Is it worth overclocking your cpu?

[adzygamer15]

Hey guys, I recently built a build with a i5 8600k and a MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X+ and I was just wondering if it was wroth overclocking the cpu, I do very little oc on the gpu but is it worth doing the cpu? What type of extra performance will i get if so?

[Biggerboot]

11 minutes ago, adzygamer15 said:

Hey guys, I recently built a build with a i5 8600k and a MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X+ and I was just wondering if it was wroth overclocking the cpu, I do very little oc on the gpu but is it worth doing the cpu? What type of extra performance will i get if so?

Philosophies vary on this.  Your gains are never guaranteed but the potential upside on an 8600k is pretty good (around 5ghz).  If you've got the cooler and motherboard for it already I'd just go for it, but I've also gotten CPU's in the past with the intention of ocing later.

On that note, you can start reading here (edit):
https://www.tweaktown.com/guides/8481/coffee-lake-overclocking-guide/index.html
 https://overclocking.guide/gigabyte-z370-overclocking-coffee-lake/ (example)

[Kubes Voxel]

I would look into it and do it, with whatever you are doing overclocking is just a nice benefit. Keep your temperature in check and know how to check for stability and you will be able to overclock no problem. Even on stock coolers you should be able to get small overclocks. In my experience it will be most noticeable in gaming, multi-tasking, and boot times. I personally overclock everything I buy religiously and recommend it to others as long as they make sure they are careful. Don't raise your voltage without knowing what is unsafe, and know what your safe maximum temperature is and try to aim lower than that.

 

Edit: It is also worth it to see what is your usual bottleneck, MSI Afterburner is what I use to monitor this. If you see that your GPU or CPU is near 100% usage most of the time in high load situations, that is your bottleneck. I would overclock your bottleneck first to get the most out of it and then move onto the part that is not the bottleneck; This may save you some of your time, as once your bottleneck is overclocked you may see your other part doesn't need one.

[Jurrunio]

I myself wont be doing it in a rush because you're graphics card is limiting game performance more often than not, but it's reasonable to do it for fun.

 

Iwould probably undervolt the thing though, then admire the low temperatures.

[redbullvodka]

it all depends on your cooling solution, cuz you don't really lose anything from overclocking, except a bit of lifetime on your cpu, but that shouldn't be too much tbh

Tho with a 1060 you won't really gain alot, as the extra performance from your cpu will be limited by your gpu

[Kubes Voxel]

19 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I myself wont be doing it in a rush because you're graphics card is limiting game performance more often than not, but it's reasonable to do it for fun.

 

Iwould probably undervolt the thing though, then admire the low temperatures.

This is always good too. Especially on your GTX 1060, I have a 1070 and it can hit 2GHz under 1.0v, Pascal cards are very good performers with underclocking. I would try adjusting your voltage in MSI Afterburner:

     In Afterburner: Hit ctrl+f, click the voltage you want to test, put it to the OC you want, make sure you put every voltage higher than your OC(up to 1100mv) to a frequency lower or equal to your OC or else it will go to higher voltage, then apply (you may have to check 'unlock voltage control' in Afterburner's settings)

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, Kubes Voxel said:

This is always good too. Especially on your GTX 1060, I have a 1070 and it can hit 2GHz under 1.0v, Pascal cards are very good performers with underclocking. I would try fixing your voltage in MSI Afterburner:

     In Afterburner: Hit ctrl+f, click the voltage you want to test, put it to the OC you want, hit 'L', set core voltage to 100%, then apply (you may have to check 'unlock voltage control' in Afterburner's settings)

just to add that early Pascal production models need more voltage than that.

[Kubes Voxel]

14 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

just to add that early Pascal production models need more voltage than that.

I bought this card when the 1070 came out, it is an EVGA SC Black if that changes things though.

Edit: There is always the silicon lottery

[M300843499]

From 2.6ghz to 4.35ghz i can say yes! more than 2x performance increase.

[Jurrunio]

14 minutes ago, M300843499 said:

From 2.6ghz to 4.35ghz i can say yes! more than 2x performance increase.

I wonder where did you read 2.6GHz

[M300843499]

20 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I wonder where did you read 2.6GHz

My CPU?

[Jurrunio]

13 minutes ago, M300843499 said:

My CPU?

OP is not using an X5640

[M300843499]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

OP is not using an X5640

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