Wanting learn to OC

[Ravenbear]

Can someone point me to a good beginners guide to OCing? This is something that I am finding interesting and do not want to brick my system Thanks

[r2724r16]

19 minutes ago, Ravenbear said:

Can someone point me to a good beginners guide to OCing? This is something that I am finding interesting and do not want to brick my system Thanks

1. Are you talking about CPU overclocking, RAM overclocking, GPU overclocking, or a combination of these?

2. What's your system's specs (overclocking can be different depending on the platform)?

3. Why do you want to overclock your system?

[Ravenbear]

14 minutes ago, Geography said:

1. Are you talking about CPU overclocking, RAM overclocking, GPU overclocking, or a combination of these?

2. What's your system's specs (overclocking can be different depending on the platform)?

3. Why do you want to overclock your system?

Being retired I have A bit of time on my hands some days. I am looking to learn this a sort of a hobby. My system is Inel/Nivida, and I'd like to learn all sides of it if I can.

[r2724r16]

13 minutes ago, Ravenbear said:

Being retired I have A bit of time on my hands some days. I am looking to learn this a sort of a hobby. My system is Inel/Nivida, and I'd like to learn all sides of it if I can.

Sure... what's your PC's specs? I can tell you about GPU overclocking because specs don't matter too much, but CPU and RAM overclocking will vary from platform to platform.

 

Here's a 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 overclock is stable, keep increasing the core/memory clock.

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

 

- You can also modify your fan curve in MSI Afterburner (Settings > Fan > Enable user defined software automatic fan control) to your preference. You can make it as silent or loud as you want.

- Keep your temps in check, try to stay under ~85°C when running the benchmark.

[Ravenbear]

6 hours ago, Geography said:

Sure... what's your PC's specs? I can tell you about GPU overclocking because specs don't matter too much, but CPU and RAM overclocking will vary from platform to platform.

 

Here's a 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 overclock is stable, keep increasing the core/memory clock.

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

 

- You can also modify your fan curve in MSI Afterburner (Settings > Fan > Enable user defined software automatic fan control) to your preference. You can make it as silent or loud as you want.

- Keep your temps in check, try to stay under ~85°C when running the benchmark.

Sorry about that..I have an i9 9900k,  on a Maximus Code xi, with 2 2080ti FE and 64gb DDR4 3000mhz. And thanks for the help.

[r2724r16]

On 3/21/2019 at 11:51 PM, Ravenbear said:

Sorry about that..I have an i9 9900k,  on a Maximus Code xi, with 2 2080ti FE and 64gb DDR4 3000mhz. And thanks for the help.

Sorry for the late reply...

 

Here's a memory overclocking guide (this is very very very very very time consuming): 

 

Here's a CPU overclocking guide: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3186812/how-to-overclock-your-pcs-cpu.html

 

^And for the CPU overclocking guide, make sure your overclock is stable by running Prime95 for at least 15 minutes.

 

EDIT: If you need help with anything, feel free to ask me. Thanks!

[Ravendarat]

On 3/21/2019 at 3:50 PM, Geography said:

Sure... what's your PC's specs? I can tell you about GPU overclocking because specs don't matter too much, but CPU and RAM overclocking will vary from platform to platform.

 

Here's a 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 overclock is stable, keep increasing the core/memory clock.

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

 

- You can also modify your fan curve in MSI Afterburner (Settings > Fan > Enable user defined software automatic fan control) to your preference. You can make it as silent or loud as you want.

- Keep your temps in check, try to stay under ~85°C when running the benchmark.

How come Valley? Is there a particular reason you picked that specific bench test or its just what you personally use?

[Oalei]

1 hour ago, Ravendarat said:

How come Valley? Is there a particular reason you picked that specific bench test or its just what you personally use?

Well you can use others, if you wanted to or already did. Even if its a personal use it's still a good benchmarking tool

[Ravendarat]

1 hour ago, Oalei said:

Well you can use others, if you wanted to or already did. Even if its a personal use it's still a good benchmarking tool

Oh ya I get that, I just was wondering if there was a particular reason you picked that over others, im following this thread because it never hurts to learn more

[r2724r16]

10 hours ago, Ravendarat said:

How come Valley? Is there a particular reason you picked that specific bench test or its just what you personally use?

Unigine Valley allows you to compare your score to others, and you can also see how much of an improvement you got with your OC.