What OC tools do you guys use?

chilipeppersc

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I understand that there is a fantastic guide to overclocking and a really thorough list of what you can download on a new build, however it is quite the minefield of links. I would like to download a set of OC programs for my new build but have been out of the game for 5 years. Are the current crop the same as back then or what do you guys use? Considering more essentials, but any further advice is good too.

I was thinking something like

CPU-z?
GPU-z?
MSI Afterburner?
Everest?
Benchmark Programs?

Just to help me to get a head start.....

Thanks in advance!

Chili
 
NoName and Nickolp have named most of them youll need, as youll notice not much has changed in 5 years :)

The way you overclock will be a little different now though, im not using skylake or pascal myself but from what ive read its a little different now with GPU Boost 3 and the high base clocks you can achieve on skylake.
 
For CPU OC'ing i use Realbench + OCCT for stressing/stability checking. For monitoring i use a combo of CPU-Z, HWMonitor, AISuite & HWInfo (not at the same time). For performance checking i use Cinebench.

For memory stability checking i use HCIMemtest, which is also pretty good at stressing the CPU.

GPU wise i use wattman for adjustments to clocks etc (AMD user). Stability check using firestrike, timespy (also used for performance gauging) + furmark. For monitoring GPU-Z.
 
CPU overclocking I use Aida64 for testing stability and I use the Evga Precision for my GPU overclocks and gaming for testing stability. I find you could test with heaven etc for 24 hours and pass and then play a game for 5 minutes and crash, so I only game now to test stability.
 
My current rigs apps/process for OC'ing.

When taking screen grabs of results of a bench/stability test I open CPU-Z & GPU-Z to records clocks, etc. Then I'll mark some notes in screen grab via paint. If I have HWiNFO open with monitoring data then I don't bother with those 2 apps. HWiNFO is a great monitoring tool, highly customisable, super support via author on his forum plus on OCN.

CPU/RAM I don't use OS tools to set settings but go bios route, so no tools like that I use. GPU I will set OC via MSI AB, but after settled on an OC, I've set via editing ROM on card. I also use at time MSI AB for GPU monitoring, I like the logs it creates, the graphs vs sheet log of numbers from other apps is handy at times.

CPU OC stability testing is first x264 (48 loops), as that's a cool stability test I can gauge temps for when other apps load it. Next RealBench Stress mode (min 4hrs), this also stresses GPU. Next min 12hrs f@h. Then I'll just see how it pans out in normal usage day to day.

GPU OC stability is loops of 3DM FS, Heaven and Valley (usually go for 1-3hrs each). Last 2 GPU's were also sensitive to Crysis 2 Downtown map looped for x number using Adrenaline Crysis 2 Benchmark Tool. Then I'll just see how it pans out in normal usage day to day.

My stability testing may seem long but generally I get a feel for item I'm OC'ing with some initial profiles I set. Whilst doing this early process I look out for what apps the OC is most sensitive to fall over on, so aim to run those before others.
 
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Bios - to oc
CpuZ - to verify clocks
Hwmonitor - to monitor temps
Cinebench R15 - to see performance difference quickly
Real bench - to test its stability
Battlefield 4 - further "testing"
3dsMax/Autocad - for the girlfriend
 
I went with:

CPU: bios oc + hwmonitor +cpu-z

Stress test: Aida64 extreme, real bench

GPU: MSI afterburner + gpu-z

Bench: firestrike and heaven

Ram: oc bios + Aida 64

Anything else I should consider?
 
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