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3.7ghz is the boost when running on a single core. So yes , you will see a significant boost in multithreaded tasks .  But the stock cooler can even manage a reasonable 3.8-3.9ghz if you're lucky.

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Okay, this will probably sound incredibly stupid but I actually didn't find an actual answer on this:

Lets say i overclock a Ryzen 1700. Its base clock is 3 Ghz and it boosts up to 3.7 Ghz. If i overclock it to exactly 3.7 Ghz, is there an actual difference in performance or is this completely useless?

 

Sorry for being an idiot

 

 

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1 minute ago, Hereforthefood said:

If i overclock it to exactly 3.7 Ghz, is there an actual difference in performance or is this completely useless?

Yes, a pretty big difference actually:

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Overclocking-AMD-Ryzen-7-1700-Real-Winner

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3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yes, a pretty big difference actually:

But why is this the case? Is the boost clock in stock configuration not stable? Because I thought the boosting gets disabled as soon as you overclock so the max should be the same 3.7 Ghz. 

 

Edit: Also just looking through the article there is only data on a 4.0 Ghz overclock, which would naturally perform better since it's higher than the max on stock

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3.7ghz is the boost when running on a single core. So yes , you will see a significant boost in multithreaded tasks .  But the stock cooler can even manage a reasonable 3.8-3.9ghz if you're lucky.

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4 minutes ago, Hereforthefood said:

Okay, this will probably sound incredibly stupid but I actually didn't find an actual answer on this:

Lets say i overclock a Ryzen 1700. Its base clock is 3 Ghz and it boosts up to 3.7 Ghz. If i overclock it to exactly 3.7 Ghz, is there an actual difference in performance or is this completely useless?

 

Sorry for being an idiot

 

 

Well, the boost is always 2core/1core. All cores run on the frequency given as "base".

Need to pay attention on what are you overclocking

 

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