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Is overclocking worth it for gaming?

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September 28, 2014 5:47:14 AM

On my PC i plan to get an AMD 8350, is overclocking beneficial if i only game?
I have an ASUS m5a97 r2.0 LE and i don't want it to get too hot, if i don't overclock will it be OK? i plan on having 3 case fans also+

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September 28, 2014 5:50:39 AM

While gaming you can overclock it for a increase in performance
fx processors are meant to overclock
while overclocking your cpu temps will rise
which GPU do you have
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September 28, 2014 5:54:16 AM

depending on the games you plan on playing it can be a necessity for making them playable(mmo's and rts will not be playable until you oc,while mostly all single player games will be just fine)
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September 28, 2014 5:57:01 AM

JamesHeller said:
While gaming you can overclock it for a increase in performance
fx processors are meant to overclock
while overclocking your cpu temps will rise
which GPU do you have


Once i start my upgrades i will have the gigabyte GTX970
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September 28, 2014 5:59:09 AM

cemerian said:
depending on the games you plan on playing it can be a necessity for making them playable(mmo's and rts will not be playable until you oc,while mostly all single player games will be just fine)


I'm sorry but this is just wrong (the bit in bold). Please provide proof.
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September 28, 2014 6:01:38 AM

Talon TSI said:
JamesHeller said:
While gaming you can overclock it for a increase in performance
fx processors are meant to overclock
while overclocking your cpu temps will rise
which GPU do you have


Once i start my upgrades i will have the gigabyte GTX970


yep then you wouldn't face any problems
and no overclocking will be needed on current games
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September 28, 2014 6:03:24 AM

cemerian said:
depending on the games you plan on playing it can be a necessity for making them playable(mmo's and rts will not be playable until you oc,while mostly all single player games will be just fine)


13thmonkey said:
cemerian said:
depending on the games you plan on playing it can be a necessity for making them playable(mmo's and rts will not be playable until you oc,while mostly all single player games will be just fine)


I'm sorry but this is just wrong (the bit in bold). Please provide proof.

Thats what i was thinking! Make a game only playable for overclocked PC's?
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September 28, 2014 6:08:57 AM

you've a fairly high end CPU there, you might get extra performance by overclocking, but it is not essential to OC in order to be able to play.
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September 28, 2014 6:27:45 AM

13thmonkey said:
cemerian said:
depending on the games you plan on playing it can be a necessity for making them playable(mmo's and rts will not be playable until you oc,while mostly all single player games will be just fine)


I'm sorry but this is just wrong (the bit in bold). Please provide proof.


lol from personal experience, swotor, warthunder, world of planes, are not playable when there are a lot of things going on, swtor pvp isn't playable at all it cant even get over 25fps when the cpu was @5,2ghz need more proof just go check out forums of mmo's and you will se its littered with posts about terrible performance on fx parts, the simple fact is that the single thread performance on fx's is worse that it was on old thubans, and as far as multiplayer games are concerned it the only thing that matters to them, those games run on mostly 1 thread , i personally switched to intel because of that, i can finaly play pvp in swtor and get over 30fps at all times, not around 15 like with my fx, 16man ops where unplayable aswell, when you come to think of it even eso ran like shit wouldn't get past 40fps
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