Hi guys,
So I was thinking today about overclocking my Graphics Card, a Sapphire Dual-X r9 280x. It is currently overclocked slightly (GPU Clock 1040MHz instead of 1000MHz, Memory clock 6080MHz instead of 6000MHz), but I don't know if the rest of my PC could handle overclocking this card. My first issue is the motherboard, a piece of s*** ASUS P8-H61M R2.0. I know that this mobo doesn't allow CPU overclocking (I have a non-K i5 anyway so doesn't affect me) but I'm not sure of it's affect on GPU OC'ing.
Second of all is cooling, I am using a Dual-X r9 280x which is a great cooling system, but the whole system is air cooled using Corsair AF140s (apart from 1 CM BC120 at the rear). In a burn-in test on Furmark (1920x1080 res which is what I game at) the GPU peaked at 72c, which seems pretty hot to me, but I'm not sure whether or not it is extremely hot as a stock r9 290x was hitting over 90 degrees in a review I saw on another website.
My PSU can definitely handle overclocking (XFX Pro Series 1250w), but I'm worried mainly about temps. What do you guys think? Will OCing make all that much of a difference, and will that difference be worth it if it reduces the lifetime of the card?
So I was thinking today about overclocking my Graphics Card, a Sapphire Dual-X r9 280x. It is currently overclocked slightly (GPU Clock 1040MHz instead of 1000MHz, Memory clock 6080MHz instead of 6000MHz), but I don't know if the rest of my PC could handle overclocking this card. My first issue is the motherboard, a piece of s*** ASUS P8-H61M R2.0. I know that this mobo doesn't allow CPU overclocking (I have a non-K i5 anyway so doesn't affect me) but I'm not sure of it's affect on GPU OC'ing.
Second of all is cooling, I am using a Dual-X r9 280x which is a great cooling system, but the whole system is air cooled using Corsair AF140s (apart from 1 CM BC120 at the rear). In a burn-in test on Furmark (1920x1080 res which is what I game at) the GPU peaked at 72c, which seems pretty hot to me, but I'm not sure whether or not it is extremely hot as a stock r9 290x was hitting over 90 degrees in a review I saw on another website.
My PSU can definitely handle overclocking (XFX Pro Series 1250w), but I'm worried mainly about temps. What do you guys think? Will OCing make all that much of a difference, and will that difference be worth it if it reduces the lifetime of the card?