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Overclocking these modern CPUs is usually just removing the powerlimit. They can clock themselves pretty close to the thermal limit anyway and little is gained
by dtx1 3y ago
Overclocking these modern CPUs is usually just removing the powerlimit. They can clock themselves pretty close to the thermal limit anyway and little is gained in raw performance above that. But the Performance/Watt drops significantly when overclocking.
- olavgg 3y agoI have a 10850k cpu, with a HUGE Be Quiet heatsink. Any heavy CPU workload will draw 300+watt, without any overclocking, the cpu will downclock, but not throttle around 100 Celsius. Overclocking has never been more dead than it is today. The days with old Celeron 300 or Core 2 Duo days with 50% + overclock speed are long gone. Today you will most like hit max temperature and cpu throttling.
- dtx1 3y ago> the cpu will downclock, but not throttle around 100 Celsius. Downclocking is literally throttling. But there's like another 10% performance that can be unlocked if you'd go full custom watercooling.
- automatic6131 3y ago>But there's like another 10% performance that can be unlocked if you'd go full custom watercooling. It's actually less than 10%. I'd say closer to around 5% - as a custom watercooling enthusiast. 2-3% gains going from a great dual tower air cooler to an All-in-One closed loop (but extra noise from the pump) and another 2-3% gains for a great CPU waterblock and thicker, denser radiators of custom watercooling (and least noise of all, assuming you choose an appropriate pump speed). 5% performance gains, and 500% price increase <:o)
- kbar13 3y agofine with that. for 99% of users it's great that factory settings allow the chip to run basically at max potential without having to be an expert in the complex web of acronyms/timings/voltages for overclocking