Ehh as long as you have aducate cooling/safe voltages you should be alright. At most it may shave off a year of life out of 10 years, but by then I'll want to upgrade anyways.I avoid it to not reduce the lif of the device. I’d rather invest and buy the strongest GPU/CPU i need.
I've been on a 2600k overclocked an entire Ghz for 9 years and it's still going as strong as ever. As long as it's cooled properly it won't have any effect on the life of your components. Heat is the enemy, not clock cycles.I avoid it to not reduce the lif of the device. I’d rather invest and buy the strongest GPU/CPU i need.
As long as you do it relatively competently and don't do something stupid like blow your vcore, it'll be time to upgrade anyway before you significantly reduce the life of your CPU.I avoid it to not reduce the lif of the device. I’d rather invest and buy the strongest GPU/CPU i need.
Is there actually proof of this?I avoid it to not reduce the lif of the device. I’d rather invest and buy the strongest GPU/CPU i need.
i would never overclock a laptop. for starters they have shit airflow and run hot at the best of times. if you burn out your cpu/gpu then that's it. at least in a PC you can just swap out a dead part.
it's not a risk though.Nope, never. I don't care if the statements about shortened lifespan are true or not, I just don't want to take any risks.
I will admit that my knowledge about PC hardware is very limited and I never tried to change that by learning more advanced stuff. I just never felt like I needed to make that extra step so that my PC could run a little faster.it's not a risk though.
overclocking your GPU is very safe. unless you start modding the BIOS you'll be fine because the BIOS will have protections set in place to avoid any insane voltages or temperatures.
RAM is pretty safe too. For most people you just go into your BIOS and enable the XMP profile which lets you run the sticks at the advertised speed which is technically an overclock. say you buy 3200 RAM kit then it'll run at 2133 unless you overclock it. pretty much all RAM out there is advertised by the overclock speeds. they are binned so you're completely safe. the only way you'll do any damage is if you manually try go beyond the advertised speed and set insane voltage. for example my kit has an XMP profile of 3200 1.35v. if i were to try set it to 3400 1.4V it could damage it.
CPU is riskier but still safe unless you go crazy with voltage. my CPU runs at 5.0GHz with 1.26V. it's safe to run <1.35V. if you were to put something ridiculous in like 1.45V then yeah that'd damage the CPU. generally, the worst that'll happen if you overclock (knowing what you're doing) is the system will freeze/BSOD then boot back up.
the risk of overclocking is running at high voltages + temperatures for a long time. if you try running at 5.1GHz with 1.4V and it hitting 90C then that'll damage it. if you overclock properly you can hit 5.1GHz with ~1.3-1.35V and keep reasonable temperatures.
I will admit that my knowledge about PC hardware is very limited and I never tried to change that by learning more advanced stuff. I just never felt like I needed to make that extra step so that my PC could run a little faster.
If it's taking weeks for someone to overclock they are doing something wrong. GPUs can be overclocked in minutes.Dont really need to. My hardware runs everything fine stock.
Besides bragging rights whats the point of OCing if not really needed? I mean wasting weeks just trying to hit a certain number is insane when you can spend your time doing things that are actually fun.
Don’t tell that to me tell the OP, he was chasing a mythical number for the most part that doesn’t really add much benefit to already high end hardware.If it's taking weeks for someone to overclock they are doing something wrong. GPUs can be overclocked in minutes.
Overclocking 3000 series AMD CPUs seems pointless, but for Ryzen 1700 you could go from 3.2 all core easily to 3.7-4.0, which is a pretty substantial increase...
Why buy a high end processor, motherboard and cooling system if you are not going to push it to its full potential? I want to get as much performance as I possibly can In my system I would have paid much less otherwise.Don’t tell that to me tell the OP, he was chasing a mythical number for the most part that doesn’t really add much benefit to already high end hardware.
I can see trying to squeeze the performance out of low/mid tier CPU’s and GPU’s but the higher end stuff is only for bragging rights and wagging your epeen around.
Thats fine but I just dont think chasing a few FPS is worth the risk .Why buy a high end processor, motherboard and cooling system if you are not going to push it to its full potential? I want to get as much performance as I possibly can In my system I would have paid much less otherwise.
Dont really need to. My hardware runs everything fine stock.
Besides bragging rights whats the point of OCing if not really needed? I mean wasting weeks just trying to hit a certain number is insane when you can spend your time doing things that are actually fun.
I avoid it to not reduce the lif of the device. I’d rather invest and buy the strongest GPU/CPU i need.
No kidding !OC actually increases your FPS drastically mate. Its not just bragging rights. Also ocing these days is piss easy. See what voltage u can push and boom clock until the stuff stops crashing and done.
My 2600k has been at 5ghz on air for 8 years.I've been on a 2600k overclocked an entire Ghz for 9 years and it's still going as strong as ever. As long as it's cooled properly it won't have any effect on the life of your components. Heat is the enemy, not clock cycles.
Never.
I'm a guy that can play at 720p. So I've never seen the point of baking my CPU for some flashier graphics.
Perhaps your performance is being limited by another component, likely the CPU. Use Rivatuner's overlay to find out what is holding your performance back. That's how I decided to overclock my CPU - performance drops in Resident Evil 2.i overclocked my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB a few weeks back exactly to an online guide i found and it had no impact on performance for some reason
I had both EVGA SSC 1060 6GB and MSi GT 1060 6GB(during ether mining bonanza), and both were solid overclockers that would boost above 2GHz. Most review sites had 10%+ performance gain with any 1060 6GB, as did I. Maybe your bottleneck is elsewhere, as previously mentioned. If you have the time, maybe we could poke around a bit and see what's up?i overclocked my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB a few weeks back exactly to an online guide i found and it had no impact on performance for some reason
It's never too late to start! Just take your time with it and make sure everything is stable and you are golden!No and i kinda feel like an idiot for not doing it...
the fact is, how much you gain by constantly stressing your hardware? 5 frames? 10? is it really worthy? i can just tone down shadows and occlusion and puf 10 frames gained.It's never too late to start! Just take your time with it and make sure everything is stable and you are golden!![]()
1. CPU - Intel Core i5 7640X @ 4.00GHzI had both EVGA SSC 1060 6GB and MSi GT 1060 6GB(during ether mining bonanza), and both were solid overclockers that would boost above 2GHz. Most review sites had 10%+ performance gain with any 1060 6GB, as did I. Maybe your bottleneck is elsewhere, as previously mentioned. If you have the time, maybe we could poke around a bit and see what's up?
1. What are your system specs? CPU, RAM, and MOBO in particular.
2. What program are you using for OC?
3. Have you tried using the free version of 3DMark Fire Strike to verify performance? Can you download it from Steam if not(the free demo version)?
Once you get 3DMark and run Fire Strike, it should give you test results that show most of your specs, and will give us your Graphics(GPU) and Physics(CPU) scores. A screenshot of that would be very helpful. P.S.- I used GPUTweak for my OC tweaking.