Will I be able to OC a 3600 to a stable 4ghz with the wraith prism?

[MTrencovski]

Friend is making a pc using a 3600 but wants to OC it, I’ve heard the stock cooler doesn’t cut it but would the wraith prism be able to manage it at around 4ghz? Thanks to all that respond 

[porina]

If you're going to replace the cooler, get something better than the prism.

 

A fixed 4 GHz wont be an overclock as even at stock it'll turbo above that if conditions allow. You can try turning on PBO but I'd avoid fixed clock "overclocks" on Zen 2 and newer CPUs. The built in turbo is way smarter than that and what you gain in one area you will lose in another.

 

 

[MTrencovski]

1 minute ago, porina said:

If you're going to replace the cooler, get something better than the prism.

 

A fixed 4 GHz wont be an overclock as even at stock it'll turbo above that if conditions allow. You can try turning on PBO but I'd avoid fixed clock "overclocks" on Zen 2 and newer CPUs. The built in turbo is way smarter than that and what you gain in one area you will lose in another.

 

 

I have one spare that I’m gonna give to him we are on a really tight budget you think we can squeeze it to at least 3.8ghz?

[porina]

1 minute ago, MTrencovski said:

I have one spare that I’m gonna give to him we are on a really tight budget you think we can squeeze it to at least 3.8ghz?

Let the built in boost do its job. Look at the clocks. You're going to be in that ball park anyway without going through the extra effort of tinkering.

[MTrencovski]

1 minute ago, porina said:

Let the built in boost do its job. Look at the clocks. You're going to be in that ball park anyway without going through the extra effort of tinkering.

So basically if I let the built in boost do it’s thing we are gonna be fine with the prism?

[Godlygamer23]

2 minutes ago, MTrencovski said:

So basically if I let the built in boost do it’s thing we are gonna be fine with the prism?

Yeah. It's not necessarily ideal, but it'll do the job.

[MTrencovski]

2 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Yeah. It's not necessarily ideal, but it'll do the job.

Thank you, I really appreciate it

[MTrencovski]

11 minutes ago, porina said:

Let the built in boost do its job. Look at the clocks. You're going to be in that ball park anyway without going through the extra effort of tinkering.

Thank you

[MTrencovski]

15 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Yeah. It's not necessarily ideal, but it'll do the job.

just for reference, how would I turn on the built in turbo? What would it be in the BIOS 

[porina]

27 minutes ago, MTrencovski said:

just for reference, how would I turn on the built in turbo? What would it be in the BIOS 

It does it by default. You don't need to change anything.

[MTrencovski]

Just now, porina said:

It does it by default. You don't need to change anything.

ok thanks