Can I overclock at all?

[TheJedi]

Hey guys.

 

I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and want to just overclock a small bit to 3.7ghz.

 

I am using a Be Quiet Pure rock slim. 

 

Is it possible to overclock firstly with this cooler and secondly, can I just increase the ratio without adjusting the core voltage?

[boggy77]

setting a fixed all core value of 3.7 means you won't benefit from the boost clocks of 4ghz+ anymore. only some applications benefit from a fixed all core overclock

[Slottr]

You'll have to test it yourself after you change the frequency anyways

 

Thats the silicon lottery, baby

[TheJedi]

Just now, boggy77 said:

setting a fixed all core value of 3.7 means you won't benefit from the boost clocks of 4ghz+ anymore. only some applications benefit from a fixed all core overclock

I am a noob when it comes to OC. How would i go about doing that?

[jaslion]

Leave it at stock. This oc is more of a downclock and you will loose performance as the 3600 tends to hover around 4ghz all core boost

[TheJedi]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

You'll have to test it yourself after you change the frequency anyways

 

Thats the silicon lottery, baby

Could I test it with something like CPU-Z stress test or Cinebench R15?

[TheJedi]

Just now, CloudPC said:

Could I test it with something like CPU-Z stress test or Cinebench R15?

Or Cinebench R23?

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, CloudPC said:

Or Cinebench R23?

Yes test before and after the oc to see if your oc even improves your scores which I doubt as the 3600 boosts higher than 3.7ghz

[Mark Kaine]

yes, but why? 

I don't think it's beneficial much outside a few outliers. 

 

Also 3.7 isn't an "oc" when the cpu boosts to 4.2 by itself anyways 

[TheJedi]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Yes test before and after the oc to see if your oc even improves your scores which I doubt as the 3600 boosts higher than 3.7ghz

Ok, so at the moment, my CPU is running at 2.2ghz

 

Shouldn't it be faster as 3.6ghz?

 

How can I fix this if this is an issue?

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, CloudPC said:

Ok, so at the moment, my CPU is running at 2.2ghz

 

Shouldn't it be faster as 3.6ghz?

 

How can I fix this if this is an issue?

At full core load? Or just sitting around? If doing nothign that is totally normal and working as intended. A cpu clocks itself down to save power and clocks itself higher when more power is needed. So when watching yt it might run at around 1ghz but when gaming it would be at around 4ghz if needed

[TheJedi]

Just now, jaslion said:

At full core load? Or just sitting around? If doing nothign that is totally normal and working as intended. A cpu clocks itself down to save power and clocks itself higher when more power is needed. So when watching yt it might run at around 1ghz but when gaming it would be at around 4ghz if needed

ah that makes sense thanks. So at the moment, I am waiting for a GPU hoping for the 3060 ti.

Once I have bought that I want to overclock the cpu but I'm not sure what cooler to go with. I will probably spend around £60-75 ($80 - 100)

 

I know that this isn't the cooling section but what what would be a decent AIO to go with? ARGB Would be awesome but not a must

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, CloudPC said:

ah that makes sense thanks. So at the moment, I am waiting for a GPU hoping for the 3060 ti.

Once I have bought that I want to overclock the cpu but I'm not sure what cooler to go with. I will probably spend around £60-75 ($80 - 100)

 

I know that this isn't the cooling section but what what would be a decent AIO to go with? ARGB Would be awesome but not a must

Just keep what you have now and don't oc. There's little to no point behind it. A 3600 at best runs at it max boostclock with a good oc or a little over it and well it will pretty much run at max boost in games anyways so just leave it be