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

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/TylerS727 on 2025-06-26 21:42:19.

I’m relatively new to overlocking and have only done a very mild tune on my old 1080ti. I have since bought an Asus TUF 3080ti, and paired it with a 5800x3d with 32 GB of Corsair 3200mhz ram.

I’ve noticed a bit more of a drop in performance than I’m okay with in recent games, but the usual “I don’t want to spend an arm and a leg in this shit market” speech and all that.

Bottom line question is how much performance can I realistically expect to get out of overclocking this rig as a beginner? Should I even bother considering it’s slightly older, heavily used hardware? If so, what’s the order of priority when over clocking and what are the best resources for me to use and follow while over clocking to make sure I don’t blow up my computer?