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

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/TheSoulsBorne on 2025-06-10 13:58:50.

Ok, so, I made the mistake of starting to tinker with my GPU Overclock/Undervolt, and now I'm spending way too many hours doing that instead of playing :D

The GPU is a recently acquired Gainward 5070 ti Phoenix V1, which was by far the cheapest where I live, and it does have a good cooler and dual vBIOS. The problem is that it is power limited at 300W, and it seems to me that it reaches the cap quite quickly, at least with Steel Nomad. I would like to flash a vBIOS with a higher cap (330? 350?) since I have a dual vBIOS, just in order to have a little bit more breathing room. The problem is that I can't find a single Gainward vBIOS on the TechPowerup repository that has more than 300W.

Does anybody have one? Or does anyone know of some vBIOSes that have a decent probability of being compatible with my board?

Thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/JDMaster1 on 2025-06-10 13:45:42.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/gfy_expert on 2025-06-10 13:42:08.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/caps_rockthered on 2025-06-10 12:37:32.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Avian_Aces on 2025-06-10 12:19:42.

Worked my way down to this. Y-Cruncher and Memtest Stable.

I feel like I can do better with the secondary or even primary timings?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thank you!

https://preview.redd.it/76kme533e36f1.jpg?width=388&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fde2e70025426e2cb729db760d5a47a16bf57166

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/AzudemK on 2025-06-10 11:53:28.

Hi there!

I was wondering if anybody already tinkered with the Apocalypse vs. Astral OC bios and compared both of them in terms of OC potentials. I assume they both perform identical as both will (only) increase the Watt-Limits from 400 to 450.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Mountain_Sell_5064 on 2025-06-10 09:04:51.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Ewoli_ on 2025-06-10 08:54:51.

Hello, I'm completely new to overclocking and would like to know how far I can go. My GPU doesn't work great at 2K in modern games, so I tried overclocking, which works great, but my GPU never goes over 62°C, which seems low. Is it safe to turn something up to use this thermal headroom?

Idk if this is importend butso far i have improved my 3dMark score from ~2200 to ~2400

https://preview.redd.it/tu1n7y1sc26f1.png?width=891&format=png&auto=webp&s=57c21392d60c6ff9060e8b8dbd5fc04de5a1eb32

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Darian_CoC on 2025-06-10 08:39:57.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Cool_Rhino68 on 2025-06-10 08:34:29.

Ever since stumbling onto this subreddit, I’ve spent three days adjusting GPU core & memory settings, CPU core & voltage settings, and RAM timing, clocks and voltages and I’m not even at a good or final overclock setting. The amount of times I’ve had to reset CMOS by using a screwdriver, restarted my PC, and spammed the Delete key is uncountable. If only I did something productive while my three hour stress tests ran besides watching YouTube and eating. All this so I can gain a 600 score bonus on 3DMark which doesn’t even matter because I play games like CS2 with a 5070 TI…

And the whole time, I don’t even know why I’ve done overclocking. So I wanted a bit of guidance and was curious about your overclocking journeys.

How was your first experience overclocking? Why did you want to try it out? What videos helped you get that “aha!” moment? How long have you been overclocking and why do you do it still?

Joke intro aside I definitely enjoyed the experience, especially making my PC more quiet, room less hot, and, somehow at the same time, my performance in games and benchmarks better.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Azra88 on 2025-06-10 07:45:10.

After a long process of stabilising CPU CO offsets I finally turned my attention to RAM this weekend.

Previously:

• 6400 CL30 2x16GB G.skill sticks Hynx A, 9800x3d, x870e Tiachi Lite
• Setting EXPO defaults to to 2:1 mode so MCLK 3200 UCLK 1600 FCLK 2000 so I've just left this alone for weeks while I tuned the CPU overclock.

Change:

• I activate MCLK=UCLK in bios
• I try to stabilise 6400 1:1 and fail even pushing 1.295 SOC. Sad face.
• Settle on a stable 6200 at 1.2 SOC.
• Turn my attention to FCLK. Unstable at 2167, unstable at 2067. Even tried dropping SOC in steps 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5. settled on FCLK 2000. Very sad face.

Then I run through all of the benchmarks on my list. (got them from the skatterbencher's 9800x3d overclock post)

Im getting single digit % lower performance on almost every benchmark running 6200 in 1:1 compared to 6400 in 2:1. Everything I have read and watched (buildzoids vid on DDR5) until now makes me believe this shouldn't be the case. I am confused men.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Commercial_Guava125 on 2025-06-10 07:27:27.

