Overclocking newbie - assistance required!
Overclocking newbie - assistance required!
Hi, I'm still trying to sort through this confusing situation.
I think I own a fairly well-built computer that I built myself, purchasing all the components and having it assembled in a shop—everything looked and worked fine at first.
But I'm not very technical, and I thought my setup met the required standards based on my specifications.
Here’s what I have:
- Intel i7 8700K (Coffee Lake)
- Z370 Gaming MS Motherboard
- DDR4 RAM
- GTX 1080 Ti with 1000W power supply and M.2 drives for key games and SSDs for other tasks
I began playing a Minecraft modded version with a friend, bought a server, and everything was running smoothly... until he said he was achieving over 300 FPS, while his own specs weren’t great.
With all his graphics set to maximum, I was getting around 20 FPS—way below expectations.
After installing Optifine, it improved to 50–80 FPS, but my pride was hurt.
Then I tried overclocking the GPU first.
I used MSI Afterburner and Kombustor to push the GPU, watching a tutorial (obviously I needed guidance!).
I changed the core clock by 20, which caused the Kombustor to crash, and every time I moved something on the screen it would freeze.
I didn’t adjust the memory clock, just set the power and temperature limits to maximum and the fan speed to 70%.
I’m not using Kombustor anymore because I don’t want to stress my monitor again.
It wasn’t a high-stress test either—my graphics were at 720, not 1080.
Please, can someone help me figure out what’s going wrong?
I already have liquid cooling and five fans; even removing my Elgato card to improve airflow helped.
PS: I’m considering overclocking again—unless it runs smoothly with around 144–200 FPS for my monitors (which refresh at 144), I’d prefer that instead of chasing 10,000 FPS.
Hey there,
Which Windows power profile are you using? Consider switching to high performance if you haven’t already, and check if it improves things.
Your machine is still quite capable overall. You should be achieving solid FPS in Minecraft at 1080p, even with mods.
If your setup isn’t performing well under default settings, it’s probably not worth trying overclocking right now, since it could add more complexity to the problem.
Hey there,
Which Windows power profile are you using? Consider switching to high performance if you haven’t already, and check if it improves things.
Your machine is still quite capable overall. You should be achieving solid FPS in Minecraft at 1080p, even with mods.
If your setup isn’t performing well under default settings, it’s probably not worth trying overclocking right now, since it could add more complexity to the problem.
The 8700K can be boosted.
It might just require increasing the CPU multiplier in the BIOS.
About 25% CPU speed is possible.
Learn more about the method.
Yeah, I've messed with all those settings before and I don't see any noticeable difference honestly.
I agree, I am hoping somebody will have an answer I can try to remedy this issue so I can consider overclocking.
Yeah I've read up on it but if I'm getting issues with just trying to OC my GPU by a mere 20 and it crashes, I'm nervous to mess with bios at this moment until I find out what is wrong in general.
UserBenchmarks: Game 101%, Desk 82%, Work 87%
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K - 72.9%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti - 137.2%
SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 250GB - 93.1%
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB - 125.7%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB - 125.8%
SSD: Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB - 168.2%
HDD: WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB - 74.1%
RAM: G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C18 4x8GB - 71.3%
MBD: MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/47690029
Having many chrome tabs open didn’t seem to noticeably impact performance.
Edit:
These results include all tabs, games, and background items closed.
Your processor isn't increasing performance likely due to overheating, and your memory is operating at 2133.
Along the way, your efforts to boost CPU or GPU performance have not worked as expected.
I think the problem might be with the GPU component.
Your initial image displays the 8700K, which is suitable for a 4.4 performance.
Perform a CPU-Z benchmark test.
What results do you see?
Launch a monitor to check temperatures using tools like HWmonitor or realtemp.
What is your idle temperature?
Once the game is running, what is your peak temperature?
Idle stays between 10-15°C above ambient, suggesting a cooling issue.
Exceeding 100°C points to CPU throttling.
It’s more likely that adjusting the graphics oc settings caused unexpected problems.