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

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Cenovius on 2025-06-11 20:40:10.

Hello. I just bought a used 14900k at a decent price. I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with the settings I should use for the above Mobo? I'd like to overclock it to close to 6ghz. Yet I don't want it to degrade. From doing some googling. It seems it's a voltage issue with these CPUs degrading? I've updated my Mobo to the latest BIOS. Would just like to ask if anyone can point me to a direction where I could get good performance out of it, while remaining on the safe side. I have an aio on it. Doing a stress test some of the cores reached high 90s. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/cookiemonster75017 on 2025-06-11 19:42:15.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/supercakefish on 2025-06-11 19:22:59.

I recently purchased a Ryzen 7600X3D. I’ve been testing PBO CO at -40. It survived over 2 hours of the AIDA64 stress test (CPU+FPU+Cache). I decided to try Prime95 Small FFTs and was disappointed when it crashed within seconds with all AVX extensions enabled. So I ran the same test with all the AVX extensions disabled - and so far it’s survived 45 minutes of the torture test (and counting, it’s still running). No clock stretching reported by HWInfo - effective clock is rock solid at 4.7GHz.

My question is - should I now reduce my CO negative offset until it no longer crashes with AVX enabled? I use my PC for gaming and web browsing/media consumption only. I have no idea how extensively AVX/AVX2/AVX-512 are utilised in modern games and basic desktop programs. Should I admit defeat and scale back my undervolting ambitions in the name of rock solid stability? I was getting excited when it seemed to pass the AIDA64 test, but now I’m not sure what to do.

Would appreciate the advice of more experienced overclockers. Also worth noting that this is my first experience with Ryzen, before this I had an i9-9900K, so I’m trying to familiarise myself with how Ryzen differs from what I’m used to.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Vivid-Elk-6729 on 2025-06-11 17:57:23.

So around a week ago I bought a gaming prebuilt. I don't know much about computers so this was the best option for me. The PC specs are: MSI RTX 5080 and AMD 9900x, 32GB RAM

I downloaded 3Dmark to test my performance and it was average on their bell curve. I read that overclocking a 5080 can make it as fast as a 4090, so I decided to try. I very very slowly kept adding to the just the core clock and memory clock. I never unlocked the voltage changer on MSI afterburner or power percentage. I probably did about 20 different tests as I was having fun seeing my performance go up. The highest I went up to was 1600 memory and 475 core. It ran completely fine on benchmark.

The performance of the benchmark went from an average of 80.5fps to 93fps. My temperatures on both the GPU and CPU never got about 62C. I only ran this once and then completely reset everything back to the stock settings. However I read that this kind of overclocking can be risky, so I deleted MSI afterburner and hard restarted my computer.

Everything seems to be running the same, and I did a stock benchmark and it's still the exact same as the first time. Am I in the clear? I was just having fun but freaked myself out. I'm not computer savvy and I hope I didn't mess anything up. I also reinstalled my Nvidia drivers.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/RedLotuzs on 2025-06-11 17:52:54.

So recently I've experienced a lot of BSODs, pretty much all pointing towards memory and the same address. I ran memtest86 and something funny happened

The first test had 500 errors in 1 pass. The few tests after that all had 0 errors, and now i have multiple errors again when testing.

I already tried turning off XMP and running at stock but i still got blue screens. Does anyone see a possible solution before i get new RAM sticks and the issue still persists?

https://preview.redd.it/tdqpzevg6c6f1.png?width=1174&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c62442ee57ad77a1747b0da93e04b98ef71eb3a

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Unfair-Passenger68 on 2025-06-11 16:03:55.

So my time spy scores came out to 8211 for gpu and 8043 for cpu. Others with the same laptop get at least 10k on gpu. I'm on dGPU and performance mode plugged in, the laptop is a year and a half old. I've been noticing more frame drops in games recently and it doesn't run as good. What can I do?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Fickle-Accident9911 on 2025-06-11 16:02:40.

Hello,

I currently have a 7800x3d and wanted to upgrade to better looking ram.

I found these two kits and was wondering if its possible to underclock a 7200MHz cl34 kit to 6400MHz cl26 or an even lower cl timing (26 is the lowest cl timing I see being sold so I am also curious if it can go lower).

My current ram kit is TEAMGROUP T-FORCE DELTA RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6400MHz CL32. I am able to get it to run stable at 6400mhz and cl30.

The two ram kits im looking at; I live in canada so its a canadian link to a canadian store.

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/desktop-memory/263640/g-skill-trident-z5-royal-neo-rgb-32gb-2x16gb-ddr5-6400mhz-cl30-f5-6400j3039g16gx2-tr5ns.html

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/desktop-memory/261119/g-skill-trident-z5-royal-rgb-32gb-2x16gb-ddr5-7200mhz-cl34-udimm-f5-7200j3445g16gx2-tr5s.html

I know alot of people will just tell me to buy the lower costing one and the preformance difference is marginal. But personally I feel like I can feel the diffence after increasing the speed from 6000 to 6400 and lowering the cl timing. Even if it is placebo I would still appreciate if people could tell me what kit would preform better between the two and if it was possible to underclock the 7200mhz cl34 kit to a 6400MHz cl26 or lower cl timing kit and would it preform the same compared to buying a stock 6400MHz cl26 or lower cl timing kit. So I can base my decision off of that information and factor in price to preformance in there. Thank You.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Afraid_Clothes2516 on 2025-06-11 15:25:41.

