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Forum discussion tagged with oc.
  1. Ajayvasanth

    Question Can I OC RTX 3060 at 185W?

    Hi All 👋🏻, I have an Asus Dual RTX 3060 OC V2. The card was hitting 90°C at 100% power due to bad thermal paste. I was throttling the card to run at 90% power and hitting 81°C for 5 months. (Score 4880). (160W) Performance sucked. Then now I took a huge risk and repasted the card with Arctic...
  2. M

    Question Alternating between base speed and boost speed

    So I've installed a new cooler on my Ryzen 5 5600 and it's running so cool I've decided to overclock it but I can not figure out how to just overclock the boost speed and leave the base speed alone, for example leaving the base speed at 3.5ghz when I'm not playing games but when I am the CPU...
  3. D

    Question If I provided someone sys specs, is there someone willing to tell me what to change?

    I have 6400 ram and a board that can reach that speed but can't get any more than 3600 at default. XMP doesn't work and anytime I change something manually I get the same result. Can't post with the ram light and I forget the debug code. [redacted] Pls and Thx Motherboard Model Name: X670E...
  4. raptor2012rom

    [SOLVED] I think oc killed my psu

    Well. Title sums it up. I have an old pc that I use for youtube/editing and some light gaming sometimes. I only played Enlisted the last months on it and my fps lows dipped on red in some areas. So this idea came to me. I started overclocking the GPU a bit to see if the lows will rise. And they...
  5. Vincent Romell

    [SOLVED] Overclock the i7 5820k

    hi, not so long ago i changed my psu to an Evga 600W 80 plus bronze from a crorsair cx600W because my old one was broken. and when I wanted to start the computer, I had to reset my bios, but my cpu changed to 2.89 ghz and before it was set to 3.99 and I don't dare to overclock myself, my friend...
  6. T

    Question 8700k 4.7ghz stable but 5ghz not?

    OCed my 8700k to 4.7ghz all cores @ 1.31v with LLC level at 3 and AVX offset of 3. Stable during Prime95 stress testing for 30minutes. I tried OCing to 5ghz and keep BSOD and crashing once I start Prime95 test. Voltage was set to 1.415v and still crashing.. I don't want to go above that voltage...
  7. R

    Question Could Someone Please Assist With My OC'ing? TIA

    Im about to run a stress test with Cinebench and Ill update with the results. SPECS: Case - NZXT S340VR Elite (CA-S340W-B3) EVGA - SuperNOVA 550 G2 80+ GOLD 550W Fully Modular Motherboard - MSI B350 TOMAHAWK Gaming ATX Hard Drive - Seagate 2TB Barracuda SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache Processor -...
  8. 16cisthelowest

    [SOLVED] Overclocking GTX 1650 OC is not possible on my laptop ---- why is it locked ?

    I'm trying to overclock it but it cannot go higher than 1785mhz even if I set the Core clock +100mhz on MSI Afterburner for example. Why's it locked? Acer Nitro 5 i5-11300H GTX 1650 32GB 3200mHz RAM Windows 11 512GB WD SSD
  9. Nilatahk

    [SOLVED] Problem after trying to overclock my GPU ?

    Hello to everyone! It’s my first post here and hope someone could help me. I tried to overclock my GPU yesterday with MSI ab. Started to oc core clock with increments of 20 running Kombustor all the time. In the meanwhile I was also running Unigine Superpositon. Both softwares display temps...
  10. D

    [SOLVED] ROG STRIX RTX 2080 8G OC Thermal Pads Specifications

    Hello, I have an Asus ROG Strix-RTX2080-O8G-Gaming (it's the OC model) video card and recently it started becoming very noisy. It reaches temperatures of 74 to 75 deg C. I know they are not dangerous, but it makes too much noise. I tried different drivers, although I didn't have the problem...
  11. Swft 0_0

    [SOLVED] CPU idle temp is worrying ?

    PLEASE HELP! I have a ryzen 5 5600x oc at 4.7GHz, and i have an aio coolermaster masterliquid 360l v2 At idle my cpu is around 57 C but could spike to 68 C sometimes. That spike is worrisome because the load is less than 10% but could spike that high... I've put my aio in the front as...
  12. A

    [SOLVED] 970EVO plus crashing my system, but only when OCed???

    So I recently bought a used z390 Extreme4 motherboard and an i5 9600K. Decided it was time to buy an M2 drive, so I bought the 970 evo plus 1 tb. Since then, I have system crashes. More specifically, the system will just go to a black screen and restart on heavy activity on the 970. So if I...
  13. TheKerangMan

    [SOLVED] PC Startup in Custom Fan Mode

    My RTX 2060 is kinda factory hot.average 80C when gaming(full load) and fan just ran at 50's %! So i undervolt it and set up fan to run at 70% and saved it to a profile using MSI Afterburner.. Everything runs accordingly..back to default if i shut down and restart the PC.. Until yesterday i...
  14. S

