A8 5600k Overclock

Oct 30, 2018
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I recently got a gtx 750ti to play fortnite.
My pc specs are:
CPU: AMD A8 5600k
GPU: Gtx 750ti
RAM: 8gb 1500Mhz
MB: F2A55M-HD2

I' ve been monitoring my pc while playing and I realize that my CPU is actually bottlenecking my GPU. For example while i'm playing My GPU usage is 70% or less and at the same time my CPU usage is 100%. that's the reason i want to overclock my CPU to reduce as much as posible the bottleneck.
So i've been trying to overclock my CPU with AMD Overdrive and i have a problem. I just try overclocking my CPU to 3700Mhz (3600Mhz base) with 1.35V (1.3V base) and is still crashing. I didn't try increasing more the voltage because i'm afraid of damaging my CPU.
 

clutchc

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Turn of turbo mode in AoD and then tweak the multiplier. Eventually you'll get an unstable stress test. If you want to go higher, you'll need to increase the vcore. I believe AoD calls it CPU VID. The first slider for voltage. As long as you keep the voltage out of the 'red' as indicated by the numbers on the slider, you're fine.

But if you're using the stock cooler, your temps will stop you from any significant OC.