Is it reasonable to Overclock a Ryzen 7 2700x with stock cooler?

[Vexo]

Exactly as the title asks. Will the stock cooler be able to cool an overclocked 2700x? How loud will it be, if so? Is it even worth it?

[emosun]

is there something your 2700x isn't capable of without the overclock?

[Tristerin]

If you ambient temps are decent (20c) you could maintain a mild OC on the stock cooler.  

[Zando_]

22 minutes ago, Vexo said:

 Is it even worth it?

Gaming? No. The higher single core boost is more valuable there, and you can't get that high on an all-core (stock boost is 4.35Ghz, tweaked it can push cores to 4.4-4.5, best all core you can get is usually around 4.2-4.25Ghz). For games you're better off tweaking your RAM and boost. 

For rendering and other stuff that uses 100% of all the cores, or bench runs in Cinebench or similar, an all-core OC is faster. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Figure out how the CPU performs first, in actual performance, clock speed, and thermals. If the CPU is routinely hitting something like 4.2 GHz in what you normally do, then it's not really worth trying to overclock it because the most I've seen a 2700X hit is 4.3GHz, and an extra 100MHz in the grand scheme of things is basically within a margin of error.