mhz How many of you Over-Clock hardware??

[Guest]

So just was wondering (and not sure if a thread exists already) if you overclock hardware.

 

Any body here gaining performance or what? 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

Probably about 3 of us do. That's my guess.

 

Maybe add a poll to this?

[The_russian]

I do a combination of 1 and 3, I spend a few days overclocking my cpu and gpu, get them stable, and just leave them alone and don’t mess with the overcklock after that. For ram I have never bothered over clocking it, I just enable XMP and call it a day.

[Lurick]

I set my computer over a clock one time. It got 3 rods to the hogs head for a month afterwards!

[Semper]

1 minute ago, The_russian said:

I do a combination of 1 and 3, I spend a few days overclocking my cpu and gpu, get them stable, and just leave them alone and don’t mess with the overcklock after that. For ram I have never bothered over clocking it, I just enable XMP and call it a day.

I feel most people are going to fall into this category, myself included.

Dialed in on my CPU (undervolt/mild overclock), memory speed on GPU, and XMP for memory.

[Slottr]

3 minutes ago, The_russian said:

I do a combination of 1 and 3, I spend a few days overclocking my cpu and gpu, get them stable, and just leave them alone and don’t mess with the overcklock after that. For ram I have never bothered over clocking it, I just enable XMP and call it a day.

Same

I give myself the day of trial and error and I never want to think about it again

[Guest]

I should make this multiple choice then

 

Edit: Done.

 

Honestly, I'm all of them lol.. I've never overclocked much more than a cell phone or desktop PC. 

[Guest]

I overclock every single one when I first build it and stress/bench it.
Some stay OC'd, but are XMP+PBO when cooling is appropriate.

[Cyracus]

ram overclocking, fun but also a multi day process with ample head-desking
cpu and gpu tuning are fun whether it's undervolting or overclocking

[Guest]

I overclock my cat with catnip every now and then XD

[Fasauceome]

It would be rather inappropriate for at least my CPU not to be overclocked, but sometimes just for fun I take my GPU up to 2100 or so

[Polyvalent]

For both CPU and GPU I will get the highest stable OC I can get with minimal or no voltage increase, and then leave it there. 

Back when I had my R9 290x I got lucky, I managed a 1080mhz core overclock (1000 stock) and a 1400mhz memory overclock with zero voltage increase and only a 15% boost to power limit.  It stayed stable without thermal throttling for about 6 years until I retired it for my 5700.  It now lounges at stock clock speeds in my HTPC in the living room.

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Polyvalent said:

For both CPU and GPU I will get the highest stable OC I can get with minimal or no voltage increase, and then leave it there. 

Back when I had my R9 290x I got lucky, I managed a 1080mhz core overclock (1000 stock) and a 1400mhz memory overclock with zero voltage increase and only a 15% boost to power limit.  It stayed stable without thermal throttling for about 6 years until I retired it for my 5700.  It now lounges at stock clock speeds in my HTPC in the living room.

 

My HTPC is actually running stock max P-state, Boost disabled. Gotta say a 2700X can get hot. But the poor thing is cooped up in a cabinet. This was the only way I could get away with an HTPC. My wife insisted that she didn't want to see it. LOL> She thought she had me on that one. No hun, I got this all figured out, don't you worry.

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

My Favorite mug:

 

Sometimes, I even overclock myself. 

[DildorTheDecent]

CPU, RAM and GPU.

 

Occasionally throw a result on HWBOT every now and again.

[Votivee]

I only overclock my CPU and RAM typically.

 

I prefer my desktops to be dead silent so I buy GPU's with big boi coolers and then leave them at factory settings. Back when I was on 1080p I would lower the power draw of my cards to around 70% for less heat and noise.

 

[TetraSky]

I usually just set it to XMP and mess with the fancurve for quietness. 

[Gegger]

I overclock my kroambook's crashing ability daily!

I tried overclocking my mildly deformed kroambox cpu...yeah that did not go well

 

but when I set up builds for fronds, usually I turn on XMP and call it a day

[VeganJoy]

ryzen gets basically nothing from ocing and my 3600 runs hot enough stock, so its my first cpu that i havent stuck with an overclock on. spent a week or two dialing in a ram oc though, which has turned out to be awesome for memory intensive applications (duh). always try for a gpu overclock as well, if i have the thermal headroom and a quality pcb id go for higher tdp bioses and such. 

[Guest]

Just the RAM. Haven't bothered to OC anything else. I may try doing so with my next build. 

[thedangerine]

Right now I just have my Ram Running at its XMP speed with the timings tighter than the spec as 2nd gen Ryzen doesn't like to overclock much. Sometimes I will try to push my cpu and gpu just to get a juicy 3dmark score but outside that I don't much as some games don't always like when I push my gpu while others run much better with it

[Applefreak]

I used to OC back in the day but I haven't had much time lately to really get into things other than a couple of hundred mhz here and there. One of my early crowning achievements was getting an AMD K6-2 CPU from 400 to 437 mhz stable under air (there was no practical pc watercooling in '98).

The difference back then was night and day. Also got the ram from 133 mhz to 167 mhz if I remember correctly. These days I do some mild OC on systems I build for other people. I prefer my own systems to be stable and long lasting without needing exotic cooling. That being said, I am willing to get back into it with Zen 3 and a complete overkill cooling setup inside a custom desk.

[Blademaster91]

I set XMP on my RAM, and a bit of an overclock on the CPU, and memory overclock on the GPU.

[mwagen]

To get the best gaming performance I always do a max overclock on my gpu. The last cpu I overclocked was an AMD black series, 975 I think, but the 7600k that I replaced it with was so much better that I've left it alone. Never had good luck messing with RAM so I just make sure it's set to the manufacturer spec and leave it alone. 

[Bombastinator]

Cpu.  No ram.  I really should though.  My old girl is getting kinda long in the tooth.

 

 Imho overclock is for when you want to get another year out of your system that’s kind of on the edge without it, or because YEAH!