OCing the 2700x

[TechRush]

Hi, I'm completely new to OCing never tried it before and to be honest don't know too much about it - I was wondering how exactly to go about OCing the 2700x and what sort of extra wattage the cpu would need to do so? I heard something about software based OCing for the 2700x - what is that all about?

[hconverse02]

 

[TechRush]

2 hours ago, hconverse02 said:

 

doesnt use the 2700x though? what im looking for is a general figure for how much more wattage a OC 2700x would use then base 2700x?

[nick name]

1 hour ago, 2018amdbuild said:

doesnt use the 2700x though? what im looking for is a general figure for how much more wattage a OC 2700x would use then base 2700x?

What are all of your specs?

[TechRush]

2 minutes ago, nick name said:

What are all of your specs?

currently -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£287.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£99.59 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£138.97 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£112.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.29 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.79 @ Aria PC)
Total: £706.37
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still deciding on which PSU to get, looking at Radeon Hd 7870 for gpu for time being to upgrade to gtx 1080 shortly after.

 

eventually -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£287.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£99.59 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£331.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£112.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£149.78 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£149.78 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (£1099.99 @ AWD-IT)

[nick name]

What cooler will you use?

[TechRush]

Just now, nick name said:

What cooler will you use?

Wraith Prism

[nick name]

With the stock cooler you're looking at just under 4.2GHz probably 4.175GHz or 4.15Ghz all core.  So it might be more useful all-around to let the CPU do it's own thing with XFR/PBO.  

[TechRush]

Just now, nick name said:

With the stock cooler you're looking at just under 4.2GHz probably 4.175GHz or 4.15Ghz all core.  So it might be more useful all-around to let the CPU do it's own thing with XFR/PBO.  

woudl xfr/pbo net me similar or greater speeds? also is xfr/pbo automatic or do i need to do something to activate it?

[hconverse02]

9 hours ago, 2018amdbuild said:

doesnt use the 2700x though? what im looking for is a general figure for how much more wattage a OC 2700x would use then base 2700x?

It doesn't matter? You don't set wattage, you set voltage.  Listen to the video and you'll determine what you can go up by and how your system will handle depending.

[TechRush]

Just now, hconverse02 said:

It doesn't matter? You don't set wattage, you set voltage.  Listen to the video and you'll determine what you can go up by and how your system will handle depending.

so then psu wattage not an issue for OCing the cpu? is there any psu spec i should keep in mind for ocing the psu?

[hconverse02]

Just now, 2018amdbuild said:

so then psu wattage not an issue for OCing the cpu? is there any psu spec i should keep in mind for ocing the psu?

No, a corsair cx550m will be fine as long as you aren't running any sli (which I doubt you are)

[TechRush]

2 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

No, a corsair cx550m will be fine as long as you aren't running any sli (which I doubt you are)

thanks.

[nick name]

12 hours ago, 2018amdbuild said:

woudl xfr/pbo net me similar or greater speeds? also is xfr/pbo automatic or do i need to do something to activate it?

I'm not sure what the B450 motherboards offer, but Ryzen Master will give some access to PBO settings.  You don't need to leave Ryzen Master running to use it either.  

 

As far as greater speeds -- yes.  It will allow you to reach higher single core speeds and speeds for lower core workloads.  Your all core workloads will most like be less than an all core overclock of 4.15GHz, however, so your use case will dictate which is right for you.