First build / polishing

[borgg]

Hey guys, I have made my first build and was wondering is there anything to tweak and how i would do it? I am a beginner here and want to learn more about it for fun, so even if the difference is not so big it is fine.
What tools i need and what are the basics?
Thx!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING OC 12G
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4-3200 CL16-18-18-38 16GB
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620
PSU: MSI MAG A650GL 650W
Storage: Patriot P300 M.2 PCle Gen 3x4 256 GB SSD
OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

[borgg]

Tried yesterday to install AMD Ryzen Master but run into issue of: Unable to Initialize. Kindly reinstall the program Hence Aborting!
-Tried solving the problem with reinstalling and disabling Core Virtualization Memory Integrity, but without success.
Seems a lot of people had the same problem..
Also found there is option to overclock CPU in the Radeon Software. Anyone used it or is it better to do it through BIOS directly?
Also i was thinking to do 200mHz oc only, what other values i should be aware of?

Also seems i would benefit from the oc as CPU is bottleneck..
(Just thought process, while i figure it out.)

 

[borgg]

So i did the +0.2Ghz oc through the Radeon Software.. (It did it by itself by just enabling) --explanation in the software -/The offset frequency added to stock boost frequency allowing CPU to reach maximum overclock levels.

---Got the Cinebench R23 score from 11687 to 11944 which is 2.2% better.

Tested it in wow classic which is currently the only game that i sometimes run and it went from cca 150fps (with my settings) to 180fps --which would be cca 15-20% increase.
/Idk about the 1% lows and how to see or calculate that but i think it affects the whole game experience if the lows are higher! And my guess is with higher frequency 1% drops are lower??

I think i will next record my temperatures while the cpu is under high load as other things are irrelevant i guess...

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Yes, you should use the bios and enable PBO and select the increase desired. Pretty much as easy as OC gets, the cpu handles everything else for you. To go beyond 200mhz, you'd manually overclock, but after 200mhz becomes dismissing returns.

Shouldn't have much bottle-neck at all with the 6700 XT card. Almost a perfect match actually.

 

[dirtyferret]

Also seems i would benefit from the oc as CPU is bottleneck

1) gratz on your new build
2) bottleneck for what? All PCs have a bottleneck of some sort and like shrimpy said I doubt you have much of one with the 6700 XT

Tested it in wow classic which is currently the only game that i sometimes run and it went from cca 150fps (with my settings) to 180fps --which would be cca 15-20% increase.

I don't want to burst your bubble but I know that engine better than any other game and you won't see that increase due to .2ghz on a 5600x. Hardware wise you are perfectly good to go at stock settings with a 5600x, any issues will be upstream.