Is it worth it to overclock an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X?

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I am considering whether or not I would notice any significant increase in performance if I OCed the CPU in this system:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Mobo: Asus ROG Strix x570-F Gaming

GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 OC

RAM: 64 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200MHz (4x16)

Case: CORSAIR ICUE 5000X RGB with Corsair 150i RGB pro xt hydro series cooler and 2 120mm thermaltake toughfan 12 fans
 
Ryzens don't generally overclock too well. What you should look at is undervolting. I've found they run at a high voltage out of the box. For example mine was running @4.6 GHz at 1.35V. I've reduced this to 4.45GHz at 1.225V, which has reduced the temps by over 10°C with no noticeable performance difference.
 
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I guess it will depend on whether the CPU is bottlenecking anything. If you have something like Rivatuner/HWINFO running and you can see that a single core is consistently 100% then an OC might help. This is likely for older applications and games which were written around 1 or 2 cores.

What apps and games are you using?
 
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I guess it will depend on whether the CPU is bottlenecking anything. If you have something like Rivatuner/HWINFO running and you can see that a single core is consistently 100% then an OC might help. This is likely for older applications and games which were written around 1 or 2 cores.

What apps and games are you using?
I havent ordered it yet, I am buying a custom PC and the vendor offers OCing service (thus I am still covered by their warranty, which isnt the case if I do the OCing myself).

I plan on playing shooters (CSGO, Valorant, Battlefield 5) or RPG games (AC games, Witcher 3, Borderlands, maybe the upcoming Far Cry). If it matters, I am also planning on a 4k 144Hz+ single monitor setup.
 
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OK, got it. I'd be interested in what kind of OC they are proposing (single core, all cores).

I've tinkered with my 3700X and overclocking and ultimately just left it alone.
 
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A Ryzen 5900x is not like processors from years ago where you had to take risks to overclock. For your games it will be fine.
 
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Short answer: no.
Long answer: no.
 
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I had never run a cpu at stock since 1994 (my IBM 486 blue lightning DX3 75 was not quite stable at 3x33mhz so I had to run at stock but it was stable enough to give me a taste

However......... My AMD 5800x is running at stock. So my 1st CPU in over 25 years at stock. I even have a completely overkill AIO cooler from my heavily overclocked i7 5820k on it.

But there is just no need. I am not even over clocking my RTX 3090 tho that may change in the future (I actually under clock it whilst mining)
 
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