r/overclocking - for those who like to push their chips a little harder

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/lex_koal on 2025-04-16 20:23:04.

We got big "on paper" bandwidth increases with both 5060 Ti and 5080, 50%+ and 30%+. In terms of cores they are similar to their predecessors. Wisdom is performance scales better with bandwidth than cores. So it's strange 50%+ memory throughput --> 15%+ perf, and for 5080 30%+ --->10%+ perf.

Maybe timings are awful compared to GDDR6

Maybe later GDDR7 will be better

Maybe this is part of the reason NVIDIA fumbled so hard with 50 gen, they expected better memory performance

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Particular-Try2447 on 2025-04-16 17:15:07.

For Intel, is there any SOFTWARE based RAM overclocking tools for small oc's

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Particular-Edge-1000 on 2025-04-16 14:24:07.

Hi guys !

I have to go on 64Go to be comfortable on Star Citizen and your shares make me hesitate to take either:

6,000 MT/s CL30 FURY Beast EXPO or 6 400 MT/s CL32 FURY Beast EXPO

To benefit from excellent timings, if I have to choose the most relevant, you would advise me which kit for the OC ?

I think the KF564C32BBEK2-64 should be easier to OC at 6200CL28 and less (even if it is a bit more expensive) or i'm wrong...

I’m going to partner with a 7800X3D and a 9800X3D because I have two players at home :)

And I think your timing will be perfect for these two X3D !!!

Thanks a lot !

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Jovs_ on 2025-04-16 19:38:47.

Hi.

Recently upgraded to a 9950x3d and decided to purchase a kit of 2x48gb RAM sticks, specifically the G.SKILL TRIDENT Z5 advertised at 6400CL32 (F5-6400J3239F48GX2-TZ5RK).

I've been trying to figure out how to get some half decent latency as the stock XMP settings nets me a 85ns latency in AIDA64. I tried following some buildzoids videos on similar dual rank m die kits but I am just having the hardest time to get anything stable.

I even found a relatively simple setup with another user on overclock.net with these timings and yet it would fail y cruncher VT3 immediately, followed by a blue screen.

I am running an ASUS ProArt X870-e Creator WiFI and I originally had some basic CPU overclocks (-20 PBO Offset). My CPU and GPU are cooled with a custom loop so my temperatures are really solid. I just can't get any half decent overclocks with my RAM.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've never dabbled with memory overclocking to this extent before.

Thanks.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/lalsow02ojt on 2025-04-16 18:45:56.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Crazy-Tumbleweed8511 on 2025-04-16 18:38:05.

Just wondering if anybody had a guide or just a clear printout of the numbers they have overclocked their 12600k to? Thanks in advanced

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Visible_Wolf8078 on 2025-04-16 18:19:02.

FF3D516G7000HC34ABK

Teamgroup

Thanks in advance

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/ivanko_0 on 2025-04-16 18:18:30.

Running a 14600KF on a B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI (latest BIOS). Out of the box, LLC was set to Auto (mode 22), and in Cinebench R23 I was hitting 90°C with power limit throttling and CPU voltage over 1.4V.

I changed a few things in BIOS:

• Set LLC to mode 9
• Disabled IA CEP
• CPU core voltage offset: -0.130V

Now I’m getting:

• Cinebench R23 score: 24,300
• Voltage: ~1.20–1.29V
• Temps: max 80°C in Cinebench (DeepCool AK620)
• Power draw: up to 190W during test
• Game temps: ~60°C
• Performance: solid

My only doubt: is it normal for Core VID = 1.256V, but Vcore = 1.178V? Everything works great, but just want to make sure I didn’t mess anything up.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Cute_Ad_5393 on 2025-04-16 18:09:52.

Hi everyone, how's it going?

Recently, I decided to venture into memory overclocking. I have a 4x8GB kit of Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 3200MHz (Micron E-die). With the help of DRAM Ryzen Calculator, I managed to get these timings, and they seem to be stable so far. I ran TestMem5 with the anta777 extreme1 config for over 8 hours and everything looked fine.

I didn’t run it for longer because I believe there’s still room for improvement in these timings. The 8-hour test was more to get a general idea of how stable things are so I can fine-tune them later.

My setup is a B450 Tomahawk motherboard with a Ryzen 5 5600 (stock).

