Am i able to Overclock my ASUS R7360

LepreNx · Aug 23, 2016

Hello forum!
So ive build my first budget pc with these specs:
Intel g3258 pentium processor (OC to 4.0 ghz)
ASUS R7 360-OC-2GB
8GB Ram
MSI H81M-P33
XFX TS Series 430W Power supply

So ive played some games and it seems stable. So ive read on the FAQ page of where i bought the GPU and it said that it would perform really well when Overclocked.
So since im really new to this whole PC Building/Overclocking thing, i would really appreciate it if you guys could say if im ready to overclock. If i am, i would also appreciate to get a step by step way to overclock my GPU.
Would appreciate a fast answer, Thanks!

Sakkura · Aug 23, 2016

Yep, you're ready.

You'll want to pick some software for doing the overclocking as well as monitoring temperatures and testing stability.

I recommend MSI Afterburner to do the overclock, and it can also monitor temperatures.

For stability testing, there are many options, I've mostly used Unigine Valley and 3DMark Firestrike.

What you do then is start Unigine Valley, then open up MSI Afterburner. Add a little (5 or 10 MHz) to the GPU clocks at a time and apply, then watch for graphical artifacts in Unigine Valley. Also keep an eye on temperatures; up to 80C is totally fine, 80-90C is borderline, and >90C is bad.

At some point you'll find a point where you can't go higher without crashing. At that point, you have to decide whether you want to increase the voltage, which can allow you to reach even higher GPU clocks, or whether to stick with stock voltage and move on to overclocking the memory.

(also some cards have the voltage locked so that option wouldn't be available anyway)

Once you've found the maximum GPU and memory clocks that work well in Unigine Valley (or whatever else you use), you can run more in-depth testing with 3DMark Firestrike as well as whatever games you play and maybe other GPU stress tests. The more testing, the more you can be sure the overclock is really stable.

You may find some instability in this extra testing, in that case you'll have to dial back the GPU or memory clocks a little until it runs everything perfectly. And still keep an eye on temperatures.

LepreNx · Aug 23, 2016

Sakkura :

Yep, you're ready.

You'll want to pick some software for doing the overclocking as well as monitoring temperatures and testing stability.

I recommend MSI Afterburner to do the overclock, and it can also monitor temperatures.

For stability testing, there are many options, I've mostly used Unigine Valley and 3DMark Firestrike.

What you do then is start Unigine Valley, then open up MSI Afterburner. Add a little (5 or 10 MHz) to the GPU clocks at a time and apply, then watch for graphical artifacts in Unigine Valley. Also keep an eye on temperatures; up to 80C is totally fine, 80-90C is borderline, and >90C is bad.

At some point you'll find a point where you can't go higher without crashing. At that point, you have to decide whether you want to increase the voltage, which can allow you to reach even higher GPU clocks, or whether to stick with stock voltage and move on to overclocking the memory.

(also some cards have the voltage locked so that option wouldn't be available anyway)

Once you've found the maximum GPU and memory clocks that work well in Unigine Valley (or whatever else you use), you can run more in-depth testing with 3DMark Firestrike as well as whatever games you play and maybe other GPU stress tests. The more testing, the more you can be sure the overclock is really stable.

You may find some instability in this extra testing, in that case you'll have to dial back the GPU or memory clocks a little until it runs everything perfectly. And still keep an eye on temperatures.

Thanks. But are there any accurate video tutorials? I kinda wanna see EXACTLY what to do and not screw up.

joex444 · Aug 23, 2016

How about this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHVQIkY8XY

LepreNx · Aug 23, 2016

joex444 :

alright ill check it out

LepreNx · Aug 23, 2016

Ok, for some reason in the benchmark testing thingy, it says the temperature is something like 60000C. I just increased the clock by 10.
Is it a glitch or is my gpu actually frying

Sakkura · Aug 23, 2016

That's a glitch.

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