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DakVampyre
By DakVampyre
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Hey everyone,

 

I have the ASUS ROG Strix Z370-f MB with an Intel i5 8600k & an Radeon RX 570 GC... besides being my media center for movies & music..  play Star Trek Online, and some older games like Civilization 4, Sim City 4, and Alice The Madness... Would there be any benefits to overclocking the proc and GC at all?

 

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Not really, no. Overclocking the CPU is only useful when you're approaching a bottleneck or want more top end FPS in a game such as CS:GO. Should be fine.

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You paid for a high end CPU and motherboard for a reason, didn't you? The only difference between your platform and a B360 + i5 8600 is overclocking. Since you shelled out extra, you should go for it.

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Yes. You could get 10 - 25 % increased performance 

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Yes and no. For media consumption, not really, no. For games, sure, but nothing you play is too intensive. I overclocked my CPU for rendering times in Blender, and overclocked my GPU for an extra few frames in games like the Witcher 3. Doesn't make much difference in older/slower paced games since you're either already at high framerate, or there's nothing "action" going on so framerate is kind of irrelevant.

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