F5F Stay Refreshed Power Users Overclocking Can I get a better idea of what you mean by "good enough"? Or are you asking if my answer was satisfactory to you?

Can I get a better idea of what you mean by "good enough"? Or are you asking if my answer was satisfactory to you?

Can I get a better idea of what you mean by "good enough"? Or are you asking if my answer was satisfactory to you?

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csige791
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06-23-2026, 08:39 PM
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I just started overclocking and is it good enough to use a Ryzen 5 1600 running at 3.7 GHz with low voltage of 1.35 volts? The temp stays around 70 C max when I run Prime95, but when I try 3.8 GHz with the same voltage, it crashes during Cinebench R15 tests. I am using Ryzen Master to do this overclocking on my specs: AB350 Fatality Gaming ITX/AC, Ryzen 5 1600, 240W power, Samsung 960 EVO SSD, 2TB WDC Blue hard drive, Intel 1060 graphics card with 6GB VRAM, Seasonic GX 550PSU.
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csige791
06-23-2026, 08:39 PM #1

I just started overclocking and is it good enough to use a Ryzen 5 1600 running at 3.7 GHz with low voltage of 1.35 volts? The temp stays around 70 C max when I run Prime95, but when I try 3.8 GHz with the same voltage, it crashes during Cinebench R15 tests. I am using Ryzen Master to do this overclocking on my specs: AB350 Fatality Gaming ITX/AC, Ryzen 5 1600, 240W power, Samsung 960 EVO SSD, 2TB WDC Blue hard drive, Intel 1060 graphics card with 6GB VRAM, Seasonic GX 550PSU.

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TomTMR_NL
Junior Member
42
06-25-2026, 07:14 PM
#2
I'll guess you mean a stock cooler, so yes, that works fine. You don't list your RAM or how fast and precise it is, right? Usually, tweaking those settings makes you get better results than just using the 100Mhz OC speed on your CPU (which comes from turbo mode).
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TomTMR_NL
06-25-2026, 07:14 PM #2

I'll guess you mean a stock cooler, so yes, that works fine. You don't list your RAM or how fast and precise it is, right? Usually, tweaking those settings makes you get better results than just using the 100Mhz OC speed on your CPU (which comes from turbo mode).

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smellfish22
Junior Member
40
06-25-2026, 07:33 PM
#3
I guess you're using that stock cooler, which is fine. You don't say your RAM or how fast and precise your processor is set. Usually, getting those settings right will make a big jump in performance compared to just relying on the default turbo speed of your CPU.
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smellfish22
06-25-2026, 07:33 PM #3

I guess you're using that stock cooler, which is fine. You don't say your RAM or how fast and precise your processor is set. Usually, getting those settings right will make a big jump in performance compared to just relying on the default turbo speed of your CPU.

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vdlogt254
Member
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06-28-2026, 12:17 AM
#4
Why bother changing things if your Ryzen 5 1600 already runs at a normal speed of 3.6 GHz? Why fight for just 100MHz or 200MHz when the chip can do better naturally? If it's a model with A, then even without special settings, one core can reach up to 3.7GHz on its own.
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vdlogt254
06-28-2026, 12:17 AM #4

Why bother changing things if your Ryzen 5 1600 already runs at a normal speed of 3.6 GHz? Why fight for just 100MHz or 200MHz when the chip can do better naturally? If it's a model with A, then even without special settings, one core can reach up to 3.7GHz on its own.