Question Help overclocking Ryzen 7 2700 cpu

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So my PC specs:

AMD RYZEN 7 2700 CPU
Asus Prime X470 Motherboard
Radeon Rx570 graphics card
Corsair CX450M power supply (ATX)
4x4GB RAM (DDR4)
Corsair liquid cooler

Looking to overclock this but not too the point of risking a high temperature.

Any suggestions.
 
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winncootMKD

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Download Prime95 and CoreTemp. Prime95 puts 100% load on your CPU and with CoreTemp you watch your CPU temp.
I would go to 4.2Ghz but defenetly not for 24/7 use, as the boost clock is also great. Bump the voltage in BIOS and the frequency and test with Prime95.
I would start with the higher voltage and going lower as testing, the time it crashes thats the sweet voltage spot. Good luck!
 
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Download Prime95 and CoreTemp. Prime95 puts 100% load on your CPU and with CoreTemp you watch your CPU temp.
I would go to 4.2Ghz but defenetly not for 24/7 use, as the boost clock is also great. Bump the voltage in BIOS and the frequency and test with Prime95.
I would start with the higher voltage and going lower as testing, the time it crashes thats the sweet voltage spot. Good luck!

Would a 4.0GHz and upwards require me to increase fan speed and therefore voltage to fans?
 

winncootMKD

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Would a 4.0GHz and upwards require me to increase fan speed and therefore voltage to fans?
You can increase fan speed, if you want, but first do e temp test as I said above, see what temp it will reach on full load, leave it for 1,2 hours on Prime95.
My personal is not to go above 70,75 degrees celsius.
Auto Fan speed will try to lower it, but you can mannualy set it higher.
If full speed doesnt lower the temp, then get liquid cooling or just lower the Ghz and Voltage. But Ryzens cooling are great.

So in conclusion, you dont need to increase fan speed, but if it gets higher than 75, you may bump up fan speed or lower Ghz and Voltage.
 
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Max temp for gaming/general use is 80C but under is preferable. Stress testing can go up to like 85C. Voltage shouldn't exceed 1.450V.

I wouldn't expect a high overclock from the stock cooler but I would start at 3.9ghz with stock voltage.
I also use 4 x 4GB sticks of DDR4 memory, but they are in two pairs and aren’t both the same speed, does this effect any memory over locking I may want to do?