overclocking question for gaming

[SevereDevil00]

so if most games only utilize the first core more than others would i benefit from overclocking core 1 to 4.8ghz and other 3 to 4.3ghz instead of all cores at 4.5ghz? or perhaps 1 at 5ghz with 3 at 4.2ghz?

[Mira Yurizaki]

7 minutes ago, SevereDevil00 said:

so if most games only utilize the first core more than others would i benefit from overclocking core 1 to 4.8ghz and other 3 to 4.3ghz instead of all cores at 4.5ghz? or perhaps 1 at 5ghz with 3 at 4.2ghz?

Applications do not prefer cores. The OS schedules how they run and where they run accordingly.

 

Also you can't overclock a single core. It's all or nothing.

[Cuddlez]

8 minutes ago, SevereDevil00 said:

so if most games only utilize the first core more than others would i benefit from overclocking core 1 to 4.8ghz and other 3 to 4.3ghz instead of all cores at 4.5ghz? or perhaps 1 at 5ghz with 3 at 4.2ghz?

Probably not. I thought games utilised all available cores

 

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Applications do not prefer cores. The OS schedules how they run and where they run accordingly.

 

Also you can't overclock a single core. It's all or nothing.

 

 

you can with x99 platform fyi. 
 

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Edited March 14, 2017 by nerdslayer1

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, Cuddlez said:

Probably not. I thought games utilised all available cores

 

Not really.  modern titles are getting better but ATM most games don't fully utilize all cores

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

you can with x99 platform fyi. 
 

Why does the X99 platform have to be all special with their NVMe on the CPU PCIe lanes and individual core overclocking (which honestly I don't really see a point anyway)?

[The Sloth]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

Why does the X99 platform have to be all special with their NVMe on the CPU PCIe lanes and individual core overclocking (which honestly I don't really see a point anyway)?

 

most average consumers don't care, its useless features people are paying for if it was in the mainstream market. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

most average consumers don't care, its useless features people are paying for if it was in the mainstream market. 

I'm also being silly.

 

Should've added that /s tag

[SevereDevil00]

damn. i thought i had a solid idea. turns out im a noob. thanks guys! lol