Hey folks — I’ve been working on a next-gen TIM that performs like liquid metal but is solid and non-metal-based (no risk of shorts, still insane temps).

It’s early-stage, but we’re looking for 2–3 creators to benchmark it on real rigs and help us validate vs Kryonaut, Conductonaut, etc.

Happy to ship samples + share specs. If you're curious, reply or DM — would love your thoughts.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/leowolko on 2025-06-10 07:20:55.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/khensational on 2025-06-10 03:51:50.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Torngat4713 on 2025-06-10 02:55:27.

What are the BEST undervolting settings for i7-12700K Mobile CPU ? !!! I need 20-30 degrees Celsius temperature drop without losing much GAMING Performance. I play Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor games. I have never done undervolting and need step by step help. What is the best software to undervolt INTEL CPUs ? !!! When I have not played any game, JUST START MY LAPTOP and just open Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order SETTINGS MENU the Intel i7-12700K Mobile CPU is 75°C and the fans are 3700RPM!!!

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/pond_donkey on 2025-06-10 02:30:44.

I just built a new pc, a 7800x3d with a 9070xt. I don't know what i'm doing, I feel like I have the power of god in my hands (considering I came from PS5) and Im fumbling it. Can someone help teach me the way of overclocking and what I need to do, and most imporantly, how to do it safely. Any help would be 🌰🌰🌰🌰🌰🌰

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Avian_Aces on 2025-06-09 19:00:24.

9800X3D / Asus ROG Crosshair Hero X870E Bios 1504 / Corsair Dominator Titanium 6660 CL32 2 x 32GB

Looking for help with Bios Settings on CPU to increase score along with ram timings. I can run at 6400 with SOC at 1.225 / 3200 UCLK & MCLK / with 2167FCLK with the rams profile settings as listed in Zen Timings.

CPU is +200 PBO, -30 Curve Optimizer, 10x Scaler. No clock stretching observed. Motherboard limits under PBO advanced.

https://preview.redd.it/841bpeqn8y5f1.jpg?width=1389&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30500f1cc1b61c4134524a833bb97f8c53fc6527

Please any help would be appreciated! I would like to join the 17K club with this set up.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Brief_Mud_3546 on 2025-06-10 02:13:31.

I recently downloaded MSI Afterburner to try to get more out of my GPU and was recommended to run the OC Scanner. I tried but it popped up with

18:50:46 GPU1 : VEN_10DE&DEV_25A0&SUBSYS_153A1025&REV_A1&BUS_1&DEV_0&FN_0

18:50:46 Failed to start scannning!

I searched up what I should do to fix this and I found a reddit post that told me to modify the MSIAfterburner.cfg, changing the value of "LegacyOCScanner" from 0 to 1. This let the OC Scanner start, but it failed at stage 3.

19:11:50 Connected to MSI Afterburner control interface v2.3

19:11:51 GPU1 : VEN_10DE&DEV_25A0&SUBSYS_153A1025&REV_A1&BUS_1&DEV_0&FN_0

19:11:51 Memory clock +0MHz

19:11:51 Overvoltage 0 %

19:11:51 Power limit 0 %

19:11:51 Thermal limit 0 °C

19:11:51 Fan speed 1 0 %

19:11:51 Start scanning, please wait a few minutes

19:11:53 Scanning point 1 of 4

19:12:36 Scan failed with code 3

I forgot to mention this earlier but my gpu is a NVIDIA RTX 3050ti Mobile

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/douknowmike on 2025-06-10 02:01:15.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/xii on 2025-06-10 01:51:16.

Sorry for using the "Help request - CPU" flair, there are no other help request flairs that correspond to my question. I am trying to enable virtualization so that I can install WSL2 on Windows 10. My motherboard is a ASRock X670E Taichi. I've enabled SVM, but that didn't do it. Are there other crucial settings that I need to flip to enable virtualization on my PC? I just can't seem to get this to work. It's worked in the past but I'm not sure what combination of settings I need to flip in my BIOS now.

