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<blockquote data-quote="Stargazer_Steve" data-source="post: 1013643" data-attributes="member: 97792">I&#039;ve only ever overclocked when I was on older hardware that needed that extra push in order to &#039;keep up&#039; or give me those few extra frames. I&#039;d say the results back then were more noticeable (i5 4690k/GPU 9 series days). The newer, more modern CPUs and GPUs seem to show negligible performance gain, when compared to the cons of extra heat/power consumption/longevity/potential issues arising. As others mentioned, for gaming purposes it&#039;s not worth it in my opinion, for rendering/virtualisation it can potentially be worth it, but I&#039;d still avoid it.What is definitely worth doing and I recommend, is tweaking a few settings in the BIOS. Such as; lowering the VCore, SA &amp; IO Voltage rates and setting them to a fixed static manual amount, and changing CPU load-line calibration from Auto to 2/3. For example on my i7 8700k, it&#039;s locked to 4.7GHz @ VCore 1.18 volts, SA 1.100, IO 1.05. Then disabling any form of core enhancement (ASUS CPU Enhancement) for increased stability. The main reason for these changes are to prevent unnecessary overvolting/power draw/heat in your system. Overall this can significantly drop temps, prevent throttling and if you&#039;re a gamer, help with fps drops/stutters.Overclocking the GPU means you&#039;ll see a few extra score points in Cinebench tests, but in my experience this won&#039;t actually translate into your gaming. Whether you&#039;re increasing the core or memory clock, or both, it&#039;s unlikely you will actually see a difference in games worth noticing, especially in the 40, 30 and 20 series. It&#039;s worth noting that GPUs compared to CPUs, are shipped at pretty much their most optimal performance setting already. (Source is Gamernexus regarding GPU performance clocks/memory on shipping).Also for the CPU you mentioned; I&#039;d still recommend watercooling (AIO loop) or a very beastly air cooler like the Noctua NH-D15 - regardless if you&#039;re overclocking or not. It&#039;s a very hot CPU <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> (Sorry if I went a bit overboard, I get carried away talking about things I&#039;m passionate about) <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😅" title="Grinning face with sweat&nbsp; &nbsp; :sweat_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f605.png" data-shortname=":sweat_smile:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stargazer_Steve, post: 1013643, member: 97792"] I've only ever overclocked when I was on older hardware that needed that extra push in order to 'keep up' or give me those few extra frames. I'd say the results back then were more noticeable (i5 4690k/GPU 9 series days). The newer, more modern CPUs and GPUs seem to show negligible performance gain, when compared to the cons of extra heat/power consumption/longevity/potential issues arising. As others mentioned, for gaming purposes it's not worth it in my opinion, for rendering/virtualisation it can potentially be worth it, but I'd still avoid it. What is definitely worth doing and I recommend, is tweaking a few settings in the BIOS. Such as; lowering the VCore, SA & IO Voltage rates and setting them to a fixed static manual amount, and changing CPU load-line calibration from Auto to 2/3. For example on my i7 8700k, it's locked to 4.7GHz @ VCore 1.18 volts, SA 1.100, IO 1.05. Then disabling any form of core enhancement (ASUS CPU Enhancement) for increased stability. The main reason for these changes are to prevent unnecessary overvolting/power draw/heat in your system. Overall this can significantly drop temps, prevent throttling and if you're a gamer, help with fps drops/stutters. Overclocking the GPU means you'll see a few extra score points in Cinebench tests, but in my experience this won't actually translate into your gaming. Whether you're increasing the core or memory clock, or both, it's unlikely you will actually see a difference in games worth noticing, especially in the 40, 30 and 20 series. It's worth noting that GPUs compared to CPUs, are shipped at pretty much their most optimal performance setting already. (Source is Gamernexus regarding GPU performance clocks/memory on shipping). Also for the CPU you mentioned; I'd still recommend watercooling (AIO loop) or a very beastly air cooler like the Noctua NH-D15 - regardless if you're overclocking or not. It's a very hot CPU :D (Sorry if I went a bit overboard, I get carried away talking about things I'm passionate about) 😅 [/QUOTE]

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