Soldato
I admitted I misunderstood which processor you were referring to, as have a few others it appears, but back in the day, bclk overclocking was actually quite common (up to ~105%, albeit 103 was consider 'safe', or for maximum tuning control, over 105 was where you started risking corruption etc. Some people managed to go much higher, but either way even using 103-105 you can get another couple hundred MHz out the chip) and the comment on throwing a bit of money at the issue as it may be a better long term investment still stands, especially as Fortnite itself has been considerably upgraded over the years, and is certainly not the same now in terms of demands as it was a few years ago, so given its usually better to make a change or upgrade that doesn't need looked at a short time later, especially given the systems and bundles I've seen for very low figures in recent months.
I actually used bclk overclocking combined with multiplier overclocking back in those days (on a 2700k, 2500k, 2400 etc, for many years stable, so actually maybe to you it is pointless and dangerous, but so is all overclocking without knowledge of what you are doing, RAM overclocking is also common, and yet just like BCLK can cause data corruption etc, and I would assume you would consider doing some research and trial and error before passing along kit to a family member for 24/7 usage, rather than just 'crank' it. If you don't have time or willingness to do so fine, but it's a perfectly valid way to try and get a few more percent out of an aging platform, which can make the difference between hitting 60 or not when CPU bottlenecks come into play, if the rest of your kit allows it. As Bclk overclocking is no longer really in vogue, I also wanted to mention it as it does still allow some overclocking on an 2600 and it isn't something that maybe would get mentioned by people who weren't from that era as multiplier overclocking has become much more common in the last decade or so, and bclk is largely forgotten.
The fact is Epic will continue to update and add more content to Fortnite whilst it still makes them bank, so whilst the system as it is should be a big upgrade over the AMD APU he had assuming it's from a similar era (again you have not clarified which one he has either to judge whether it is really worth it, but I assume it is fm2/am3 era or similar, rather than something ryzen based) there is also a chance even with performance mode the gameplay will become pretty choppy and that CPU will become a bottleneck sooner rather than later, especially in terms of stutters and minimums.
Either way, do what you want with the advice whether you agree or not, but if you want help from people, a better attitude would be helpful. Not everyone will tell you exactly what you have decided you want to hear, and I am talking from experience of overclocking systems back then.
Many threads here, overclock and the likes back in the day talking about BCLK overclocking and successful examples also, given Intel's move to lock multipliers except on K CPUs.
If you think no one with a non-k CPU wanted to overclock you're sorely mistaken.
I actually used bclk overclocking combined with multiplier overclocking back in those days (on a 2700k, 2500k, 2400 etc, for many years stable, so actually maybe to you it is pointless and dangerous, but so is all overclocking without knowledge of what you are doing, RAM overclocking is also common, and yet just like BCLK can cause data corruption etc, and I would assume you would consider doing some research and trial and error before passing along kit to a family member for 24/7 usage, rather than just 'crank' it. If you don't have time or willingness to do so fine, but it's a perfectly valid way to try and get a few more percent out of an aging platform, which can make the difference between hitting 60 or not when CPU bottlenecks come into play, if the rest of your kit allows it. As Bclk overclocking is no longer really in vogue, I also wanted to mention it as it does still allow some overclocking on an 2600 and it isn't something that maybe would get mentioned by people who weren't from that era as multiplier overclocking has become much more common in the last decade or so, and bclk is largely forgotten.
The fact is Epic will continue to update and add more content to Fortnite whilst it still makes them bank, so whilst the system as it is should be a big upgrade over the AMD APU he had assuming it's from a similar era (again you have not clarified which one he has either to judge whether it is really worth it, but I assume it is fm2/am3 era or similar, rather than something ryzen based) there is also a chance even with performance mode the gameplay will become pretty choppy and that CPU will become a bottleneck sooner rather than later, especially in terms of stutters and minimums.
Either way, do what you want with the advice whether you agree or not, but if you want help from people, a better attitude would be helpful. Not everyone will tell you exactly what you have decided you want to hear, and I am talking from experience of overclocking systems back then.
Many threads here, overclock and the likes back in the day talking about BCLK overclocking and successful examples also, given Intel's move to lock multipliers except on K CPUs.
If you think no one with a non-k CPU wanted to overclock you're sorely mistaken.
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