Overclocking

[Robert2311]

Hi all, I have clocked my ram from 2400mhz to 3600mhz which is their full capacity and would like to know whether I need to manually overclock my GPU and CPU or else leave everything as is. I overclocked by enabiling XMP and selected 3600 from the BIOS. So far I did not get any blue screens but I do not know whether this will hurt my components or otherwise. It would also be appreciated if you could kindly advise on how much should the CPU and GPU be clocked at for best performance without damaging them. Thanks for your help!

Specs:

Gigabyte P850GM Fully Modular 850W PSU 80 + Gold GP-P850GM-UK

(€94)

https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Power-Supply/P850GM#kf

MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Force

(€414)

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-Z590-GAMING-FORCE/Specification

Intel core i7 11700K 95W Box LGA1200 BX8070811700K

(€354.80)

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/212047/intel-core-i711700k-processor-16m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz/specifications.html

Gigabyte Aorus Waterforce X240 CPU Cooler GP-AORUS WATERFORCE X 240

(€180)

https://www.gigabyte.com/CPU-Cooler/AORUS-WATERFORCE-X-240#kf

GOODRAM DDR4 16Gb (2x8Gb) IRDM RGB 3600MHZ Kit IRG-36D4L18S/16GDC

(€84)

https://www.goodram.com/en/products/irdm-led-rgb-ddr4/

MSI RTX3060 Ti GAMING X 8G LHR

(€669)

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-3060-Ti-GAMING-X-8G-LHR

Gigabyte SSD 1Tb GPSS1S100-00-G

(€93.10)

https://www.gigabyte.com/SSD/GIGABYTE-SSD-1TB#kf

Abkoncore SP120 Spectrum Sync 3in1 Fan

(€34.30)

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[cekcons]

enabling xmp is fine. It wouln't hurt your pc.

Other than that you can slightly overclock your cpu and gpu. 

But not much since thermal problems can occour on cpu side. 

And on gpu side you might get power limited. But you can check some basic gpu overlocking guide with MSI AFTER BURNER app.

 

[Robert2311]

2 minutes ago, cekcons said:

enabling xmp is fine. It wouln't hurt your pc.

Other than that you can slightly overclock your cpu and gpu. 

But not much since thermal problems can occour on cpu side. 

And on gpu side you might get power limited. But you can check some basic gpu overlocking guide with MSI AFTER BURNER app.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

[podkall]

You're good to go, XMP is usually the only overclock you do these days, rest partially lies in updated drivers.

[Robert2311]

3 hours ago, podkall said:

You're good to go, XMP is usually the only overclock you do these days, rest partially lies in updated drivers.

Thanks!

[Mark Kaine]

overclocking is kinda 90s... nowadays you can improve performance by roughly "10%" by undervolting cpu and gpu... it still depends on silicone lottery, but you don't need expensive equipment,  even a $50 motherboard can undervolt usually, and also cooling is less important cause undervolt typically means components run cooler anyways.  

[podkall]

42 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

overclocking is kinda 90s... nowadays you can improve performance by roughly "10%" by undervolting cpu and gpu... it still depends on silicone lottery, but you don't need expensive equipment,  even a $50 motherboard can undervolt usually, and also cooling is less important cause undervolt typically means components run cooler anyways.  

it's less exciting but at the same time you get what you pay for +1-5% when enabling basic boosts/tweaks even a 12 year old would easily do with a guide, mainly Ryzen though..

[Mark Kaine]

23 minutes ago, podkall said:

it's less exciting but at the same time you get what you pay for +1-5% when enabling basic boosts/tweaks even a 12 year old would easily do with a guide, mainly Ryzen though..

yeah i know intel is a bit different,  but not just Ryzen, Nvidia and AMD gpus too... they typically come with way too high voltages from factory, my 3070 boosts to 2010-2040mhz with undervolt compared to 1865-1915mhz stock, and "overclock" is even worse,  it may boost to 2010 for 3 minutes and then starts running hot and be like 1865 or lower the rest of the time due to high temps... (like even if it cools down a bit, it won't boost higher because it "remembers" what happened when it did the last time...) 

[podkall]

11 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah i know intel is a bit different,  but not just Ryzen, Nvidia and AMD gpus too... they typically come with way too high voltages from factory, my 3070 boosts to 2010-2040mhz with undervolt compared to 1865-1915mhz stock, and "overclock" is even worse,  it may boost to 2010 for 3 minutes and then starts running hot and be like 1865 or lower the rest of the time due to high temps... (like even if it cools down a bit, it won't boost higher because it "remembers" what happened when it did the last time...) 

it may not be boosting because hotspot temps are higher than avg temps

[Mark Kaine]

12 minutes ago, podkall said:

it may not be boosting because hotspot temps are higher than avg temps

yeah, that's possible, i just know once it ran that hot (like 80c+) it won't boost much anymore *that session* .... if i restart pc or let it cool down fully *and* change settings (remove overclock) then it behaves normally again, like literally runs better stock than with any oc...

 

only thing that does anything is overclocking the Vram, and that doesn't seem to be affected by temps as much...

 

so basically gpu undervolt  + vram oc = best performance.  (and its still only 5-10%, so hardly worth it lol, only reason i undervolt is lower temps ~)

[podkall]

46 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah, that's possible, i just know once it ran that hot (like 80c+) it won't boost much anymore *that session* .... if i restart pc or let it cool down fully *and* change settings (remove overclock) then it behaves normally again, like literally runs better stock than with any oc...

 

only thing that does anything is overclocking the Vram, and that doesn't seem to be affected by temps as much...

 

so basically gpu undervolt  + vram oc = best performance.  (and its still only 5-10%, so hardly worth it lol, only reason i undervolt is lower temps ~)

I wouldn't OC anything in modern things, lot of the things dynamically boost anyway and as seen, are rather faster when you reduce their voltage or run them stock to force them to be efficient, which makes them run cooler, which makes them run faster

[Spring1898]

That is kind of what modern overclocking is. 

The clock boost is dynamic as determined by manufacturer at set power intervals chosen to be reliable for virtually all cpu's released within the set thermal limit.

Mostly what we do is try to see if the unit can do the same at lower voltages in a stable manner and letting the cpu ramp itself up in the thermal window, which is how we can get higher performance and lower temps at the same time