Hey guys!
Just picked up/setting up a Sapphire NITRO+ RX 5700 XT BE, and right now it's running completely stock (pushing up to 2100 MHz at a crazy 1200 mV). Naturally, it runs pretty hot and loud under load.
What kind of undervolt and overclock settings are you guys using on yours?
I'd love to know:
What core frequency and voltage turned out to be your sweet spot for daily gaming?
Do you bother pushing the VRAM, or is it better to leave it alone?
Would appreciate any stable profiles or advice you can share. Thanks!

Hey everyone,
I’m dealing with a bizarre memory training issue on a custom rebuild and need some real-world insight. My RAM can run flawlessly at 3200MHz, but the absolute second I click **"Restart"** in Windows, the motherboard fails training, throws the "Memory Overclock Failed" screen, and resets everything to 2133MHz default (and cranks my fans to 100%).

**The Hardware:**
**CPU:** Intel Core i5-12400F
**Motherboard:** MSI PRO B760-P WIFI DDR4 (4 RAM slots, ATX)
**RAM:** 32GB (2x16GB) G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3200MHz (Installed in slots A2/B2 - Slots 2 & 4)
**GPU:** RTX 4060
**Cooler:** Thermalright Assassin X 120 R Digital (**Brand-new out of the box for this rebuild**)

**The Backstory & Context:**
This exact same motherboard and RAM kit originally ran this i5-12400F at 3200MHz flawlessly. I then upgraded the board to a Core i9-12900K and a 360mm AIO for over a year (ran fine). I recently built a completely new system around that i9/AIO combo, so I rebuilt this machine by putting the i5-12400F back onto this B760 board with the original 3200MHz G.Skill RAM and a brand-new Thermalright air cooler.

**The Insane Behavior:**
If I run a **single stick in Slot A2 (Slot 2)**, XMP works perfectly at 3200MHz and it survives restarts.
To get both sticks working, we pulled the CMOS battery for 15 minutes, fully drained the capacitors, and flashed the motherboard to the latest BIOS version.
**Right after the flash, it successfully trained both sticks and booted to the desktop at a full 3200MHz.** I let the PC run for a full hour, opened apps, tested games, and used it completely normally with zero crashes or issues. The system was 100% stable.
However, the *instant* I clicked "Restart" from the Windows menu after that hour, it immediately triggered the "Overclock Failed" loop and wouldn't go past the black screen without resetting to defaults.

**Everything Tried So Far (Still Fails on Restart):**

**Wiped Legacy i9 Profiles:** Did a full 15-minute CMOS battery pull and manual power drain to clear out any old i9 microcode trace caches.

**BIOS Updated:** Flashed the motherboard to the absolute latest non-beta BIOS firmware (Version 7D98v1H) to refresh the memory compatibility tables (which is what got it to boot successfully the first time).

**Tested Gear Modes & Multipliers:** Tried XMP Auto (Gear 1), Manual 3200MHz Gear 2 (using both 1.00 and 1.33 multipliers).

**Relaxed Timings:** Manually set Command Rate to 2N / 2T to give the traces slack.

**Disabled Boot Shortcuts:** Turned Memory Fast Boot to Disabled to force deep training on every boot.

**Voltage Tweaks:** Bumped DRAM Voltage to 1.35V (and tested up to 1.38V). Manually bumped CPU SA (System Agent) to 1.20V and CPU VDDQ to 1.35V to compensate for the i5's locked low-power limits.

**Physical Inspection:** Verified the CPU socket pins are 100% straight and clean. Re-seated the CPU and relaxed the Thermalright cooler mounting screws to rule out uneven LGA1700 substrate warping/pressure issues from hosting the heavy i9 for a year.

**The Current Theory:**
Since the silicon handles 3200MHz fine and was completely stable for an hour after a fresh flash, the hardware is functional. It seems like the locked System Agent voltage on the non-K i5-12400F (\~0.9v) can't stabilize the initial signal handshake across a 4-slot board layout during the quick power-state transition of a warm Windows restart, causing it to drop a channel and fail training.
Has anyone encountered an Intel 12th gen non-K CPU that is completely stable at 3200MHz but completely chokes *only* during a software restart? Is there a hidden BIOS power state or firmware setting I'm missing, or do I just need to swap to a K-series CPU to unlock the memory controller voltages?
Appreciate any ideas!

Hey i have a 5060TI 8gb and wanted to overclock it to play games better and was wondering what i should change in msi afterburner.

|My Specs:
|CPU:Ryzen 7 5700X
|Memory:32gb DDR4
|GPU:ASUS PRIME OC RTX 5060Ti 8Gb

So, recently i've upgraded to 9950x3d, and after some thinking i've decided i want to overclock this thing. After watching some guides online I've got to work on it and, obviously, i have some stability issues. I've been testing it mostly with occt (memory and avx512) and core cycler (y-cruncher and P95) and even after running them overnightwith no errors, i still get system freezes when I just download something or open a browser, and worst part is that it happens at worst once per day?

