Overclocking (Main Thread)

Could you please walk me through this? I’m definitely no expert in this field, I just enjoy following the hobby 😁
"You won't be able to push past a 40x multiplier or a 102MHz BCLK" - I've been searching everywhere online and can't find a single thing regarding what you're talking about 🤔 🙂

Regarding the LC-CC-120, I’m looking at an Arctic freezer 33. By the way, if you're aiming for that kind of 3.8GHz turbo on all cores, you'll definitely need a motherboard that supports that specific overclocking profile—though I'm fairly certain any Z370 board should handle it just fine.

It really depends on how you were searching 😬

In my opinion, there’s no real need to stress about it since you can't actually overclock this processor... so a specialized cooler probably isn't necessary either.

The only thing you could really tinker with regarding an overclock is pushing the TurboBoost multiplier to its limit, which would get you to 4GHz. You might also be able to bump the BCLK from 100 to 102MHz without everything crashing, which would land you at roughly 4080MHz. I guess some motherboards don't even support a 40 multiplier—they cap out at 38—so you might not even hit that 4GHz mark.

So, I’ve been scrolling through a ton of posts and watching videos where everyone seems to be running their i5 8400 at 4.0 GHz. What exactly do I need to get my setup capable of hitting that 4.0 mark?

I just skimmed through this thread http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answer...8400-work.html

And now I just spotted someone online using this specific motherboard paired with that processor
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Z370-Motherboards/s?k=ASUS+Z370+Motherboards

Any help?

What’s the deal with overclocking a Ryzen 3 1200 to something like 3.4 GHz? I’ve been seeing people push them pretty far, and since I just finished putting my own rig together, I’m curious about what might be possible for me down the road

It seems like everyone is hitting 3.7GHz without any issues using the stock cooler.

crimsonstag84 said:Everyone seems to be hitting 3.7GHz without any issues using just the stock cooler.

Honestly, you shouldn't even need to bump up the voltage; from what I've heard, you can reach 3.7GHz just fine without

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 equipped with an EVGA Accelero



It’s sitting at 36 degrees Celsius while idling, but once I jump into heavy gaming sessions for about 3 hours—where I'm constantly pushing the GPU to 99% utilization—it climbs up to 57 degrees Celsius.

Is it even worth overclocking this build?

Biostar A55ML2
AMD A8-5600K (stock cooler)
AMD Radeon RX 570
8 GB RAM
650W PSU

If you ask me, I wouldn't—you really ought to pick up a decent CPU cooler, and honestly, that motherboard isn't much to write home about either.

Hey everyone! I was wondering, how well would an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X perform when paired with a Gigabyte AB350M DS3H motherboard?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Bundle-AMD-R...0AAOSw3ltcUcup

Wrong thread 😛

The pricing seems off; I think you can find better deals here in the States:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product.asp?produ...91%2E500%2E019
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product.asp?produ...94%2E500%2E149
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product.asp?produ...96%2E100%2E714

$0.83 ~ $350

You'd probably get a slightly better motherboard and some decent RAM for that.

crimsonstag84 said:Wrong thread 😛

The pricing here isn't great; you can actually find better deals back home in the States:

https://www.newegg.com/p/product...91%2E500%2E019
https://www.newegg.com/p/product...94%2E500%2E149
https://www.newegg.com/p/product...96%2E100%2E714

$0.83 ~ $350

It’s kind of like upgrading from a standard sedan to something with a bit more horsepower and smoother handling; you get a slightly better motherboard and some decent RAM.

My apologies for posting this in the wrong spot.
Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly!

My mistake, I wrote the wrong chip earlier—the CPU is actually an i5 4670k.

I'm running into some serious overclocking headaches here, and honestly, I’m starting to suspect the software itself is being inconsistent. It’s maddening. When I fire up Prime95, the whole system just freezes and reboots on me. Then there's OCCT, which is a total disaster; the error count just skyrockets, hitting 100 errors in a matter of seconds. Meanwhile, AIDA64 runs perfectly fine for two hours straight, and the Intel Burn Test holds steady through 10 rounds of the Very high 10 setting. I've got some screenshots to prove this madness.

Right at the start of the test... either CPU-Z is glitching out or it's giving me completely bogus voltage readings.

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Just look at how fast those errors pile up.



Intel Burn Test



Prime95 after just a few seconds...



I've already cycled through the BIOS settings, trying it both with XMP enabled and without it. No difference whatsoever. Just more of the same headache.





At 4.3GHz and 1.230v, everything stays rock solid on AIDA64 and IBT. But the second I touch OCCT? Immediate Blue Screen of Death.

If I push to 4.4GHz at 1.95v, it manages about 15 minutes on OCCT before it falls apart, then Prime95 crashes instantly. Yet, strangely, AIDA64 and IBT act like nothing is wrong. Even at 1.75v, they stay stable while OCCT just collapses immediately.





I'm planning to delid the processor and apply liquid metal. I mean, it’s probably overkill since the temps aren't even that bad—even under the Intel Burn Test, it doesn't get scorching—but I've been using this chip for years now, so why not? A buddy of mine is lending me some Rockit 88 for the delidding process. I'm just waiting on the thermal interface material to arrive; I ordered some Grizzly CONDUCTONAUT and KRYONAUT from overseas, so I'm just playing the waiting game. It's just this weird instability across different programs that's eating at me. Up until now, it was perfectly happy at 4.0GHz with 1.200v.
The rest of the build:
MSI GD65 Z-87
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Kingston HyperX RAM, EVGA XF 750W, Samsung 120GB SSD
EVGA XF 750W
Samsung 120GB SSD
Samsung 120GB SSD
1TB SSHD
500GB HDD

Why on earth do you think applying more paste and delidding is actually going to help you?

I didn't say it would be a miracle cure, but looking back, it seems like Haswell era chips were shipped with some pretty subpar thermal paste. I doubt applying liquid metal is going to do much more than just provide a marginal improvement—it might even end up staying exactly the same. Honestly, the thing that’s actually keeping me up at night is this whole stability testing process...

You're going to have to pop off the integrated heat spreader on the CPU and swap out the thermal interface material.
The Haswell architecture comes with pretty terrible thermal paste pre-applied under the cap.

Come on, don't play yourself here... it's not like you're going to see some massive 50% boost.

I mean, I’m certainly not going to go hacking away with a scalpel when there’s actual specialized equipment designed for the job... but honestly, that’s the least of my concerns right now. Does anyone actually have the lowdown on these software packages? How reliable are we talking here? When can I actually get moving on this project? I just need to know which software I can actually trust before I dive in deep.

The software is probably fine, but I guess your overclock isn't 😁