that, as it will go from 1066 to ~1109, 1333 to ~1387, or 1600 to 1664. Oh, that is assuming you know how to overclock on an H61-based motherboard.

[Berfs1]

7 hours ago, RAM555789 said:

Even with a decent overclock on the GPU the effects will be minimal on more modern titles due to lack of Vram.

The size of VRAM doesn't matter that much. It just wont load in all the textures. If it fills up the RAM though, that's a different story.

[RAM555789]

8 hours ago, Aviral_9410 said:

Plz tell the recommended vram

I forgot to mention that the clocks of the card itself also matters as well. That's why a 1060 3GB card can out do a 1050 TI which has 4GB of Vram, but most recent GPUs have 4GB + at this point. The 1050 TI I found was a great card but in terms of price per performance the RX 570 smashes it. Even if your a die hard Nvidia fan I really can't recommend the Nvidia cards unless your looking for something more higher end or looking to buy used. I really do recommend looking into used as you can find some really nice deal. The cheapest 1050 TI card new according to pcpartpicker right now its $130 and I was able to pick-up a used 1070 FE card for $200 and it runs great. If you can't afford to upgrade all at once I recommended shopping around for used parts, especially local. (shipping an entire PC is going to be expensive) 

 

[Berfs1]

On 3/14/2019 at 7:53 PM, RAM555789 said:

I forgot to mention that the clocks of the card itself also matters as well. That's why a 1060 3GB card can out do a 1050 TI which has 4GB of Vram, but most recent GPUs have 4GB + at this point. The 1050 TI I found was a great card but in terms of price per performance the RX 570 smashes it. Even if your a die hard Nvidia fan I really can't recommend the Nvidia cards unless your looking for something more higher end or looking to buy used. I really do recommend looking into used as you can find some really nice deal. The cheapest 1050 TI card new according to pcpartpicker right now its $130 and I was able to pick-up a used 1070 FE card for $200 and it runs great. If you can't afford to upgrade all at once I recommended shopping around for used parts, especially local. (shipping an entire PC is going to be expensive) 

 

Not to mention a 1060 3GB still runs on a 192 bit bus, while the 1050 Ti and 1050 (not 3GB version) run off of a 128 bit bus, while the 1050 3GB runs off of a 96 bit bus, and the 1030 usually is 64 bit bus. The 1060 6GB is also 192 bit bus width, and the 1060 5GB (Asia exclusive) is 160 bit bus. I would personally recommend the OP the GTX 1660 as it has 6GB of VRAM and is faster than the 1060 6GB at a similar price range.

[RAM555789]

1 minute ago, Berfs1 said:

Not to mention a 1060 3GB still runs on a 192 bit bus, while the 1050 Ti and 1050 (not 3GB version) run off of a 128 bit bus, while the 1050 3GB runs off of a 96 bit bus, and the 1030 usually is 64 bit bus. The 1060 6GB is also 192 bit bus width, and the 1060 5GB (Asia exclusive) is 160 bit bus. I would personally recommend the OP the GTX 1660 as it has 6GB of VRAM and is faster than the 1060 6GB at a similar price range.

Wait is there also 1050 3GB? Is that also an Asian exclusive? They've been coming out with some weird cards lately.

[Berfs1]

16 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

Wait is there also 1050 3GB? Is that also an Asian exclusive? They've been coming out with some weird cards lately.

The 1050 3GB is not Asia exclusive, you can buy that in retail, but vs a 1050 Ti, no point in buying the latter. It's literally a 1050 Ti with 1GB (and 32 bit bus) cut off.