I just want to ask, is anyone running manually overclocked CPU or GPU? I recently decided to play a bit more with my RX 550 2GB and managed to get it up to 1550 MHz on the core. The gains in smoothness are pretty sweet so I think I'll keep it. To be fair, the card has replaced thermal paste and added VRM heatsinks, both of which are needed for this in my opinion.
Nice input, why bother?? @Thomas9970 Your CPU is way more important than GPU, plus RAM of course. What are your specs?
It's an R5 3600 with 32GB of DDR4 (intended for DCC apps) so the graphics card really is the weakest link right now. Also at 90 watts power limit, the CPU is not exactly low-powered so I wouldn't get very far (or even beyond normal boost) without a new cooler.
My first ever overclock was on an Intel running at 75 MHz and I took it to 100 MHz with a passive cooler. Madness, I know. Jokes aside, I have the same CPU as you. Nowadays I am a big sucker for efficiency so as I spend most of time reading or watching live streams I prefer a low power consumption for such non-demanding, idle level tasks. I tend to overclock only if I can´t afford to upgrade and for a while I need to use an older setup that becomes limited in demanding games. For example, I got RDR 2 and played it first on an Intel i5 3550 with a GTX 1060. I keep my PCs for at least 5 years, motherboard even more if they don´t change the socket, as I want their cost of building and carbon footprint to be covered fully before I change them. Speaking about replacing thermal pads, I¨ve read about many complaints with the new generation cards that they overheat or reach temperatures that can be avoided because manufacturers choose cheaper material despite asking premium prices for some card series. Look at this: https://videocardz.com/newz/modder-...erature-problem-with-copper-shims-110c-to-64c
Quick ? not so much re overclocking but ram speed - I just noticed that the RAM installed on one my laptops (not the idea pad which bizarrely also works well) is only 2400 speed - I think this is because I just stuck a load of 2400 (32gb) in it so I could use Photoshop faster. Im just wondering would it make much difference to go from 2400 to 2666 RAM (which I think is the max this laptop can handle) or is it not worth the cost balance
If the BIOS of your laptop has exposed memory settings, I think you could run the existing kit at 2666 without much trouble as that clock speed isn't too far off. Just make sure to run the memory diagnostics tool afterwards to check that there are no errors. On the topic of performance, I really wouldn't expect much as the increase is pretty small.
with Intel i5-11600k I have 4x8gb 3200 ram sticks but with the bios xmp profile change to 3200 caused random screen freezes, so I lowered the bios xmp profile to 3000 (2933mhz) and all working fine now, soon I'd like to get a new m.2 ssd drive and move my game files from my hdd to the m.2 which would be 5 times faster than the hdd, I'm still waiting for lower prices to get a nvidia rtx 3060 to replace my gtx 1650
