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Yes, it's suitable for overclocking.

Yes, it's suitable for overclocking.

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sherwoodkids
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03-20-2025, 01:47 AM
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i have a custom water cooling loop with 2 360 rads and a d5 pump. i overclocked my cpu to around 5.0gHz and the gpu as well. when i start up, the cpu idles at about 42% and the gpu at 38%, with the rest between 45-50%. are these temperatures acceptable during idle? would you consider lowering the cpu to 4.8 or 4.9 for better performance in full load or gaming? thanks.
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sherwoodkids
03-20-2025, 01:47 AM #1

i have a custom water cooling loop with 2 360 rads and a d5 pump. i overclocked my cpu to around 5.0gHz and the gpu as well. when i start up, the cpu idles at about 42% and the gpu at 38%, with the rest between 45-50%. are these temperatures acceptable during idle? would you consider lowering the cpu to 4.8 or 4.9 for better performance in full load or gaming? thanks.

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03-21-2025, 02:11 PM
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You should understand what the load temperatures indicate, but idle temperatures offer limited insight into the actual load. Since you have ample radiator cooling capacity, you likely won't need to concern yourself with cooling differences.
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03-21-2025, 02:11 PM #2

You should understand what the load temperatures indicate, but idle temperatures offer limited insight into the actual load. Since you have ample radiator cooling capacity, you likely won't need to concern yourself with cooling differences.

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03-21-2025, 08:07 PM
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You would need to know what the load temps are showing, idle temps really do not provide much basis as to what load will be. However, you seem to have plenty of radiator cooling space, so I don't think you have to worry about cooling delta.
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03-21-2025, 08:07 PM #3

You would need to know what the load temps are showing, idle temps really do not provide much basis as to what load will be. However, you seem to have plenty of radiator cooling space, so I don't think you have to worry about cooling delta.

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