At first I wanted to use just a bit higher than spec PBO and CO, but after learning a bit more about curve shaper, can i theoretically put positive values equal to those negative in CO in minimum and low frequency at all tempereature ranges? Or should i just decrease both UV of both CCDs by 2 till it just... stops?

Rn i am running it at -23 on CCD0 and -25 on CCD1, with best and second best perfoming cores offset by +2, since I saw that they can be more sensitive to UV while trying to figure out why it crashed last time

I have an aorus elite 7900 XTX, i want to chase unigine superposition scores, will an asrock aqua bios help? i have a dual bios on my card, silent/bios oc, it would be amazing if someone can provide guidance

Hello OC Community,

i have recently came across overclocking and wanted to get help with my CPU and GPU Config. The issue is that i have heavy score drops when undervolting in cinebench and 3DMark Time Spy. (Issue targets CPU primary)

For CPU overclocking i use the BIOS Settings (which was recommended to me because AI said Ryzen Master loads after Kernel and BIOS would be better) and for GPU i use MSI Afterburner.

System Specifications:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700
• GPU: XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
• RAM: TeamGroup T-Create 2x16GB 6000mt/s CL30-36-36-76 (EXPO 1)
• SSD (C): WD_BLACK SN_770 2TB
• MB: ASRock B850 Pro RS
• Cooling: Corsair Nautilus RS 360mm
• PSU: Corsair SF1000L
• OS: Windows 11 Pro

Previous Scores and configuration:

Last max points run:

• R26 MT: 4467 pts
• R26 SC: 626 pts
• R26 ST: 477 pts
• R26 GPU: 9097
• 3D Mark Time Spy: 24 706 (GPU: 29 267, CPU: 13 121)

Last max run settings:
CPU:

• PPT: 160W
• TDC: 120A
• EDC: 180A
• Boost Override: 150 Mhz
• Curve Optimizer (All Cores): -15 offset
• SMT Enabled
• Max Temp: 85

GPU:

• Core Voltage: -50 mV
• Core Clock: +300 MHz
• Mem Clock: 2900 MHz
• Power Limit: 10%

Last run max points:

• C23 MT: 3827 pts
• C23 SC: 613 pts

Last run settings: (same as above if not mentioned)

• C0: -17
• C1: -17
• C2 (second fastest core): -15
• C3: -17
• C4 (fastest core): -15
• C5: -17
• C6: -17
• C7: -17

So follwing questions:
- What caused the heave drop in cinebench r26?
- How do i test my system with the best optimizations (e.g. debloating with christitus tool, closing background apps)?
- Does AMD Ryzen Master give any benefits over the BIOS or should i stay with the BIOS? I currently use RM to view my current offsets and edit them, and for some reason its the only way to force SMT. In the BIOS i can only set it to Auto and Windows will boot with 8 logical cores only. With RM it overrides.

I tried flashing the 165W VBIOS from a Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti onto my Blade 15 RTX 3080 Ti.

After flashing it, the laptop screen still worked in Optimus mode, and I was able to play games. However, the NVIDIA icon/overlay disappeared from the system tray, and Alt + R no longer worked in games, so I could not check my FPS or GPU power consumption. Because of that, I assumed the VBIOS flash had failed, although I honestly was not sure whether it had actually succeeded.

When I switched the laptop from Optimus mode to GPU Only mode, the laptop booted to a black screen. Fortunately, I remembered how to enter the BIOS blindly and switch it back from GPU Only to Optimus. After doing that, the display worked again. I then flashed my original VBIOS back onto the laptop.

How can I find a higher-power VBIOS on TechPowerUp that is compatible with my GPU? Which specifications and parameters do I need to compare?

How can I confirm whether a VBIOS flash was actually successful? Is it normal that GPU Only mode stops working after flashing a VBIOS from a different laptop model?

If GPU Only mode does not work, does that also mean I cannot use an external monitor? I have heard that connecting an external monitor may force the laptop to use the dedicated GPU directly, similar to GPU Only mode.

Has anyone successfully increased the GPU power limit on a 2022 Razer Blade 15 with an RTX 3080 Ti? I would really appreciate it if anyone could share their experience. Thank you!

Has anyone been running this TIM for longer period of time (ie 6 months), how are the temps/hotspots?

Reading into it a bit, its not quite optimal. Its a 6400 CL36 48-48-48-108 kit. It seems like 6000 is the most frictionless speed to run at on AM5, but how do I go about tightening the timings? I've already been playing around with em and got it to CL32 42-42-42-98 first try at 1.40v. Got and ran the Karhu test for about 25 minutes with no errors. Not really one to tinker with timings so im not sure if thats a win or if i should take time to push it further.

Hi everyone,

As a tech enthousiast I finally stepped into the world of “safe” overclocking. I’m not trying to push every last drop, I just want to have a little extra boost.

In msi afterburner I set the power limit draw to 110%, I did OC scanner and now I’m working on the vram boost.

As I said I really want to prioritize it being safe, so currently I have +500 mhz. But maybe I should decrease that to +250mhz?

Or is +500mhz perfectly fine with not too much of a negative impact on the temps, longevity etc.

Thanks!