Questions tagged [overclocking]
The practice of operating a computer component at speeds in excess of manufacturer specifications.
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Enter Advanced BIOS Settings
I have a Lenovo Ideapad 110-15ACL 80TJ, and I want to enter the advanced BIOS settings on it. I don't mean the the regular BIOS, but the settings unlocked when a certain key combination is pressed ...
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Is it possible to overclock an Intel i3-3110m?
Is it possible to overclock an Intel i3-3110m notebook processor? I have searched many forums with Google, but all lead to no answers.
I've tried using SetFSB but there are no configurations for my ...
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Overclocking i5-7400 (non-K) CPU
I have a Kaby Lake i5-7400 CPU on a Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI motherboard. Recently, I decided to delve into overclocking, and found that I was able to increase the CPU multiplier from the default of 30 ...
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What motherboard can support dual RTX 4090 GPUs? [closed]
I am trying to build a deep learning PC using the following parts:
2x MSI Suprim X RTX 4090 graphic card
1x Intel core i9 14900K CPU
4x 48GB DDR5 RAM (most likely G.Skill or Corsair @ 5600MT~6000MT)
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How can I test actual CPU clock-speed in Linux
I have a new Core i7-based Sandy Bridge machine. The machine was overclocked by the system builders so that it should run at 4.6Ghz when a single core is under load.
However, the suggested method for ...
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When tweaking memory settings (for stable overclocks) via BIOS, how do you know if a computer is hanging or in the middle of memory training?
For my particular situation, the PC successfully past POST, loaded the Boot Loader, and handed over to OS, but the Splash Screen for Windows 10 is present but there is no loading circle animation, ...
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How to check Intel iGPU frequency on Linux?
I own Intel Haswell G3420. At stock its iGPU has 1,15 GHz turbo frequency. In my UEFI I overclocked the iGPU to 1,5 GHz and added voltage. However the framerates in both benchmarks and games are the ...
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Overclocking GPU
I am running a AMD Radeon HD 3650 Graphics Card. My Graphics Card Software (Catalyst) came with overclocking software to overclock my GPU. I have a few questions though:
How bad for my GPU is ...
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Which pins to mod on Intel Celeron E3300?
I have an Intel Celeron E3300 Core Duo processor at 2.50 GHz with an 800 FSB. I aim to increase its speed to 3.33 GHz and the FSB to 1066. My motherboard, an ECS G31t-M7, supports this modification. ...
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can't fully understand how the RAM modules speed works (related to the hardware limitations)
I'm building my first desktop computer and I've discovered lots of things. Some of them regarding the RAM modules speed:
I've seen that Intel specified in their official stats that the i7-14700K can ...
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Overclocking a nVIDIA GTX 660M GPU?
I have a MSI GE60 0ND laptop with a GTX 660M GPU. When I play games like Minecraft or Portal 2, the core clock is stable at 835 MHz. Recently I tried to overclock it using MSI Afterburner but it ...
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The Silicon Lottery
While reading about overclocking processors and GPU I came across the term 'silicon lottery'. On trying to find out its meaning I was able to understand that it is related to being able to overclock ...
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Can i overclock an Intel Core i3 processor?
I have a Dell Optiplex 3020 with this exact CPU,I want to overclock it to enhance crypto mining and downloading files. Before I go all in and do it, I'm making sure on this site.
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Can the i7-11800H clock to 5.0GHZ?
The Intel specifications for the i7-11800h processer says that the max turbo frequency is 4.6GHZ. In the bios under the overview section, it says: maximum clock speed: 5.0GHZ
When I first saw it, I ...
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Ram detection issues (12gb) on X58 Asus p6t deluxe motherboard (6 x 2gb ddr3 dimms)
I've been using this ASUS p6t deluxe + i7 920 + 3x2gb G Skill DDR3 1333 for more than 2 years without any issue.
A few months ago, I added 3 more dimms, the exact same brand and model, bought from ...
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Lowering DDR3 speed back to 1333 after enabling XMP
I have following setup:
GA-P55-UD3 Motherboard
CPU i5-750 2.67Ghz
I recently bought 8GB of Kingston HyperX 1600Mhz CL9 RAM but my system showed it as running at 1333Mhz so following some internet ...
