Hi there, it's been literally years since I have tried to overclock, but I am keen to try again with this new system. I know there is the read me beginners guide but I was wondering if there was anything specific I should know about this system and overclocking before I attempt. For example, is this system worth overclocking? Are there already apps in palce that can do a similar job. Just reaching out if anyone has any infor specifically for OC this system.
Hopolite Ryzen 7 2700x overclocking help
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I've read this post and I think I have part of my answer I was seeking. Not quite sure what/where BPO is.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/overclocking-a-ryzen-2700-v-precision-boost.18855227/
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/overclocking-a-ryzen-2700-v-precision-boost.18855227/
A short and concise presentation by Robert Hallock (Technical Marketing Manager of AMD) describing XFR and PBO:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=426hLGoXDbM
You would probably have to enable it in the BIOS (UEFI).
Whether you should manually overclock all cores, or purely rely on XFR/PBO will depend on your main workload for the CPU. If you're mainly gaming, then enabling XFR/PBO (not manually overclocking) is likely to be the better option as games don't tend to make great use of all the cores and XFR/PBO is likely to be able to auto-boost individual cores to higher frequencies than a manual all core overclock.
If you enable XFR/PBO, make sure you monitor voltages and temperatures closely, because your motherboard could potentially apply some unsafe voltages. Probably unlikely, but better be on the safe side. If you are manually overclocking, I assume you'll already be keeping an eye on the voltages and temps anyway.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=426hLGoXDbM
You would probably have to enable it in the BIOS (UEFI).
Whether you should manually overclock all cores, or purely rely on XFR/PBO will depend on your main workload for the CPU. If you're mainly gaming, then enabling XFR/PBO (not manually overclocking) is likely to be the better option as games don't tend to make great use of all the cores and XFR/PBO is likely to be able to auto-boost individual cores to higher frequencies than a manual all core overclock.
If you enable XFR/PBO, make sure you monitor voltages and temperatures closely, because your motherboard could potentially apply some unsafe voltages. Probably unlikely, but better be on the safe side. If you are manually overclocking, I assume you'll already be keeping an eye on the voltages and temps anyway.
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