Overclock the 5600 (non-X)

[JustHunterM8]

I have it running pretty stable at an all core -8 CO and +200Mhz override so around 4650Mhz on all core when its really pushed but i kinda wanna push it even further at the very least in single core workloads as I want peak FPS in esports titles.
How do i get it any noticeable increase than this? as far as i know theres no way to bypass the +200 maximum override on PBO2

[crazyfrog]

On 4/20/2025 at 3:48 AM, JustHunterM8 said:

I have it running pretty stable at an all core -8 CO and +200Mhz override so around 4650Mhz on all core when its really pushed but i kinda wanna push it even further at the very least in single core workloads as I want peak FPS in esports titles.
How do i get it any noticeable increase than this? as far as i know theres no way to bypass the +200 maximum override on PBO2

Manual overclocking.

[JustHunterM8]

2 hours ago, crazyfrog said:

Manual overclocking.

doesnt manual overclocking sacrifice single core performance in favour of higher multicore?

[YoungBlade]

On 4/21/2025 at 10:04 AM, JustHunterM8 said:

doesnt manual overclocking sacrifice single core performance in favour of higher multicore?

It ultimately depends on the silicon. For anything Zen 3 based, usually, you get worse single core results with a manual all-core OC.

 

However, for the Ryzen 5 5600, because it is frequency limited out of the box, if you lucked out on the silicon lottery, you might be able to push it higher than PBO allows.

 

With that said, it's not going to be a noticeable improvement in practice.

 

If your chip is a golden sample, you might be able to get 5GHz stable on all cores. Given that you've only done -8 CO, I doubt you have one. But for the sake of argument, let's assume you can make it work. 

 

On paper, it's a 7.5% uplift over what you have all-core. But the real-world performance increase would be around 4-5%, and the improvement for gaming performance would be even less, as you're likely getting around 4.85GHz in lightly threaded games already.

 

150MHz more isn't worth it. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

 

If you just want to tinker for the sake of tinkering, then that's fine. Tinker away! But if your goal is to actually improve gaming performance, then you've already done what you should do for that.