Dumb overclocking question

[Hunched]

Got a new PSU, a better one.

Any chance that would allow more overclocking headroom? 

I mean I'm pretty sure not all PSU's allow overclocking equally, there's pretty big quality and stability differences.

The increase is probably very small though?

[AdamH96]

Depends mostly on your cpu and motherboard. Psu only matters if it can not supply enough wattage to your motherboard. What was your psu before and what is your pc specs?

[Hunched]

1 minute ago, AdamHolt96 said:

Depends mostly on your cpu and motherboard. Psu only matters if it can not supply enough wattage to your motherboard. What was your psu before and what is your pc specs?

550W before and 650W now.

It was more than enough wattage before, I just wanted something not so fucking loud.

Full specs are in sig, was XFX XTR 550W Gold before. 

 

[TeoIzAwezome]

9 minutes ago, Hunched said:

Got a new PSU, a better one.

Any chance that would allow more overclocking headroom? 

I mean I'm pretty sure not all PSU's allow overclocking equally, there's pretty big quality and stability differences.

The increase is probably very small though?

Technically it would, but you'd probably need a liquid cooler in your build.

[afyeung]

2 minutes ago, Hunched said:

550W before and 650W now.

It was more than enough wattage before, I just wanted something not so fucking loud.

Full specs are in sig, was XFX XTR 550W Gold before. 

 

Probably not. You'll get higher overclocking headroom from better cooling, this applies to both the CPU and GPU. 

[Hunched]

Just now, TeoIzAwezome said:

Technically it would, but you'd probably need a liquid cooler in your build.

What would it matter if it's liquid or air if it isn't reaching a thermal limit

[TeoIzAwezome]

1 minute ago, Hunched said:

What would it matter if it's liquid or air if it isn't reaching a thermal limit

Well, if it's not, that's good, but keep in mind that the max heat recommended ( T_CASE) by Intel is 72.72 degrees Celsius.

[Hunched]

2 minutes ago, TeoIzAwezome said:

Well, if it's not, that's good, but keep in mind that the max heat recommended ( T_CASE) by Intel is 72.72 degrees Celsius.

I know. At 4.5ghz I usually peak at 66-70c. 

GPU never breaks 70c at 1590 core 2000 mem.

 

7 minutes ago, afyeung said:

Probably not. You'll get higher overclocking headroom from better cooling, this applies to both the CPU and GPU. 

Yea. If anything maybe I'd could overclock my GPU higher since it may not start artifacting as soon.

Since the hotter PSU's get the less stable/efficient their delivery. 

That's about all I think would really be a possibility but I don't know shit.

[afyeung]

1 minute ago, Hunched said:

I know. At 4.5ghz I usually peak at 66-70c. 

GPU never breaks 70c at 1590 core 2000 mem.

 

Yea. If anything maybe I'd could overclock my GPU higher since it may not start artifacting as soon.

Since the hotter PSU's get the less stable/efficient their delivery. 

That's about all I think would really be a possibility but I don't know shit.

That's very true. But the 970 is a really low power draw card and your PSU wasn't that bad to begin with. 

[TeoIzAwezome]

2 minutes ago, Hunched said:

I know. At 4.5ghz I usually peak at 66-70c. 

GPU never breaks 70c at 1590 core 2000 mem.

 

Yea. If anything maybe I'd could overclock my GPU higher since it may not start artifacting as soon.

Since the hotter PSU's get the less stable/efficient their delivery. 

That's about all I think would really be a possibility but I don't know shit.

Wow those are some great temps. Comprable to liquid actually. Then again, what else could we expect from Noctua. Go ahead with GPU, should be fine.