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R7 9700x needs oc? (zerobytes.monster)
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The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Fraxx- on 2025-04-06 00:03:22.

I recently picked up a Ryzen 7 9700X and noticed something odd. While running Cinebench, the CPU only hits around 55°C, and performance feels a bit underwhelming. After some digging, I realized it's actually being limited to 65W by default.

I experimented with the Curve Optimizer (set to -25) and bumped the TDP up to 105W, which gave me much better performance in cinebench (from 18k points to 21k or so) though of course, temps went up as well.

Do you think it’s worth keeping the higher power limit for the extra performance, or should I stick with the default 65W for the lower temps and power usage?

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