Safe to Overclock?

[ToeYums]

I have a 650 W power supply from EVGA, a Ryzen 5 3600 with the default Wraith Stealth cooler, and a 1660 Super OC from gigabyte. I don't think they draw too much power, but I also have three case fans with only red lighting, and an M.2 SSD. I don't have any optical drives or any hidden power draws as far as I'm aware, so am I safe to overclock? My main concern is thermals with the stock cooler. I was just going to use either the automatic Ryzen overclocking tool or the 1usmus tool featured in the recent video. I am somewhat tech savvy but how likely am I to break something, software or hardware wise? Will the default fan be good enough?

[MarcoZ]

I don't know if the 1usmus tool came out yet for us peons, I think it's a closed beta.
In the mean time, invest in an aftermarket cooler. Even a Hyper 212 and\or chinese imitation will take you farther than the wraith stealth. Remember that Ryzen really likes to run under 65-75°C (although you're not damaging it until it hits 95°C), unlike Intel's which don't mind 80-90. Your PSU should be more than fine.

[Haro]

Wattage wise yes it's more than enough. 

Just making sure, what unit is that? Wattage and efficiency and brand are not the model. 

What model? 

And as for cooling, you can try to overclock and check, though the stock cooler for the 3600 isn't great, but ryzen doesn't have a big headroom for overclocking and enabling pbo generally does what a manual overclock does, and focusing on memory overclocking is more beneficial. 

 

 

[ToeYums]

7 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

Wattage wise yes it's more than enough. 

Just making sure, what unit is that? Wattage and efficiency and brand are not the model. 

What model? 

And as for cooling, you can try to overclock and check, though the stock cooler for the 3600 isn't great, but ryzen doesn't have a big headroom for overclocking and enabling pbo generally does what a manual overclock does, and focusing on memory overclocking is more beneficial. 

 

 

Sorry for the late reply. The SKU is 063172.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, ToeYums said:

063172

what psu model?

[ToeYums]

Just now, TofuHaroto said:

what psu model?

EVGA 650BQ 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply

[Haro]

10 hours ago, ToeYums said:

650BQ 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply

Not the best unit but should handle this system.

as for cooling..

17 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

And as for cooling, you can try to overclock and check, though the stock cooler for the 3600 isn't great, but ryzen doesn't have a big headroom for overclocking and enabling pbo generally does what a manual overclock does, and focusing on memory overclocking is more beneficial. 

^.

[ToeYums]

10 hours ago, MarcoZ said:

I don't know if the 1usmus tool came out yet for us peons, I think it's a closed beta.
In the mean time, invest in an aftermarket cooler. Even a Hyper 212 and\or chinese imitation will take you farther than the wraith stealth. Remember that Ryzen really likes to run under 65-75°C (although you're not damaging it until it hits 95°C), unlike Intel's which don't mind 80-90. Your PSU should be more than fine.

Even if I don't end up overclocking is an aftermarket worth it? When I do the Ryzen Master stress test on default settings it gets to 70.45 At highest.

[Mateyyy]

44 minutes ago, ToeYums said:

Even if I don't end up overclocking is an aftermarket worth it? When I do the Ryzen Master stress test on default settings it gets to 70.45 At highest.

If you don't mind the stock cooler being loud (at least from what I've heard), then getting an aftermarket cooler won't really do much for you. It won't magically increase your performance or anything - I mean sure you might get marginally higher clock speeds because of the way Ryzen boosts its frequency, but the performance benefit will be within margin of error.