Overclocking CPU and GPU
August 6th, 2016
Can I overclock them ? Is it worth it ? Will it give me much more power ? Will it increase the temperature very much ?
This is all I wanted to know ,and if you aren’t busy some tutorials wouldn’t hurt
Thanks in advance.
You first need to ask your self, why do you want to overclock?
^what he said.
I learned the hard way, I thought over clocking was easy, I followed online tuts and ended up frying my motherboard. don’t do it IMO.
unless you’re gaming or video editing, it’s not worth it.
it also shortens the life span. IMO it’s really not worth it.
Was gonna do it for gaming ,but if you say that it’s not worth it ,that’s what i needed to know.
well, for gaming I wouldn’t do it but that’s just me.
if you’re a gambler and want to take the risk of frying your mobo, go ahead. I don’t think you’d see much difference with OC’ing your CPU and GPU with gaming.
I could be wrong though last time I over clocked anything was some years ago so things may have changed BUT frying your mobo hasn’t.
if you’re going to go ahead and do it anyway, make sure you read up about it and the pros and cons.
Each chip’s overclockability is varied, but it will provide better frames (assuming the clocks are stable)
However, it will eat more electricity (make sure you have a good PSU), and runs hotter (temperature dependent on overclock, but should be around a 10 degrees increase) Is it worth it? That is a question for you to answer yourself, as it shortens the lifetime of the chip, and you could risk frying it. However, if you plan on replacing your GPU in around 2 years, then the longevity of the GPU would not matter as much. That said, CPUs are generally more forgiving when it comes to overclocks when compared to GPUs.
I find overclocking over the years to be not as nice as building a system for silence.
There are some Benefits.. Depends If your MotherBoard and Cpu can take it.. And Best left to someone who is real cluey on the sub.. Otherwise U will hear a phffffoot Zap .. fry time Lol
As others have said do plenty of research first from the number of OC forums out there and decide if it will be worthwhile, learn all the options available in BIOS and what each one does and its effect, know what voltage settings are safe. If you decide it is worthwhile you will need plenty of time as it can take days and days testing for stability (its damn annoying when a test fails after 20 hours or so) to get the settings just right (or so you think), and then find you get random shutdowns so you have to start again. Assume nothing, you can’t look at someone else’s multiplier and voltage settings and think it will work on your system or think you can go straight for a big overclock straight away, it needs to be done in small steps, checking stability each time then reducing voltage a notch and rechecking stability again and again and…………….
^what he said.
I learned the hard way, I thought over clocking was easy, I followed online tuts and ended up frying my motherboard. don't do it IMO.
unless you're gaming or video editing, it's not worth it.
it also shortens the life span. IMO it's really not worth it.
I agree too – overclocking a 2 GHz to a 4Ghz might be worth it – even considering the possible shorter lifespan.
But overclocking a 3.5GHz? nah – you’ might get 2-5 fps more in a shooty game, but you should already be getting 40 fps anyway in most.
A difference that makes no real difference isn’t a difference… essentially, you need to see more than 10% for a change to be worth the troubles that can occur.