Ryzen 5950x overclock

[dajeepman]

Is it possible to overclock a ryzen 5950x on a Air Cooler? I got a NH-D15 cooler.. I know my CPU frequency is all over the place. I want it to be more fixed and perform better than stock speeds.

[freeagent]

Try it out! You have a top notch cooler, worst that can happen is you smelt some aluminum when the load hits

 

I would aim for 4400 and up.. not sure though I just have a puny hexacore right now so.. I am ignorant to your heat load.

 

I have  a 5900X coming, hoping I can set her free with air cooling too. Maybe..

[Arrogath]

16 minutes ago, dajeepman said:

I know my CPU frequency is all over the place. I want it to be more fixed and perform better than stock

You can do an all core overclock, which will stabilize your clock speeds somewhat, but you will lose single threaded performance as a result. If you happen to have a x570 dark hero board you can set an all core overclock to kick in past a certain amperage draw, which would allow you to leave stock or PBO performance so that you don't lose light task single thread performance. It is possible that your sample is of good quality and you'll be able to undervolt/overclock at considerably higher boost speeds than normal, but you won't know that for sure until you try tuning it. You could also try the Ryzen Clock Tuner 3rd party tool, it's not bad at giving you a starting point closer to the end of what you'd want to push for heavier loads

 

 

edit: For context I've got both a 5800x and a 3950x in operation with a bit of tuning practice between the two. My silicon lottery luck was pretty bad on those. I do have an awesome 3300x sample though, which runs undervolted under a cooler far too small for what I make it do

[dajeepman]

I have a Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero but don't know how to do that.

[Bombastinator]

57 minutes ago, dajeepman said:

Is it possible to overclock a ryzen 5950x on a Air Cooler? I got a NH-D15 cooler.. I know my CPU frequency is all over the place. I want it to be more fixed and perform better than stock speeds.

Possible? Yes.  Max overclock? I don’t know.  Kind of doubt it.  Is it a good idea?  I suspect that will depend a lot on what sort of temps you are comfortable with.  It may get too warm for some.

[dajeepman]

9 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Possible? Yes.  Max overclock? I don’t know.  Kind of doubt it.  Is it a good idea?  I suspect that will depend a lot on what sort of temps you are comfortable with.  It may get too warm for some.

Thanks I don't want it to get too hot.. I do have a good case with good amount of air flow, I just gonna have to play with it.

[Jurrunio]

Just raise PPT and TDC, I doubt your cooler can keep the derestricted 5950X cool