Hey yall! I just set up my oc without a graphic card but the 5080 comes Saturday. And I have a 9800x3d. I’ve read a ton about overclcoking benchmarks and how the 5080 is great with it. But is it really worth it?

I’ve heard overcloxking drastically hurts overall life of your pc. And was so worried about that I haven’t even turned on PBO for my cpu, is that also worth it or safe for that matter? I do truly want the most performance I can get but do want stability and longevity

Thank you

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Public_Courage5639 on 2025-06-11 13:54:20.

Since you can flash a 9070 xt's bios on the non xt, did anyone try to flash it on a 9060 xt to unlock more power limit ? It's not the same silicon or vram configuration so would it even work ?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Janeriksen on 2025-06-11 13:30:44.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/frunkaf on 2025-06-11 12:54:28.

No matter what I do, I can't seem to get the tRCDRW and tRCDRD settings applied through the AMD Overclocking menu in the BIOS.

I reloaded defaults and kept all of the timings on 'Auto' in the main section. All of my other timings from the AMD overclocking menu were applied except for the tRCDRW/RD, those were set automatically to 50/50. I was trying to set a lower tRCDRW (16) than my tRCDRD (36) but I couldn't even get it to apply the setting when they were both at 36. I'm currently on the latest 3.25 AGESA ComboAM5 PI 1.2.0.3d.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/MattOneita on 2025-06-11 11:38:43.

Hello everyone, I have a 5900x with an asus crosshair, I just made an undervolt at -0.075v and also a curve optimizer -6 all Korea that I see help me to boost higher. With CB23, in multicore test, I have a CPU voltage of about 1.11v but in game I have a voltage of 1.34v (all the session). Is it normal? Can I do something to? Can I do something to lower the value? Is it safe?

Thank you

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Important-Clerk8958 on 2025-06-11 11:31:08.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Long_Blacksmith_204 on 2025-06-11 10:24:29.

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to revive or update an old build based on the Sapphire Pure Black P67 (PB-CI7S42P67) motherboard. I'm specifically looking for the BIOS version 058, which includes PLL override support for BCLK overclocking.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Kind_Firefighter4376 on 2025-06-11 10:06:42.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/farky84 on 2025-06-11 09:47:16.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Avian_Aces on 2025-06-11 09:29:37.

Just looking for some recommendations on the Secondary Timings? Thanks :)

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The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/LeFlubbes on 2025-06-11 09:24:19.

I managed to get some Hynix HMAA2GU6CJR8N-XN (2x16Gb) for extremely little money. They don't have an XMP/EXPO profile or anything and they seem to be Hynix C-die. So I was wondering if there's any potential overclocking these or if it's a lost cause? My motherboard and cpu are not great (ASRock B760M-HDV/M.2 D4 with a i5-14400f). It's my first ever basic kit directly from one of the 3 manufacturers with no profiles so just curious about people's experiences overclocking sticks like these.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/starikari on 2025-06-11 08:51:41.

I realize I have a pretty good imc on my 9950x3d (managed to get stable 2233mhz fclk at 8000mt or 6400 1:1 @ 2133 fclk) but i want to push it even higher just for fun screenshots and actually trying to get higher benchmarks. I know there was a really well binned 2*16gb 6000mt CL26 kit at 1.4v from gskill but that was discontinued. What would you guys recommend for the best kit to achieve 8400+/8600+?

Currently i got a 2*32g 6000mt cl26 1.45v kit to run 8000mt cl32 but cl30 will be unstable even at 1.77v+.

I also have a 2*24g 8000mt cl38 kit to run 8000mt cl34.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/12318532110 on 2025-06-11 08:14:53.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/leowolko on 2025-06-11 05:57:17.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/phrresehelp on 2025-06-11 05:08:21.

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The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/OPH2 on 2025-06-11 05:06:48.

I got only about 1100 points in multi and 73 in single.... I heard it should be around 1300 and 120 so why its so low? how do I fix that and does that affect my gaming performance?

For the record my temps are very good they are around 60-70ish max also I tried no pbo, pbo -30, and pbo -30/200+ mhz and all have the same score just different temps

I enabled XMP to 6000mhz cl30 ram 1:1 ratio and FCULK=2133

My GPU is RTX 5080, cooler is nzxt kraken 240 and mobo is elite wifi x870e gigabyteRyzen ryzen 7 9800x3d Cinebench r24 low score

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Ok_Tart9737 on 2025-06-11 04:44:15.

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Bright_Expression876 on 2025-06-11 04:20:17.