Is it bad to keep Ryzen 2600x "OC'd" to 4.2ghz?

[TheFriendlyHacker]

I've been playing around with "overclocking" my Ryzen 2600x. It's being cooled by a Corsair H100i AIO (240mm water cooler), which does a good job. 

 

Now, the 2600x is rated to clock up to 4.2ghz using AMD's own "turbo" (or whatever they call it). But I've noticed that mine rarely hits 4.2ghz on its own for more than a few seconds at a time (it usually stays at 4.0-4.05ghz). 

 

So I adjusted my CPU Multiplier to 42 (aka, 4.2ghz) and left the voltage alone (~1.44v). Thus, now my CPU is constantly running at 4.2ghz. Under some benchmark loads, the MAX temp reached was 72C. So, not tee bad imo. 

 

But what I'm wondering: are there any other negative side effects that come with having the CPU constantly clocked that high? Anything at all? Or is it completely fine to keep it pinned at 4.2ghz as long as I can cool it properly?

[Mister Woof]

The more voltage and heat and current you pass through your chip the faster it degrades.

 

Instead of lasting 20 years at stock, it might only last 16 at 1.44.

 

Or it could fail sooner. It might fail anyway.

 

Too hard to tell, but one thing to consider is that monitoring software and sensors don't always measure the voltage right. It could be way more than 1.44. Or less, or accurate.

 

I personally don't think it's worth worrying over.

 

All likelihood it will outlast it's usefulness.

 

Just put some airflow over your VRM on the motherboard, especially since you're using an AIO.

[Jurrunio]

Constantly clocked high is fine, turn off C-states (maybe called something else on Ryzen?). high voltage (even briefly) isn't.

[TheFriendlyHacker]

26 minutes ago, Plutosaurus said:

The more voltage and heat and current you pass through your chip the faster it degrades.

 

Instead of lasting 20 years at stock, it might only last 16 at 1.44.

 

Or it could fail sooner. It might fail anyway.

 

Too hard to tell, but one thing to consider is that monitoring software and sensors don't always measure the voltage right. It could be way more than 1.44. Or less, or accurate.

 

I personally don't think it's worth worrying over.

 

All likelihood it will outlast it's usefulness.

 

Just put some airflow over your VRM on the motherboard, especially since you're using an AIO.

Good to know!

I tried pushing my luck with this CPU by manually OC'ing it to 4.3ghz, 4.35ghz and 4.4ghz. 

It survived both of the benchmarks I ran at 4.3 just fine, max temp was 74C. But it did not survive anything higher than that lol. 

 

Interestingly, the max CPU power draw when being pinned at 100% during the benchmarks at 4.3ghz was a whopping 149.70W. Yikes!