Any suggestions on what I can improve in these current timings?

Thanks in advance!

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The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Tra5hL0rd_ on 2025-04-16 11:57:46.

Alright, folks, I threw this old i5-3570K into the fire and tried to push it to 5GHz. The thing fought me every step of the way, but after some serious voltage abuse, we managed to scrape together 4.9GHz. Anything above that? It just threw a tantrum and shut down. So close, yet so far!

Specs:

• CPU: i5-3570K (still hanging in there like a champ)
• Voltage: 1.616V – She wanted more... I could FEEL it.
• Cooling: Started with the Thermalright Peerless Assassin (dual tower), then swapped in the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420. At 4.7GHz, the Peerless Assassin topped out at 77°C, but the LF2 420 kept it cooler, maxing out at 66°C. (HWinfo was being VERY cranky, I would not be surprised if final temps were actually higher)
• BCLK: 100 MHz (tried 99 BCLK x 48 to get close to 5GHz, but no dice)

Overclock: 4.9GHz – Screaming for its life, but stable enough for a screenshot!

Results:

• Cinebench R15 Multi-Core Score at 4.8GHz: 658 (solid performance at 4.8GHz)
• Cinebench R15 Multi-Core Score at 4.7GHz: 649
• Temps: Idle around 36°C, but under load, we hit 66°C—could’ve been 85-90°C based on HWInfo’s temperamental readings. I’m calling it a win though.
• System Stability: Solid at 4.7GHz, but 4.9GHz only lasted long enough for a screenshot before it threw in the towel.

Up next, the death of the i7-870! I’ve got a feeling this one’s going to burn out real good. Stay tuned for the carnage.

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The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/0Guristas on 2025-04-16 10:12:31.

Hi there! I have a B850 mobo. Where can i find the option to control the RAM voltage? Is it the VDDIO?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Blazingbee98 on 2025-04-16 09:50:50.

I'm trying to see if these numbers for my 5080 are normal or not. I get 7680 without OC and with OC I get around 8250 in Steel Nomad. In TimeSpy with OC, it's around 27,000.

These are my specs for context:

CPU: 9800x3d (i have turned on PBO and done -20 to all cores, this didn't change anything)

GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X OC Plus (card has a 100% power limit )

RAM: 64GB 6000MHZ CL30 RAM Patriot Viper Venom (2 x 32GB)

MOBO: MSI X670E GAMING PLUS WIFI

CASE: Antec Flux Pro White (custom fan curve set on the 6 case fans it comes with)

CPU Cooler: Peerless Assassin 140

PSU: MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5

SSD: 2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO

OS: Windows 11 Pro

Monitor: AW3225QF Alienware 4K 240HZ OLED

These are things I've tried:

• ReBAR is on in BIOS and NVIDIA
• Turned off VSYNC and GSYNC
• I have all 112 ROPS for the 5080
• GPU Z shows PCIE x16 5.0 @ x16 5.0 idle and during render test (i have 3 SSDs in slots m_1 m_2 and m_4 but per mobo manual that shouldnt cause any bandwidth issues)
• I've turned on best performance mode in Win 11 power settings
• x3d is not enabled in bios and gaming mode is turned off
• I updated BIOS to latest version
• Memory context restore is on

Here is a link to the highest steel nomad score I've got after much testing, with OC of +375 core clock and +1000 memory: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/131191911

And this is a GPU Z image during a steel nomad test (sorry for phone pic, didn't wanna take a screenshot and alt tab during test)

Based on other posts, it seems like base score for the Ventus 5080 should be ~8000 so is it bad that I need an OC to get to 8200? Does anyone have any other ideas for things I can try, or is all of this normal?

EDIT: I found a test I did from when I first build this PC 3 weeks ago and the base score was much higher at 8189 (this is with no OC): https://www.3dmark.com/sn/4825167

Any ideas why it's suddenly much lower? Is it because I did that old test on a 1440p monitor and my current tests are on my 4k monitor?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Equivalent_Use_2248 on 2025-04-16 09:09:56.