    [SOLVED] Asrock G41M-VS3 Ram Running at 1000 MHZ

    Hi I recently upgrade my CPU to Core-2 Quad 9550@2.83 GHZ. I have installed two 4gb DDR3 ram (total=4*2=8 Gb). The problem is my ram running at speed of 500MHZ (Please look below photos).I think it should run at 1333 MHZ speed but i don't know much about it that's why all Bios settings are by...
  15. H

    [SOLVED] Gtx 1080 ti founders edition OC

    Hi, I have a gtx 1080 ti founders edition , what all of us know is this cards is old so i am trying to help it last longer with a little bit of OC, What i did was adding +160 on core and +500 on memory and a custom fan curve using msi afterburner, it did not crash or show any artifacts in...
  16. E

    [SOLVED] OC Memory on Gigabyte A320M -DS2

    I just got my 2x8gb 3200mhz from corsair but I want to try and OC up to like 3600mhz. Would this be possible on the mobo I currently have ? https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-A320M-DS2-rev-10/sp#sp
  17. A

    [SOLVED] Need some help, new at overclocking!

    Hey everyone, I just want some help with overclocking. Starting off, these are my specs: Mobo: ASRock Z490 Taichi CPU: Intel i9-10900 (yes, NOT the 10900K) GPU: MSI GAMING X TRIO 24G 3090 RAM: Dual-Channel 2x Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR4-3200MHz (CMK32GX4M2B3200C16) PSU: Corsair HX1200 CPU...
  18. madartzgraphics

    [SOLVED] Phenom II x4 955 automatically downclocks to 800mhz

    Hello guys, pardon me about my lack of knowledge about OC-ing and my language. It's my first time doing OC on a fully unlocked processor and I'm talking via my non native language. So here's the thing. I've managed to OC my Phenom II x4 955 125w (BE I think, haven't got time to check the part...
  19. StateOfNasos

    [SOLVED] Does Ryzen 5 1600 Bottleneck my build?

    Hello all! Bought my main rig back at Sept 2017: CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 GPU: Gigabyte 1060 G1 Gaming 6GB RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666Mhz MoBo: Asus Prime B350 Plus I have recently upgraded my ram to a set of 2x8 Corsair RGB Pro 3200 Mhz same timings as my last kit (16-18-18-36 ), so far seems...
  20. xpLoaDeD

    [SOLVED] Will this RAM config work?

    Hello everybody, hope you are all fine and good. I have an old platform with this Motherboard : ASUS M5A78L-M LX with an only 4GB RAM stick at 1333mhz I want to upgrade to 8gb dual channel config. I can go with 2x4GB 1333MHz or 2x4GB 1600MHz On ASUS website it says : "2 x DIMM, Max. 16GB...
  21. B

    Question XMP not working , cant OC Toughram 3600, gigabyte z370xp

    Hello Comunity, Recently I bought a pair of DDR4 2x8 3600 toughram, really nice looking... Sticks work but mother is using stock 2600MHZ to run it... I tried to enable the XMP, but once applied, PC keeps rebooting, so I clear CMOS and try several configs, none of them succeded... Also, I read...
  22. F

    Question MSI Mech OC RX 5600XT Black screen / Blue Screen

    Hey everyone so i recently got a MSI Mech OC RX 5600XT and i have had it about 3 weeks to a month (at max) and i have been getting Random Black Screens then reboot and sometimes i will get a blue screen with the stop code being "Video TDR Failure" and i am at my whits end now, I have tried...
  23. L

    [SOLVED] What's voltage ID?

    I tried to overclock my 3200G's igpu but it says voltage id. I can't add dots or a comma to make it 1.2V. Any help?
  24. M

    [SOLVED] Can't Run 3200mhz XMP after adding 2 RAM sticks

    Hello Im having issues with an extra RAM kit I just purchased. I have a AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and a MSI X470 gaming pro carbon motherboard. I already had 2x8GB 3200 Corsair vengance pro RGB sticks in there which ran at their XMP profile at 3200mkz 16-18-18-36 but I just added 2 more 8GB stick of the...
  25. appletatoes

    [SOLVED] RAM Not Running at 3600 MHz

    Hello, I have the following hardware installed: Asus Z270-E Motherboard Intel Core i7-6700K 2x8GB Corsair RGB 3600 MHz RAM EVGA G2 850 WATT PSU EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 My problem is that my RAM won't run any faster than 2133 MHz but I have 3600 MHz RAM installed and they are in the same...
  26. Iosif

    [SOLVED] AMD Adrenaline 2020 doesn't let me OC my GPU through Asus gpu tweak or Msi afterburner!

    Hello guys, Amd Radeon Adrenaline drivers in 2020 are very good but I cant OC my gpu through ASUS GPU TweakII . I just tweak settings, press apply and it reverts me in the factory clocks. Damn:confused_old: Is there any way to disable amd software settings and do whatever I want through asus or...
  27. I

    Question XMP profile not working

    Hello, I activate the xmp profile in the bios settings, it is set on Auto at 3200, however when i check on windows it is still at 2066. Also when i try to manually set it to 3200 the pc fails to boot. Any help or idea will be appreciated, thank you in advance Specs: -X570 gaming pro carbon msi...
  28. Darcory

    [SOLVED] Ryzen 3600 Did I Win Silicon Lottery?

