Posted November 11, 2024 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) https://abkoglobal.com/portfolio-item/abkoncore-sp120-spider-spectrum-sync-3-in-1-pc-fans-budget-rgb-pc-fans/ Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 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. how its goin mate ? hope my post helps. Maybe drop a like or follow ? >w< no ? i guessed that Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569594 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 Author 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! Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569596 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 You're good to go, XMP is usually the only overclock you do these days, rest partially lies in updated drivers. Note: Users receive notifications after Mentions & Quotes. Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything. current PC: Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile] PC configs I used before: Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569609 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 Author 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! Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569723 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 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. The direction tells you... the direction. -Scott Manley, 2021 Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569725 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 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.. Note: Users receive notifications after Mentions & Quotes. Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything. current PC: Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile] PC configs I used before: Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569817 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 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...) The direction tells you... the direction. -Scott Manley, 2021 Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569836 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 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 Note: Users receive notifications after Mentions & Quotes. Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything. current PC: Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile] PC configs I used before: Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569844 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 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 ~) The direction tells you... the direction. -Scott Manley, 2021 Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569849 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 11, 2024 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 Note: Users receive notifications after Mentions & Quotes. Feel free: To ask any question, no matter what question it is, I will try to answer. I know a lot about PCs but not everything. current PC: Ryzen 5 5600 |16GB DDR4 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti [further details on my profile] PC configs I used before: Pentium G4500 | 4GB/8GB DDR4 2133Mhz | H110 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050 Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16569900 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 13, 2024 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 Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1588516-overclocking/#findComment-16571190 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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