I got Galahad II Trinity SL-INF but should I return this and get Galahad II Trinity Performance+TL Wireless fans onto it? Would that radiator thickness and pump rpm difference make a lot difference? I also got SL-Inf case fans, in that case I should return them and get TL wireless fans for case too, all that would cost me 150USD extra. My case is O11 Vision Compact

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/ProtectionOne9950 on 2025-04-16 08:16:58.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Flame_sa on 2025-04-16 08:08:06.

Hello guys, I want to ask about this ram kit

G.Skill Trident Z5 (Intel XMP) 48GB (2 x 24GB) 288-Pin SDRAM U-DIMM DDR5 8000 CL40-48-48-128 1.35V

in my region, it's on sale

I need more than 32gb, but I wanted to take 32gb for the low CL28 or Cl26

but since 32gb cl26 and 28 have the same price in my region as the rated 8000mhz

would it be better to take the 48gb 8000mhz rated kit and underclock it to 6000mhz cl26?

Would that be achievable? My expertise regarding rams are not the greatest, so I need your help to decide which to take if both have the same price point

I have 9950x3d and gigabyte eagle x870

Thanks in advance

Update:

Thank you all for the info u really helped me learn a lot

lets say these 2 have the same price

G.Skill Trident Z5 (Intel XMP) 48GB (2 x 24GB) 8000mhz

and

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL30

which one would you pick?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/lawshadowz on 2025-04-16 08:00:39.

Hi all

My SP rating:

SP = 107

P-core quality 107

E-core quality 90

CPU - quality 101

They say i have a nice chip....

I tried this without ANY change in voltages i am new not want to go for benchmark records just lower the latency and a small bump in frequency.

Hardware:

Asrock Z890i Nova ITX

G.Skill CUDIMM 8800mhz (on QVL for my mb)

XFX 9070 XT Mercury Magnetic Air oc gpu

Corsair SF1000 psu

2 x Samsung 990 Pro 1tb

Test 1 "extreme profile power plan" in BIOS enable XMP

Memtest86 was a full pass (expected errors but none came thankfully)

Prime95 to stress the ICM and RAM for 1 hour no errors

Cinebench23 no issues with extreme profile and XMP nothing else changed.

Then...

I tried the following:

NGU: 34

D2D: 34

RING: 40

E core bump to 5.0ghz

P core bump to 5.5ghz

All done via XTU and did not fiddle with any voltages.

Result in C23 = crash after couple min...

Do i need more volt on RING and NGU and SA? What is it called under Asorock Z890 Bios?

Also latency is around 86ns...tested via AIDA.

What should i do? Just want a bump to 5.5ghz on e core and 100hz extra on the p core...

Also want to reduce latency more this can be done with higher RING correct?

However i don't want to put to much increase in voltages the above settings are these a mild oc?

An overclock member said "32/32 ~ NGU/D2D is a good target. Around 0.85v on NGU, Ring 40 at 1.1v is a good target. However where can i change the volts on those plus i remember with NGU it is fixed if its set at default or something like that....

Anyway pls be gentle with me i just want a simple bump in performance not here for benchmark records haha. JJust want it to stable in games, work related stuff (not heavy), some video edits, browsing, videos thats it im a simple user. Oh my system is custom watercooled.

Thanks in advance.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Zoom_207 on 2025-04-16 07:52:31.

First of my rig:

RTX 5080

32 GB RAM CL30 at 6000Mhz

Ryzen 7 7800x3d Stock

Kingnston Nvme 2 TB

1000W Be Quiet pure power 11

Windows 11 24H2 debloated and fresh install

The first day I installed the graphicscard and drivers I got a Steelnomad Score of 8320 at stocksettings and a 9350 with max stable OC at +410 Core and +2000 Memory. Yesterday i tested again and stock I get 8100 and max OC 9083 which seems odd to me. Both times I only had HWinfo and MSI afterburner running in the background. Also HWinfo showed max powerdraw of 401 Watts and glock was around 3200 Mhz on both runs at max oc settings.

Is this within the margin of error or did something happen to my system?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/huutisnauriainen on 2025-04-16 07:42:04.

Looking to get a ryzen 7500f with max ram speed of 5200 mHz + 2x16GB Kingston 5200 mHz CL40. I was told that 6000 mHz CL30 would be optimal and what I should aim for, but do you think the kingston could already be overclocked safely to those numbers? I reckon 5200->6000 mHz should be possible, but can you stably overclock from CL40 to CL30? And even, can the cpu be overclocked to the 6000mhz, to be able to utilize the added speed?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Physical_Trouble9963 on 2025-04-16 06:47:16.