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does intel TDP-UP effect performance? [duplicate]
I got a linux laptop with i5 8250u which got max tdp of 25w and normal tdp of 15w, after some reserch I found that if you decrease the tdp of a cpu it's going to get slower. But consider this, if you ...
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How to overclock a laptop
I have a linux laptop with debian on it(with i5 8250u). in the intel introduce site for i5 8250u it says it support TDP-UP , I wonder how to set the TDP on this debian. Or even better maybe overclock ...
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How to overclock my monitor past the stock 1080p75 without the setting getting changed to 1080p59?
How to overclock my monitor used for my laptop past 1080p75.
I was going to overclock to 1080p80 from 1080p75, but when I change the settings and click apply, the screen flashes and returns to 1080p59....
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Does Silicon Lottery apply to individual CPU cores/threads compared to the others?
Can individual CPU cores or threads clock faster than the others due to Silicon Lottery? Is it then reasonable that the rest of the cores are held back by the slower one as they need to match it's ...
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Why won't my custom build PC boot?
I built a new PC for the first time in a while. Everything seemed to go well. It boots to bios and everything seems good. But when I try and actually boot off a bootable Windows or Linux USB drive (...
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Intel XTU voltage and frequency stuck at 0
A while back, I was testing out intel XTU, and everything was great. I used it to undervolt my I7-8086k, and it worked flawlessly, I don't remember how much exactly, but it ran a bit cooler ☺
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Can't run new memory kit at 2400MHz
I replaced my old GeIL Enhance CORSA 4x4GB @1600MHz CL9 with this new kit:
Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x8GB @2400MHz CL11 (Part No. CMY16GX3M2A2400C11)
I have a ASUS P8H77-V motherboard. I checked its ...
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i9-10850 won't run above 4800 MHz on Ubuntu mate 21.04
My i9-10850 cpu that could go up to 5.20 GHz won't go above 4.8 GHz. I'm on Ubuntu mate 21.04.
CPU spec sheet: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/205904/intel-core-i9-10850k-...
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PC Power consumption: what if i downclock cpu?
I'm thinking to downclock my home PC, to lower power consumption.
I found a BIOS option: CPU clock multiplier .. it was auto, i switched to 20x .
Before my cpu was clocked at 3.2ghz, now a 2ghz.
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Overclocked CPU will occasional spike the frequency by several GHz
I followed a guide while doing my OC i5-8600k to increase the multiplier in BIOS and then test for stability. It's been fine for years, but a few months ago it started to thermal throttle. I dropped ...
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Why are some of my CPU cores running only at a fraction of their factory frequency and some even above?
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and I have an Intel Core i7-4930K CPU @ 3.40 GHz nominal frequency. Please have a look at this CPUID HWMonitor output:
Cores #1, #3, #4 are running at only ...
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Accidentally under-clocked the CPU, and now I don’t know how to go back
My system boots fine. It’s just that I underclocked it instead of overclocking.
First time overclocking!
Now for the important stuff. I have an Intel i7 6700k. My motherboard is an Asus Z170-E. If you ...
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Can't boot up with ddr3 2400mhz ram set to 2400mhz
I have ddr3 Ram 2400mhz (F3-2400c11d-16gab) but I can't boot up with preset xmp set to 2400mhz but I can boot up when I set frequency to 2200mhz.
Motherboard: P8Z77-V DELUXE
CPU: I7 3770
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Using RAM XMP with 4 Sticks of RAM
I always had 2 RAM Sticks installed, both with 8GB Capacity and 3000Mhz, which did work perfectly fine with A-XMP activated.
I now installed 2 more RAM Sticks (exactly the same size, brand and MHz-...
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Unlocking AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition cores - what are the risks?
I've got the above mentioned CPU and a GigaByte GA-MA790XT-UD4P motherboard, which should be capable of unlocking the extra two cores - if I'm lucky and they're not faulty. The Internet is full of ...
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Is a Black Edition AMD processor required in order to unlock cores and/or overclock?
As the title says, I'm planning on getting an ASRock N68C-S UCC board. It has unlock CPU core technology but would I need to have Black Edition processor in order to make use of that feature?
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Overclock Notebook Issues [duplicate]
Recently I was impressed to read a forum mentioning that my old notebook could be significantly upgraded:
I overclock with K10stat (OC app) so I can get it going at 3400-3500Mhz (and no overheating) ...
