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Which overclock to run?

Donimater2
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Ok so i have now ran 3 different overclocks.

My card is MSI R9 280x

These are my results with the 1st being mild and 3rd being intense.

NO OC - http://gyazo.com/3a221c7f65f5a918106c23599cd6e926

1st OC - http://gyazo.com/c6c978dadf5f7b836788747ecbdcc4ac

2ns OC - http://gyazo.com/a6a3df30cfe68e77f901ea96da62a16e

3rd OC - http://gyazo.com/ac5750c2cd51bea704110201b55633b0

 

1st is - 

+50 voltage

+20 Power limit

Core clock 1097 MHz

Memory Clock - 1726 MHz

Fan speed Auto (see below for Gyazo link to my auto fan)

 

2nd is - 

+50 voltage

+20 Power limit

Core clock 1128 MHz

Memory clock 1772 MHz

Fan speed Auto

 

3rd is - 

+50 voltage

+20 Power Limit

Core clock 1185 MHz

Memory Clock 1791 MHz

Fan speed Auto

On this test i ran Battle.net App during benchmark so ignore the min FPS

 

FAN Speed graph i use (http://gyazo.com/47ef1f9045be2991e6eecbf8e5344e37)

 

Generaly they all stay below or around 70 degrees so temps are not concerning even with bigger OC

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Uhm. The one that's...better...so...the third option? You said they all stay below or around 70. If you want to shoot higher, go for it.

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


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Uhm. The one that's...better...so...the third option? You said they all stay below or around 70. If you want to shoot higher, go for it.

Kk, im new to overclocking and PCs in general so i kinda wanted to get a few opinions first.

Shall i keep trying to go higher?

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Kk, im new to overclocking and PCs in general so i kinda wanted to get a few opinions first.

Shall i keep trying to go higher?

You can if you would like. I'm not an enthusiast by any means.

Just keep in mind that you should push bit-by-bit, don't throw 100Mhz to the clock out of nowhere and expect things to be fine.

Every so often stress test it (the benchmark you used should be fine, feel free to stress test it by gaming on it as well) to make sure it's stable.

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


CPU: i7-4770k 4.8GHz | Motherboard: Asus Maximus Hero | RAM: 16gigs 2133MHz | GPU: SLI Gigabyte OC 2gb 770's | Case: INWIN GRone | Storage: 1tb Blue, 60gb SSD | PSU: Silencer MK II 950w | Cooling: Modded H100i

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You can if you would like. I'm not an enthusiast by any means.

Just keep in mind that you should push bit-by-bit, don't throw 100Mhz to the clock out of nowhere and expect things to be fine.

Every so often stress test it (the benchmark you used should be fine, feel free to stress test it by gaming on it as well) to make sure it's stable.

I just tried a bit higher and it crashed so i will leave it on the 3rd OC.

 

Thanks for the help!

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I just tried a bit higher and it crashed so i will leave it on the 3rd OC.

 

Thanks for the help!

No problem.

Enjoy the extra jibblehurtz :3

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


CPU: i7-4770k 4.8GHz | Motherboard: Asus Maximus Hero | RAM: 16gigs 2133MHz | GPU: SLI Gigabyte OC 2gb 770's | Case: INWIN GRone | Storage: 1tb Blue, 60gb SSD | PSU: Silencer MK II 950w | Cooling: Modded H100i

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