Hello.

I got a something instability wrong with my 14700kf

Some one could help me with that ? I need some tricks in bios or bios settings for a small oc/stable

Mobo : rog z790 Maximus hero Ram : 32go DDR5 6400 MHz 32.39.39.102 TridentZ Alim : 1000w rmx corsair GPU : 7900 xtx tuf oc

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/FootballRoyal on 2025-04-16 06:11:52.

I'm having an issue with undervolting my 5080 GPU using the Gpu Tweak 3 software.

For example, when I use the VF Tuner to set 0.975 volts at 3050 MHz and save the profile, the undervolt settings automatically change. Instead of giving 0.975 volts as it should, it starts giving 1.005 volts. When I open the VF Tuner again, everything looks correct, but the voltage being applied is different.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled the software and tried it 2–3 times, but it didn't help. I'd really appreciate it if anyone who knows a solution or has any ideas could share. Thanks a lot.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/DrDank3217 on 2025-04-16 05:53:35.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Impossible_Map6782 on 2025-04-16 05:39:53.

Came from ASRock x870e taichi. There's a lot more features in the bios. Got my ram timings done and passing a variety of stress test.

But dealing with pbo doesn't seem to be boosting to what I want it to do.

Can someone give me a run down on their +200 boost / if they added eclk as well. Wouldn't mind boosting eclk to 102 or 103. Thanks !

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/abolishreddit on 2025-04-16 02:15:02.

Making a pc that will last me till end of time. So to start I'll intruduce where I'm coming from. Been running a rock solid second gen i7 build for about 7 years as my daily. I've brought a z790 mobo recently for reasons and I have heard of the microcode bug but I felt I could just get cpu that doesn't have it and I'm a bit stingy when it comes to change, I'm more familiar with intel. however I am considering b850... nvm I'll get to the point.

so here's a delemma, should I get a intel i9 12900 (do you need k version to underclock or is that just for overclocking?) or should I get i7 14700 and is there known stable clocks that will make my system last forever? I'm putting it under loads that's just crazy stuff with digital synths vocal and daw stuff, some lightish games (arma prob most demanding, koikatsu etc., none of those fancy rayttracing games people are talking about), and art. gpu market is kind of volatile now so I'm shifting my focus to here. I know cpu is most important for audio processing and I do need something better than my second gen. On the other hand I want something that last me several decades. So I like underclocked for logevity but first couple cores to be pretty high for reduced audio latency, then those extra 12-20 cores for that other bounced audio in the arrangment or however that works idk. I'm using 4 ddr5 ram with advertized cl timings of 36-36-36-96 and 6000MT/s, for my knowledge I can do higher CL timings and lower clocks for the ram for whatever CPU I decide. I'm seeking rock solid stable settings but I learnt the auto settings might still have that microcode bug and maybe manually setting it would eliminate that possiblily altogether, or I could just go previous architecture and undervolt it? Would manually clocking 14th gen not have that problem?

It's probably most useful if there's a graph out there of known stable and unstable clocks of the models I'm talking about with y axis being logevity (projected, emperical is impossible rn) and clock speed settings as x axis, with higher clocks/volts proceeding rightwards and a general load use case dividing line between the groups of clock/volt settings between the deviding line. Or just throw me a couple personal datapoints from your experience. I like something more stable than my 2nd gen and clearly a improvement of some type in clock speed, I think my use case needs it but idk. Most likely it'll be in a shop and they'll be benchtesting it for a useful clockspeed and voltage but I like a second opinion. I personally don't mind having a 12th gen and I'm not sure of the implications of a chip that's binned down going to be in the quality and longevity department. I have a 250 tdp air heatsink but like to keep the cpu cool.

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The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Guilty-Inflation-493 on 2025-04-16 01:43:35.

So I had new 9070 xt did undervolt the voltage offset -80 while also increasing my memory clock from 2518 to 2750 is stable no crashes did memory test and artifacts test nothing unusual but is it safe for long run?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Even_Disaster_7564 on 2025-04-16 01:26:09.