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Power limit doesn't affect GPU's performance?
My mining rig's GPU each draws approximately 150 watts with an average hash rate (it's performance level) of 29 M.hash/s. While I was tweaking it's settings, I limited its max power draw to 135 watts ...
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Why does my Geforce RTX3070 run beyond boost clock without overclocking?
I bought a brand new Gigabyte RTX3070 Gaming OC (Rev 1), which according to its specs has a boost core clock of 1815 MHz. A quick look into GPU-Z confirms that number, see the following screenshot:
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XMP profile in CPU-Z : Can't get the memory timings? (even with activated XMP)
I apologize in advance if this question has already been answered. I read through the whole forum but couldn't find an answer to my question. I use a prebuilt PC from HP Omen with 4 x 16GB DDR4-3200 ...
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RAM - same RAM manufacturer, but different manufacturing date and possibly chip manufacturer - could it possibly cause problems?
This question is similar to this one Using two different brands of RAM sticks together BUT I have the same model number, RAM company is the same as well, XMP timings and XMP frequency is obviously the ...
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Inconsistent 3DMark CPU Score
I completed a new Ryzen based PC build, and have been trying to optimize it by doing some minor overclocking. While doing so, I've noticed that I'm getting inconsistent 3dMark CPU results that are ...
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Disable Overclocking on Asus motherboard?
I have bought an ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-F which has overclocking capabilities. However, I noticed that by default my PC has random freezes. The image stays on the monitors but the computer is not ...
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How can I modify the programmable interval timer value stored in the computer so that the system clock runs faster?
According to this Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_time#Implementation) computers use a programmable interval timer (PIT) that periodically interrupts (when reaching a certain ...
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Undervolting with Intel' XTU - which offset should you reduce?
It is a pretty basic question, but I could not find an answer to this via Google.
The value you are supposed to adjust is the "voltage offset".
However, there are two kinds of values in the utility ...
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When is overclocking GPU unsafe?
I went to AMD Radeon Software to overclock my GPU for the first time, and it said that if I damage the GPU by overclocking it they won't be responsible. So the question arises: when is overclocking a ...
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Can overclocking really break hardware?
My question may seem dumb, but, really, I want to think about it objectively.
Let's first say that I'm not expecting to hard overclock a computer (ie. doubling the clock of the CPU), but I'd go by ...
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What are the differences between JEDEC data rate and XMP at the same speed?
What are the differences between these 2 RAM modules:
Certified by JEDEC at 3200MT/s data rate as described here. (Actually I have never seen one)
JEDEC certified at 2133MT/s but has an XMP profile ...
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Install H87M-PRO BIOS on M51AC (different model names, same motherboard)
I currently own an Asus M51AC-FR034S that has an Asus M51AC motherboard.
When I updated the BIOS some time ago I noticed that the BIOS file name was
H87M-PRO-ASUS-M51AC-1002.CAP
Whereas H87M-PRO's ...
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Overclock settings aren't being applied after some time
I have a Gigabyte GT 730 and I recently overclocked it so that I can play heavier games. I set the Core Clock at 870MHz and the memory clock at 980MHz. So even though these settings get the job done ...
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How To Add Seconds To Date/Time Format of Prime95 Logging?
Prime95's default log format is MMM dd hh:mm e.g. Feb 26 07:16. I am using Thread Switcher for stability testing which works well switching every 5 seconds. I've had to increase this to 120 seconds in ...
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gt 210 artifact when overclocked
I tried to overclock my gt 210 with msi afterburner,
When i clicked apply random colored chess parts and green apeered on the screen and then it crashed
I have a 280W PSU
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How do I flash my RAM's SPD to make it work with a MacBook Pro?
I have an early 2011 17" MacBook Pro (MacBookPro8,3). I opted for the CPU upgrade (2.3 GHz), but decided to put in the extra memory myself. I briefly checked that the Intel specifications stated that ...
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PC won't shut down and won't recognize USB devices after RAM Overclocking
I have an ASUS Z170-K + i7 6700 and yesterday I overclocked the RAM memory to make it work at 3000MHz (stock RAM frequency) because was capped at 2133MHz.
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