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I’ve been doing researching and I’m planning to build my own PC. I’m a video editor, and I do heavy 4k 60FPS. I saw the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is a great CPU. Since I’m on a budget as well. I’m wondering if the CPU is safe for overclocking? The base is 3.6 GHz. I was thinking of manually OC to 4.1 ghz base. I do not want the CPU to go down under 3.8ghz. People are saying to upgrade the CPU but they are $100-$250 more. Amd Ryzen 3600x is not a good upgrade from the regular 3600. So overall, is OC the Ryzen 3600 adding 500mhz safe over clocking? Or is it too much?
Here is my build:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $172.76 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  
Motherboard MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $169.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $144.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $229.99 @ Adorama
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card $169.99 @ Amazon
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  
Case Fan be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM High-Speed 77.57 CFM 140 mm Fan $26.88 @ B&H
Case Fan be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM High-Speed 77.57 CFM 140 mm Fan $26.88 @ B&H
Monitor Samsung U28H750 27.9" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor $609.69 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1551.17
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-30 02:36 EDT-0400  

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler $47.97 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card $259.99 @ Newegg
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  
Monitor Samsung U28H750 27.9" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor $609.69 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1616.76
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1596.76
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-30 02:42 EDT-0400  

much better cpu and gpu. Replaced the overpriced motherboard and ssd

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Main PC:

Spoiler

|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

Spoiler

| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

Spoiler

| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

Spoiler

 

Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

Spoiler

 

Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

Spoiler

 

Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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6 minutes ago, austind903 said:

I’ve been doing researching and I’m planning to build my own PC. I’m a video editor, and I do heavy 4k 60FPS. I saw the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is a great CPU. Since I’m on a budget as well. I’m wondering if the CPU is safe for overclocking? The base is 3.6 GHz. I was thinking of manually OC to 4.1 ghz base. I do not want the CPU to go down under 3.8ghz. People are saying to upgrade the CPU but they are $100-$250 more. Amd Ryzen 3600x is not a good upgrade from the regular 3600. So overall, is OC the Ryzen 3600 adding 500mhz safe over clocking? Or is it too much?
Here is my build:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $172.76 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  
Motherboard MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $169.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $144.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $229.99 @ Adorama
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card $169.99 @ Amazon
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  
Case Fan be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM High-Speed 77.57 CFM 140 mm Fan $26.88 @ B&H
Case Fan be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM High-Speed 77.57 CFM 140 mm Fan $26.88 @ B&H
Monitor Samsung U28H750 27.9" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor $609.69 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1551.17
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-30 02:36 EDT-0400  

 

4.1ghz is pretty safe. and if its not then your pc will crash. no damage is done.

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

Spoiler

|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

Spoiler

| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

Spoiler

| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

Spoiler

 

Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

Spoiler

 

Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

Spoiler

 

Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

Spoiler

 

Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

Spoiler

 

Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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2 minutes ago, austind903 said:

I’ve been doing researching and I’m planning to build my own PC. I’m a video editor, and I do heavy 4k 60FPS. I saw the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is a great CPU. Since I’m on a budget as well. I’m wondering if the CPU is safe for overclocking? The base is 3.6 GHz. I was thinking of manually OC to 4.1 ghz base. I do not want the CPU to go down under 3.8ghz. People are saying to upgrade the CPU but they are $100-$250 more. Amd Ryzen 3600x is not a good upgrade from the regular 3600. So overall, is OC the Ryzen 3600 adding 500mhz safe over clocking? Or is it too much?
Here is my build:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $172.76 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  
Motherboard MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $169.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $144.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $229.99 @ Adorama
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card $169.99 @ Amazon
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  
Case Fan be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM High-Speed 77.57 CFM 140 mm Fan $26.88 @ B&H
Case Fan be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM High-Speed 77.57 CFM 140 mm Fan $26.88 @ B&H
Monitor Samsung U28H750 27.9" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor $609.69 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1551.17
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-30 02:36 EDT-0400  

 

get a 2700 or 2700x
Those extra 2 cores and 4 threads will be very noticable difference.
The stock cooler will handle pretty much.
My reccomendations:
Get a 2700/2700x, The wraith spire cooler will work just fine if you don't overclock it past 4.7ghz
Don't buy a new rx580, get a used one. You'll save quite some money. I'd wait for the RTX 3000 series to drop first and get a 1660 super when price drops as productivity is always better at Nvidia cards

Buy the samsung 970 evo 256 or 512 gb for boot drive and intel 660p for storage, this way you can get a lot more storage.

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I'm running 4.3ghz all core at 1.275 (running a stability test overnight at 1.25) on my 3600 with no problems. Granted I don't do productivity (other than F@H) so I agree that you'd be better off to get a 3700x if you're doing video work.

 

Safe to OC? Sure, as long as you keep voltage and heat in check.

 

*Edit* Also go with a better Mobo like the tomahawk recommended.

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1 hour ago, SavageNeo said:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler $47.97 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $159.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card $259.99 @ Newegg
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  
Monitor Samsung U28H750 27.9" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor $609.69 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1616.76
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1596.76
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-30 02:42 EDT-0400  

much better cpu and gpu. Replaced the overpriced motherboard and ssd

The reason why I used the Samsung evo plus 1tb because I would like my ssd performance quick. Also have also other large files I would like to put in my PC that requires quick load speeds. I think 1tb will be okay. But thank you for the advice!

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59 minutes ago, SyedHamed said:

get a 2700 or 2700x
Those extra 2 cores and 4 threads will be very noticable difference.
The stock cooler will handle pretty much.
My reccomendations:
Get a 2700/2700x, The wraith spire cooler will work just fine if you don't overclock it past 4.7ghz
Don't buy a new rx580, get a used one. You'll save quite some money. I'd wait for the RTX 3000 series to drop first and get a 1660 super when price drops as productivity is always better at Nvidia cards

Buy the samsung 970 evo 256 or 512 gb for boot drive and intel 660p for storage, this way you can get a lot more storage.

Thank you so much for the suggestions! For the SSD, I have videos that eat up a lot of storage capacity. I chose the Samsung evo plus because I heard it’s really quick. I urgently want my video editing import, read, and write really quick as possible. But I do already have a 3tb external hard drive to backup my storage.

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1 hour ago, SavageNeo said:

4.1ghz is pretty safe. and if its not then your pc will crash. no damage is done.

Okay! Thank you so much!

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