Red Team Overclockers

Copped a wicked cheap 5 5600 off Amazon in Dec (only $118 !?!?!) shipping said Jan-Feb, but it actually arrived before Xmas. Figured it would be a good upgrade for my gaming rig (5 3600) and I can hand the 3600 down to my youngest son to replace his 5 1600. Gaming Rig specs: MB- ASROCK X570 Phantom Gaming - BIOS 4.10 PS- Thermaltake Smart 600W CPU- Ryzen 5 5600 Memory- Samsung B-die DDR4 3200 GPU- GTX 1080 TI  (Sorry AMD, this unicorn is STILL an FPS beast, and to upgrade would cost over 500) Stock Benches: Overclocked CPU 4700 1.2V Benches: If you want absolutely the best bang for the buck gaming CPU- the 5 5600 rocks. (the single-thread performance is sick) If you want to overclock go for the 5600X as they are the best of the BIN, and your chance of winning the silicon lottery is all but guaranteed. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Team RED! Low ... View more

Hi, I am part of the enthusiast/oc community and follow the (lately pretty unsuccessful) development of tools like MorePowerTool. Over there I sense some discomfort about RDNA2s locked down clocks, power and voltage limits and now subsequently even tighter limits with RDNA3. It has come to a point where unlocking even PPT values seems to be off limits for enthusiasts and  water cooling as well as overclocking is getting less and less valuable because of this. People need to buy special hardware to be able to raise voltages above the GPU BIOS specified limits. This is strange for a company advertising like this not that long ago: At this time it is entirely possible that some kind of open Letter / call for change could surface. And I have the feeling it is preventable. I know from unoffical communications with AMD engineers that they are not happy with the state of RDNA OC tools themself and hope to be able to do something next year after the most pressing issues with RDNA3 are under control. So we are aware a quick fix to oc paradise is not possible. What is possible tho is a community manager collecting feedback from the oc community, find out the state and planned oc support from the engineers and maybe even connect those two groups to find a short term band aid solution that allows people to raise power limits again like with RDNA2. Best Regards, Sonic   @Amber_AMD  @Sam_AMD  ... View more

Hello everyone! Im in the process of building my first PC and I am looking for coolers to use with a Ryzen 9 5900X preferably an AIO, and one that can handle extreme overclocking, I currently have an EK-AIO 360 Basic on my list and I'm wondering if that is enough. thanks to everyone who reads this I hope everyone has a great day :3 ... View more