if you've got an AMD processor or just thinking about buying one you might be a
little confused by all the intricacies of team red specific overclocking and
yes I know that there are options for one click quick and dirty overclocking
but there are some ryzen specific idiosyncrasies that are super helpful to
know about today we're going to be talking about Precision boost overdrive
or PBO my favorite type of Sandwich
specifically we're talking about pbo2 the version on Modern ryzen 5000 and
7000 chips but we're just going to refer to it as PBO from here on out is that
okay although it's often thought of as another one-click overclocking solution
it turns out that PBO doesn't directly overclock your CPU which has been a
source of confusion what PBO actually does is send more power to the processor
which allows the CPU to sustain higher clock speeds for longer periods of time
so if you turn PBO on but leave the rest of your settings on defaults you'll see
the CPU spend more time hitting whatever the Boost speed is on the spec sheet
simple enough but here's a recommendation for you the best way to
ensure you do in fact have PBO turned on is to go into your BIOS and specifically
look for the AMD overclocking section additionally although you can enable PBO
through ryzen master in Windows ryzen Master can turn it back off upon reboot
depending on how it's configured so yeah just enable it through the actual AMD
settings in your BIOS and save yourself some headaches so once you've got it
turned on another optional but cool thing you can try is undervolting the
chip through PBO although this sounds counterintuitive as the point of PBO is
to give the CPU more power many Verizon CPUs can actually achieve the same level
of performance with less power also meaning less noise and heat and money
yeah this could be especially useful for
the new 7000 series which runs hotter and consumes more power than the 5000
series so if you want to undervolt just set the curve Optimizer to negative and
enter a value between 1 and 30 in the magnitude field the larger the number
the greater the undervolt but you won't want to go too aggressive or your system
will become unstable try some different values to see which works best with your
specific chip and hopefully your PC doesn't disintegrate
so you know how to use PBO but how do you combine it with an actual overclock
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actually turning your clock speeds up with PBO isn't too hard although you can
just select the auto overclocking option in ryzen master and Windows and call it
a day you can get better results in the BIOS with minimal effort in that same
AMD overclocking section in your BIOS that we mentioned earlier look for a
setting that says something like boost clock override from there you can enter
in a value in megahertz that represents how far past the maximum boost clock
listed on the box you want to push your processor starting small and adjusting
in roughly 25 megahertz increments is a good way to find a stable speed that
maximizes performance without pushing the system too hard now this might not
sound super different from traditional overclocking but doing it through PBO is
actually a bit safer since you're raising power limits without manually
overvolting meaning that there's no risk of frying your poor CPU why do you
torture it not to mention that PBO actually uses a smart algorithm that'll
keep you from completely throwing caution to the wind of course you'll
still want to appropriately stress test your system to make sure your PBO
overclock is stable and your computer won't crash while gaming watching the
final of the Bachelor or in the middle of a crucial job interview unless you're
applying for a job here at LMG in which case I can assure you we'll have tons of
sympathy for a failed overclock oh we might even give you bonus points hey
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