Can I maintain my CPU's overclocking for extended periods?
Can I maintain my CPU's overclocking for extended periods?
1.35V on the CPU is fine—it should last well beyond when the processor becomes relevant for your needs, as long as it doesn’t overheat during regular use. A temperature of 75°C isn’t excessive given the stress testing, and even 55°C while gaming should still offer a lifespan measured in decades.
Nobody will ever discover this because you’ll be onto something else much sooner.
I was happy running my 1700 at 4.25V (OC’d to 3.95Ghz) for nearly two years with consistent Folding@Home activity. Temperatures were in the mid-60s on a 240mm AIO. No issues at all; I’ve since upgraded to a 3700X and plan to bring it back into another system soon, just need to build it up again.
1.425 is slightly above what I prefer, but it's okay with good cooling.
My 1200 runs at 3.7ghz using 1.2875V. I plan to increase it since I have a freezer 34, but my CPU won't exceed 3.7ghz without much extra voltage. Even at 1.45V it won't stay stable above 3.8ghz.
I stopped overclocking because I already boosted my RAM using memory, which brought it to 2996mhz. I kept the CPU at stock speed and achieved 20 fps with CPU OC. Now only the RAM is overclocked and that works well.
Great! It's impressive how with a Ryzen CPU, high-speed RAM can often outperform overclocking. You're really surprised to have such a high amount of RAM installed. Typically, you'd only be able to add a few hundred more MHz. I'm happy it turned out well for you.
You are only running a single stick of RAM? If that is the case there is a lot more performance to be had at 3200 with dual channel. I haven't seen any hard numbers on the 3rd gen Ryzen products, but on the 1st and 2nd gen there was up to a 20% difference between single and dual channel RAM of the same speed. The boost was pretty substantial. I wouldn't be surprised to see something similar on the 3rd gen.