Ryzen 5 1600

[HairyPotter]

So I just recently got the ryzen 5 1600 with the stock cooler and I want to overclock it so it beats the 1600x factory condition, but I don’t know how to overclock cpus anyhelp? The motherboard is asrock ab350 pro4 atx

[Crunchy Dragon]

Going into the BIOS and changing the frequency settings is usually how it's done

[firecrafter711]

it will work for 5 also

 

[Devin92]

Google is your friend.

[IO Studios]

Overclocking is done through the bios.

Its fairly straight forward, but I still recomend that you watch a guide and take it one step at a time.

Also, for overclocking, depending on how much of an overclock you want you might to think about a better cooler.

Also by the way, to get the 1600 up to the speed of a 1600X you would need atleast 400MHz extra.

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

small overclocks arent worth it at all, like i said in ur cooler post if u dont wanna get a decent cooler and oc alot it isnt really worth ocing, u wouldnt even notice the difference

[IO Studios]

3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Going into the BIOS and changing the frequency settings is usually how it's done

You also will need to change vcore voltage

[knightslugger]

build the system, leave everything at stock for your windows installation, once you have all the drivers installed and updated, restart the computer and find your way into the BIOS. There you will navigate to the manufacture's overclock settings. find a multiplyer you like (say, 38 for 3.8GHz), and apply additional VCore voltage (good place to start is 1.35v) and run stability tests until you are satisfied with the OC. If the OC Fails, make sure you clear the RTC using the pins on the motherboard to reset the board's memory before trying again. keep in mind, the 1600 wont always clock better than the 1600x so don't be surprised if you can't achieve a 4.0GHz clock.

 

Also, keep in mind that you will want to monitor CPU temperatures. Ryzen Master and HWMonitor are good programs to do that. You want to keep the CPU below 80C for occasional OC, and below 70C for everyday OC. You can reduce temps by reducing VCore voltage in BIOS, but that might also mean that your clock speed will have to come down as well as high clock speeds require higher voltage to be stable.

 

when changing voltage, take the smallest steps you can, and do not exceed 1.4 volts.

 

There are SEVERAL youtube videos on the subject.

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

small overclocks arent worth it at all, like i said in ur cooler post if u dont wanna get a decent cooler and oc alot it isnt really worth ocing, u wouldnt even notice the difference

This is wrong, he can have his cheaper 1600 performing identically to the factory 1600x with a one minute of bios tweaking, how is that not worth it at all?

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

36 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

This is wrong, he can have his cheaper 1600 performing identically to the factory 1600x with a one minute of bios tweaking, how is that not worth it at all?

a small oc just isnt worth it...  u dont relaly notice it in realtime lol

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

a small oc just isnt worth it...  u dont relaly notice it in realtime lol

You do if you have a fps counter on your games heh....

 

Besides we are talking about 1 minute of someone's time to achieve actual gains, It still fails to me understand how is that not worth it.

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

You do if you have a fps counter on your games heh....

 

Besides we are talking about 1 minute of someone's time to achieve actual gains, It still fails to me understand how is that not worth it.

still need to stress it lol even with small oc

 

and u wont see the difference between 70fps and 72 lol