Overclocking for an oldie

psd99

psd99

psd99

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Hi the last time I overclocked my PC, was prob in the 2008 the reason why I joined this form lol

I have this setup here;




Where do I even begin to overclock? Lol anything quick and easy for a novice
 
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Oh and when I changed ddr4 to 4066
Windows did not like me and crashed before even being able to login

I think ddr4 is set to auto and that seems to work for a long time
It is set to auto right now

My system is stable its just the ram I need more ram or for the ram to be quicker than it has been
 
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Your DDR4 is rated at 3600 so you've got no chance of running it at 4000Mhz+ at stock voltage.

You can tune your DDR4 and tighten the timings and maybe boost the clock speed but that is normally a very time consuming endeavour so unless you want to go down that road I would just enable A-XMP (which you have disabled from your screenshot) and call it a day.

The "auto" RAM setting will probably run the RAM at it's lowest default speed (i.e. 2133Mhz) so you're losing a fair bit of performance by not enabling A-XMP.
 
psd99 said:
Where do I even begin to overclock? Lol anything quick and easy for a novice
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overclocking like back in the day doesn't really exist any more for the vast majority
just turn on xmp and be done lol

nowadays to extract the best performance with the least amount of work is actually to undervolt the cpu so that it can boost harder for longer
(though curve optimiser is not available for ryzen 3000 series so you're SOL there)
 
Ok thanks pretty much just the one setting then to enable a-xmp

What is the next best processor to upgrade to out of interest?
 
ah ok gotcha - what is the easiest way to upgrade the bios?

I had a look at that CPU and put a camel camel camel on it
if it every dropps to about £150 ish I might upgrade but its the RAM that is prob more doable
I'm on 16 currently
 
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ah ok gotcha - what is the easiest way to upgrade the bios?
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It's usually download the latest BIOS and extract to an empty USB drive, ensure the drive is in the correct socket on the back panel (I usually put the drive there and extract to it in place rather than moving it around); the correct position should be in the manual. Reboot the PC in to BIOS and then run update from within BIOS.

There will be a section in the manual.
 
ah thanks

yes I will double check

and I noticed the word BIOS on the back of the chassis

does that USB slot actually work on the OS too?
 
psd99 said:
ah thanks

yes I will double check

and I noticed the word BIOS on the back of the chassis

does that USB slot actually work on the OS too?
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Yes, that marking just tells you that is the only USB source the BIOS will look at during the update process. I have an extension lead on mine to make access for updates easy & day to day the printer is attached to it.
 
5abr3 said:
Yes, that marking just tells you that is the only USB source the BIOS will look at during the update process. I have an extension lead on mine to make access for updates easy & day to day the printer is attached to it.
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that is clever

prob one of those 'to do things' I have a huge list

first thing is to clean out the PC using compressed air, tidy up the cabling and looking to upgrade my 3x ARGB fans
exciting times
 
5abr3 said:
ensure the drive is in the correct socket on the back panel (I usually put the drive there and extract to it in place rather than moving it around); the correct position should be in the manual. Reboot the PC in to BIOS and then run update from within BIOS.
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You only need to use the specific usb port if your using bios flashback, if your doing it from bios you can use anyone.
 
Gotcha ok my bios is updating….

Prob the first bios update in a decade at least but is taking a lot longer than i thought

I wish i did this not on a saturday night
 
And yes it was butt clenching indeed


Wow new bios looks great and cleaner
But it looks like it wiped all of my settings

Took me a while to sort it

Now i have a profile enabled xamp profile 1
Is that all for the overclock?!

Meh dissapointing
I remember overclocking my cpu in 2008
By editing the fsb!
 
psd99 said:
Now i have a profile enabled xamp profile 1
Is that all for the overclock?!
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yeah, not really much to do nowadays
you can get some (minimal) gains, but not worth the time nor effort
just let the boosting algorithm do the work

psd99 said:
Meh dissapointing
I remember overclocking my cpu in 2008
By editing the fsb!
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gone are the days of the celeron 300a/q6600/2500k monster overclocks
 
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