" Gaming boost " on b450

venomx · 9 Jan 2021 at 15:15

I see in the bios there's an option to enable gaming boost
I assume this is for people like me who have no knowledge of overclocking , except ram ?
Is it safe and would It increase my fps in cyberpunk 2077?

I have a 750w corsair psu, noctus nh-u12s fan and ryzen 5 3600

Thanks

mickyflinn · 9 Jan 2021 at 15:38

Ganing boost is an auto ovetckock feature for the cpu, keep an eye on temps. If your using a stock cooler i wouldnt do it.

It should have a small increse in fps but you can test before and after.

venomx · 9 Jan 2021 at 15:41

Not using stock cooler it's a noctua nh-u12s.

I may give it a go and if temps too high then turn it off

Wont cause any damage will it ?

mickyflinn · 9 Jan 2021 at 15:50

venomx said:
Not using stock cooler it's a noctua nh-u12s.

I may give it a go and if temps too high then turn it off

Wont cause any damage will it ?

Shouldn't do but auto overclock tend to use higher voltage than manually overclocking.

venomx · 9 Jan 2021 at 15:57

Fair enough. I may try to do it manually .

Increase the MHZ and voltage slowly ?
What should I be aiming for on a ryzen 5 3600 ?

mickyflinn · 9 Jan 2021 at 16:17

venomx said:
Fair enough. I may try to do it manually .

Increase the MHZ and voltage slowly ?
What should I be aiming for on a ryzen 5 3600 ?

Yes and test check out some guides.

Single core overclock 200mhz above boost 4.4ghz.

venomx · 9 Jan 2021 at 16:34

How does overclock affect the boost ? One core usually gets to 4.2ghz and the others 3.9ghz...

Also what's a safe voltage ?

venomx · 9 Jan 2021 at 18:48

Think I'll leave it. Likely the bottleneck is due to my rx580 and overclocking a CPU which already overclocks itself is risky