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3950X OC options?

I have a 3950x and when im hitting all cores with 3d rendering, my temps max out at about 58/59C With a core voltage of about 1.2V and it sits at about 4Ghz.I have Precision Boost Overdrive enabled in the creator mode in ryzen master but it looks like theres PLENTY of thermal headroom for further overclocking but the Ryzen Master OC doesnt seem to be taking advantage of it.

Ive not looking into manual overclocking as this is a workstation that i use for actual work and would like the stability but id also like to be able to push this thing harder if i can.

What are my options?

 

Thanks

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Had a 3900X, wasn't able to OC like at all with PBO, seems Zen2 PBO was kinda crap and useless and/or the 39xx chips hadn't real clock OC potential...

 

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Looks like you could flip the 3950X for 400 and get a 5950x for 500. 100$ differential for a 15% uplift in all core performance
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59 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Had a 3900X, wasn't able to OC like at all with PBO, seems Zen2 PBO was kinda crap and useless and/or the 39xx chips hadn't real clock OC potential...

 

I tried youtube and found an older LTT video recommending this utility. https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/clocktuner-2-1-for-ryzen-(ctr)-guide,1.html

Went from about 8200pts in cinebench to 9200.

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12 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Looks like you could flip the 3950X for 400 and get a 5950x for 500. 100$ differential for a 15% uplift in all core performance
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I ended up tuning mine with the utility above and got within 5% of the base 5950 cinebench score 😄

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16 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Looks like you could flip the 3950X for 400 and get a 5950x for 500. 100$ differential for a 15% uplift in all core performance
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Did that but it was less interesting, sold my 3900X 300EUR bought a 5900X 500EUR (that was 1 year ago)...

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