What method is used to confirm a thermally constrained OCP?
What method is used to confirm a thermally constrained OCP?
If I have a CPU I want to overclock, I mainly rely on Prime95 to check stability since, based on my experience, an overclock failure tends to happen quickly—either immediately or very soon. The issue is that p95 with small FFTs forces the CPU to operate at its maximum power consumption (which is essentially what matters), so any overclock that might seem stable under normal workloads can't be properly verified because the CPU would already be at TJmax and start throttling.
What do you think?
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I believe CPU-Z bench/stress test more closely reflects real-world usage. Keep an eye on temperatures using hwmonitor; you might notice a few cores reaching 100°C in red, which is just normal temporary throttling. Make sure to update your BIOS to the latest version before upgrading—this helps prevent problems with older generations. If you're a gamer, think twice before pushing overclock settings. Stable performance will be limited. Modern chips are grouped, and using a higher-end processor would have provided better results. Games tend to benefit more from thermal improvements, which can boost clock speeds on a few cores rather than fully overclocking everything.
Execute your regular tasks using the OC, and if problems arise reduce the OC slightly and try again.