EDIT 1:

Before someone asks if I've enabled all the correct "Optional Features" within Windows, I have. Here's a screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/HYWaiBE.png

EDIT 2:

Here is the error I'm getting when installing WSL2:

https://i.imgur.com/acXiAS0.png

WSL2 is not supported with your current machine configuration. Please enable the "Virtual Machine Platform" optional component and ensure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS. Enable "Virtual Machine Platform" by running: wsl.exe --install --no-distribution For information please visit https://aka.ms/enablevirtualization Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/HCS/HCS_E_HYPERV_NOT_INSTALLED

I was really under the impression that SVM was the setting that enabled HYPERV virtualization. There has to be something else?

I would really appreciate any help at all. Thanks so much.

EDIT 3:

In task manager > Performance > CPU, "Virtualization" shows up as "Enabled". Here is a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/WW7kHiT.png

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/ItzMunx on 2025-06-10 01:25:30.

The board has DIMM Fit Pro, DDR5 Nitro, a Hynix specific profile (mine is Hynix-A Die). Expo 1-2, tweaked and on the fly+. Looking for anyone who has achieved it and can teach some information as I am not exactly a professional latency tuner. Looking to get to that range so I can have advantage in gaming. Typo 50ns

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/EdoJhinSaiya on 2025-06-10 01:15:28.

Hey, I got a question. I undervoltet my 13700kf because even with the Intel default cooler Settings it would reach up to 100C in stresstest and Gaming. I undervoltet it with an Offset of -0.15V my Vidmax is around 1,290V I put Pl1 to 125w and pl2 to 188w. Multi Core enhancemend turned off. In benchmarktests and stresstests I still reach around 95c and it still reaches that After a few seconds(changed my Tjmax to 95c) All Games are run fine no stability issues and Games run around 60-80C depends on the Game. Contact Frame by ThermalGrizzly installed too. Could it be the airflow in my case or can it be that the aio I use is just not strong enough. I use the MSI Mag Coreliquid C360. Should I stop Caring about it or can I optimize it even further. Thank for the help!

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/ReadingImpossible105 on 2025-06-10 00:36:27.

Tengo una Asus Prime A320 M-K un 5700g y 2x8gb Kingtons a 3200mhz Cl16-18-18-36 (ademas una fuente XPG Core Reactor II 850w). Compre estas rams para usarlas en dual channel probablemente las baje a 3200mhz CL16-18-18-36 para igualar la velocidad de mis rams actuales, aumentare la vram de 2gb a 4gb. Es un buena idea y compra? Ademas planeo comprarme una Asus Prime B550 M-A-AC y con un cooler id cooling A620 Pro Se Argb (uso la controladora del gabinete Deepcool CH560 para el argb y compro estas rams ya que son de bajo perfil) de ahi una grafica buena. Es una buena inversion? solo puedo invertir de a poco y ya las compre y estoy esperando que me lleguen para probarlas. Ademas es una buena idea la build a que la aspiro y el seguir con AM4? No me da para comprarme AM5 y necesito seguir usando la PC por lo q seguro tarde hasta 2 años en completar td las compras.

Edit: Logre ejecutarlas a 3600mhz ya que la mobo reconocio el perfil xmp, hasta funciona bien y todo me reconocia las rams y sus latencias estoy haciendo pruebas de errores de windows y despues hare el memtest5 pero hasta ahora todo va bien con la mother

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Prohawins on 2025-06-09 23:37:22.

this is my first time overclocking and i just wanna know if you think this is stable screenshot

running OCCT for 1 hour max 87.85 average 77.55

PBO - motherboard limits +200 mhz Scalar - +10 CO - -20

cooler i'm using is an arctic liquid freezer iii pro 360

do you think i can run a -30 CO?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/jul61 on 2025-06-09 23:33:10.

Hey,

I have a Dell XPS 9530 with the following specs:

• GPU: RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
• CPU: Intel i9-13900H
• RAM: 32GB
• Display: Internal screen connected to the NVIDIA GPU

I ran 3DMark Time Spy and got a score of only 356, while the average score for this GPU is around 2594.

I’ve set Dell Power Manager to Ultra Performance and updated all drivers.

Even in simple games like Portal 2 or Rematch, I get only 10 FPS.

I confirmed the NVIDIA GPU is being used, but it stays stuck around 40% usage, never going higher.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any idea what could be causing such low performance?

Thanks!

https://preview.redd.it/0glzlk49lz5f1.png?width=1329&format=png&auto=webp&s=62c131f2a38fc0dcf883b249f419a99bcb50cae1

The GPU is used