Not told to change your 3600X because it’s important for your originality and goals.
Not told to change your 3600X because it’s important for your originality and goals.
You recently purchased a 3600X and were advised against overclocking due to PBO restrictions. You're new to precision boost overdrive, and you're comparing it to your current 6600k, which already had some overclocking. The question is why someone would warn you not to do the same on your 3600X—does it require more effort without benefits? Is there a risk of instability? Your confusion is understandable given the complexity.
There is no advantage gained in overclocking a Ryzen 3000 chip over letting Precision boost do its thing. Many times you will actually decrease performance. ALso, there is little to no real headroom with Ryzen 3000 for overclocking. For instance, my Ryzen 3700x has an all core boost in testing to about 4075mhz when running say Cinebench test and up to 4.4ghz single core. The best I could manually overclock my chip to was 4.2ghz all core and I actually lost performance in some and gained in others. Its just generally advised to just let AMD PBO do its thing because in the long term, its the best in performance compared.
You may find it helpful to explore what PBO entails via the provided link.
RAM upgrading is essential. Activating DOCP/XMP helps maximize performance on your CPU. 3600mhz works best with the Rzyen 3000, though not every board or chip can reach it based on recent observations—still worth considering. I’ve boosted my gskill flareX 14-14-14-32 to 16-16-16-48 at 3600mhz without any issues.
I verified stability using a memory test. I increased the settings gradually to ensure consistent performance.