How do you know if an OC is required

[marlow77]

I know nothing about this subject. Anyone willing to help must talk to me like a 2yr old. Thankyou.

From what I can gather after a brief search, there's CPU and RAM overclocking. How would you know which one of the two, if not both, need turning up a tad, would it be as simple as looking at the usage % when under stress?

For example, with what I do, my RAM doesn't really go over 60% at full stress, so does this mean that doesn't need touching?

My CPU however, hits 100% frequently. I've already gone into bios and turned my Ryzen 5 3400G up from 3.7ghz to 4.1, and enabled the XMP profile which I believe takes RAM from 2400mhz to 3000, but can't really test it because it takes ages to work up to, with what I do.

So basically once you OC the CPU, will the % usage then come down at a given level of stress compared with the old setting? Or will it go up, or stay the same? tia

 

[pp111]

Honestly I wouldn't do any overclocking unless you know what you are doing. The problem is that overclocking creates additional heat, not to mention the fact that it may make your computer more prone to crashing. It is certainly not something you should take lightly. Even just selecting the XMP profile on your RAM there is no guarantee that it will actually work. You can literally damage your PC if you don't know what the full effects of your changes are.So I would strongly advise you research the topic before you do anything. I guess Youtube would be a good start!

Yes, if you isolate a specific problem with your computer, say the CPU is hitting 100%, then overclocking should help. It may well still hit 100% but it will be doing more so you gain productivity.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

It's like tuning your car engine
If your car was struggling then yes would help
Though even if it wasn't struggling you may tune it anyway if you realise additional performance may be available
Main things are what's a safe voltage
And what's a safe temperature
And what's stable