    Hello folks! I manage to use Ryzen 3600 4.1ghz as stable with that peak voltage, (1.16875) am i so luck or this is normal? Much cooler, less sound, much lesser voltage and same performance as far as i see. Did lot of test too. I wonder if there is something wrong in there or everything fine?
  29. Danymq

    [SOLVED] Overclocking ryzen 5 1500x breaks the voltage for lower Pstates

    Okay so I love the extra performance gain when OC, but I have noticed that when I Overclock my Ryzen 1500x the voltages for Pstate 2 and 3 breaks. Normal voltages without PBO and OC 1550mhz=0.88v=20w 3000mhz=0.98v=31w 3500mhz=1.15v=46w Voltages when OCing 1550mhz=1.35=32w 3000mhz=1.35=47w...
  30. H

    [SOLVED] My CPU wont go over 99% when under load.

    Hey, so I got a r5 2600 on 4Ghz 1.375v (ASRock B450 Pro4) (not the best, I know) and I tried some stress tests when checking for stability when I discovered even if I use Cinebench R15 or R20, or AIDA 64 CPU test, my cpu just wont go over 99%, I tried 3 windows power plans ( max performance...
  31. pazarac01

    [SOLVED] Having trouble choosing C2Q Q6600 or Q8200

    Hello people from internet. Yesterday, my friend wanted to buy a new CPU for his old LGA775 build. He asked me If I would come with him to go and see some processor which his neighbour is selling. Long story short, the only LGA 775 processor which he was sellong was Q6600(which he was selling...
  32. S

    Question Are AMD TR 3 processors like the 3960x & 3070x better off un overclocked and doing their own auto temp boost which I hear works better than manual OC?

    Are AMD TR 3 processors like the 3960x & 3070x better off un overclocked and doing their own auto temp boost which I hear works better than manual Overclocked? Ie all the over clocking features on TRX40 mother boards are they useful or is it the TR processors are more maxed out than intel ones...
  33. ReubenK21

    Question HELP! My RX 570 performance has halved after Nzxt cam accidental voltage boost to 10%.

    Hello everyone! The other day I decided to overclock my MSI rx 570 to try and squeeze out some extra performance and I used nzxt cam as I have a kraken x52. I put the voltage to 5% and increased the core and memory clock in 50 mhz increments until it crashed. Then stupidly I decided to increase...
  34. Nasimlolololo

    [SOLVED] RX 5700XT or RTX 2060S with my Ryzen 1600 cpu

    Hi, Hello guys, I have a stock ryzen 1600 cpu. And now I want to get a new GPU, either the 5700XT or RTX 2060S, problem for me is that its difficult for me to choose. 5700XT is presumably going to bottleneck more but still provides more power and value than the RTX 2060S whereas I get ray...
  35. S

    [SOLVED] R5 1600 with 2060S or Radeon 5700

    Hello, So Im confused between two GPUS for my PC. Note: I will game in 1080p 60hz, maybe even 144hz. I just want to get the full performance out of the GPU using my CPU. Which gpu is better for me, and will not have a bottleneck while still getting highest FPS. I have 16 gigs of ram trident Z...
  36. W

    Question Do I have to upgrade my psu?

    Hey there, I'm going to make custom loop in my pc and I'm worring, can I run everything without problems. I have a be quiet straight power 11 650w 80+ gold PSU Ryzen 3600 @3,75GHz (probably going to OC a lot more) B450 A-Pro max 2x Hyperx Pedator 8gb 3000mhz ram 2x 5400 1,5TB HDD drives 860 evo...
  37. C

    [SOLVED] GIGABYTE RTX 2060 SUEPR

    So i am planning to build a PC with RTX 2060 SUPER and i am choosing between GIGABYTE RTX 2060 SUPER OC 3x WINDFORCE and GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 2060 SUPER and what i see is the clock speed of 1710 MHz for WINDFORCE and 1845 MHz for AORUS , what i am comparing is the price. Is the WINDFORCE OC...
  38. S

    [SOLVED] Is g.skill trident z neo 3200Mhz 16gb worth its price or better options available?

    As the title says, is that particular set of ram sticks worth purchasing. Just a note, currently they are sitting at $239.99, this just happened sometime yesterday, they were $159.99 for the longest time, wondering if they will go back down in price for this black friday/cyber monday...
  39. Carloslx

    [SOLVED] New Cheap Rig - for OC - will it work?

    Trying to make a good yet cheap pc for OC. "The pc is for Gaming and 3d modeling." There are so many brands and models it gets hard to pick. After hours and hours, :) I picked these, not sure if all will work fine for an OC but that is my main priority so if I need to change anything for that...
  40. madartzgraphics

    Question RAM not running at correct speed?

    Well, title is self explanatory. Just learned through self study that RAM doesn't really run at correct speed when you put it on your motherboard as advertised even in modern builds like someone says, many don't know this that people are not aware their system is setting them by default where it...