Question about a Overclocking GTX 1060

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Harrison1545

Harrison1545

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Hello, I recently got a GTX 1060 and I wan't to overclock it without massively decreasing life span as I plan to keep it for a good couple years at the least. I don't have lots of knowledge to this so please correct me if im wrong but If increase the core clock and memory clock but not the voltage and increase the fan speed to keep it cool cause I heard the hotter it is the more it will decrease the life span will I be okay? I'm not looking for a massive overclock but I wan't to get the most out of my MSI GTX 1060. Thanks in advance.
 
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TechyInAZ
You are correct, not increasing the voltage will not decrease the life of the card.

But, the good news is that the stock voltage is actually quite good. I've gotten overclocks beyond 2100mhz on the core by using stock voltage.
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*You can set fan profile to be more aggressive when temp reaches a certain point so the fan will spin faster to cool it off.
*For the overclock itself you can just bump up memory clock and core clock by 25. At small values you wouldn't even have to touch voltage.
*One parameter you want to adjust is the temperature threshold to avoid unnecessary thermal throttling. Set temp target at 91c. What it means is IF the temp would reach this point the GPU clock would scale down to avoid performance loss later than sooner.

Run test like unigine valley on extreme 1920x1080 and see if it crashes or not.
https://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/valley/

Check this too just to see how others are scoring with their overclocked GPU's
http://www.overclock.net/t/1360884/official-top-30-unigine-valley-benchmark-1-0
 
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