Should i Overclock my brothers GPU?

Absorbentsolid · 12 Oct 2013 at 01:58

Hey guys my brother has got the following.

i5 3570k stock clock
Gigabyte W3 7950
Corsair GS 600W
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Mobo

I'm looking to overclock his GPU and CPU,Is the mobo any good to support it or should i upgrade it and the PSU?

I'm thinking of buying him a h100i for Xmas

kefan77 · 12 Oct 2013 at 02:06

MB is good for the CPU, it doesn't really matter that much with GPU, but it's fine for that too.

no need to replace the PSU unless it's faulty/noisy.

breadturbo · 12 Oct 2013 at 09:48

you already lose 10 man points for running a 7950 and 3570k stock tbh

do eeet, lots of extra performance to be had and the mobo will have no problems.

Absorbentsolid · 12 Oct 2013 at 11:04

Can i redeem my man cards them if i overclock them both

Minstadave · 12 Oct 2013 at 11:14

Yes, get cracking! What cooling are you using on the CPU?

Absorbentsolid · 12 Oct 2013 at 11:21

Minstadave said:
Yes, get cracking! What cooling are you using on the CPU?

At the moment,He's using the Akasa AK Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler

JonSmith · 12 Oct 2013 at 12:53

that's a pretty good cooler, go for 4.5GHz

Absorbentsolid · 12 Oct 2013 at 19:57

JonSmith said:
that's a pretty good cooler, go for 4.5GHz

I'm doing it tmoz for him,I'll let yall know how it goes.

DJ_Bucho · 13 Oct 2013 at 01:03

Nice one mate, defo keep us posted as to how you get on, its always nice to get some free performance gains

Absorbentsolid · 14 Oct 2013 at 00:21

DJ_Bucho said:
Nice one mate, defo keep us posted as to how you get on, its always nice to get some free performance gains

Fantastic performance increase!!!!

Stock before and after bench's are

1.Stock heaven Benchmark, 33.0 FPS Score 832 min 16.9 max 70.3 GPU 1050HZ

2. Overclocked Heaven benchmark 4.5ghz, 35.6 FPS Score 869 min 19.2 max 77.5 GPU 1150hz.

3.Stock Valley Benchmark, 39.8 FPS Score 1664 Min 20.3 Max 74.9 GPU 1000hz.

4. Overclocked Valley Benchmark 4.5ghz, 41.4 FPS Score 1731 Min 23.3 Max 84 GPU 1100HZ

Temps on GPU went for 64C to 68C max Idle was sitting at 42.

CPU Temps from 36-58 Max @4.5!! It's crazy,Going see how far i can push it when i have more time. Thanks for the everything guys,I enjoyed it a lot!

breadturbo · 14 Oct 2013 at 03:12

Well you've started now, next you'll be thinking 'ooh I wonder how far I could go with water!'
Your wallet will take a beating, and you'll soon be regretting the first post

Absorbentsolid · 14 Oct 2013 at 11:44

breadturbo said:
Well you've started now, next you'll be thinking 'ooh I wonder how far I could go with water!'
Your wallet will take a beating, and you'll soon be regretting the first post

haha,No chance i'm touching watercooling on my brothers PC,He can do that him self. but yh i am curious.