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Morning folks, 
A couple of questions as I work my way around my machine. I opened up MSI afterburner but didn't want to fiddle with anything and destroy components inadvertently, or mess up the OC that I paid DS to do for me.

So, how do I actually check my CPU core clocks for the OC? I don't really understand fully how to work the motherboard's OC panel on the front of my rig. I tried the other ways I knew about checking, e.g. /run dxdiag, etc, but this seems to only provide me with the stock clock for my cpu. Similar question for the video cards - how do I determine what DS was able to overclock them to?

Extra info: I'm running a 5930k, which DS informed me they were able to OC to 4.5ghz. Steam just ran a test the other day and clocked it at 4.375. Certainly not gamebreaking, but I'm mostly just curious what I can do to confirm clock speeds.

Also, with regard to Twitch for anyone experienced with streaming - other than a twitch account, what software do I need to be able to stream? Is anything suggested/preferable over others?

Thanks!

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Eggy Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 Feb 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 207	Quote Reply Topic: Checking core clocks / Twitch Posted: 10 Dec 2014 at 8:06am
	Morning folks, A couple of questions as I work my way around my machine. I opened up MSI afterburner but didn't want to fiddle with anything and destroy components inadvertently, or mess up the OC that I paid DS to do for me. So, how do I actually check my CPU core clocks for the OC? I don't really understand fully how to work the motherboard's OC panel on the front of my rig. I tried the other ways I knew about checking, e.g. /run dxdiag, etc, but this seems to only provide me with the stock clock for my cpu. Similar question for the video cards - how do I determine what DS was able to overclock them to? Extra info: I'm running a 5930k, which DS informed me they were able to OC to 4.5ghz. Steam just ran a test the other day and clocked it at 4.375. Certainly not gamebreaking, but I'm mostly just curious what I can do to confirm clock speeds. Also, with regard to Twitch for anyone experienced with streaming - other than a twitch account, what software do I need to be able to stream? Is anything suggested/preferable over others? Thanks!
	"King Solomon" Hailstorm II Intel Core i7 5930k 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Rampage V 3x GTX 980 HydroLux Level 4 (3x GPU + CPU. No chipset)

bprat22 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE DigitalStorm East -- (Unofficially!) Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20391	Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 2014 at 8:26am
	What's up Eggy..... You can use CPU-Z to check both cpu and gpu clock speeds. The cpu speed in on the home page, lower left in Mhz and the gpu under the Graphics tab. Gotta put stress on both to get the overclock. I also use EVGA Precicion X for the graphics but MSi Afterburner and GPU-Z also work. Under the Monitoring tab with PrecicionX you can setup the clocks, voltage etc to display on the screen while gaming if you wanted. Only under stress of gaming etc does the overclock kick in for most. Have fun.

Eggy Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 Feb 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 207	Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 2014 at 8:44am
	Oh, so my understanding of it was wrong, then. I thought that the CPU is constantly running at a speed of x.x ghz, not that it only picked up when it was under stress. I suppose that makes sense that you wouldn't want the chip stressed 100% of the time. Thanks for dropping some knowledge!
	"King Solomon" Hailstorm II Intel Core i7 5930k 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Rampage V 3x GTX 980 HydroLux Level 4 (3x GPU + CPU. No chipset)

bprat22 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE DigitalStorm East -- (Unofficially!) Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20391	Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 2014 at 8:48am
	Always a pleasure. Some are actually setup to always run the overclock, but why stress it when you don't have to.

Meller Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 20 Feb 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1627	Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2014 at 3:48am
	You can set it to run at the max 4.5ghz 100% of the time if you want. It can be done from your desktop actually. Overclocking your cpu in general causes it to degrade it's overall life. But it won't be drastic at all. Obviously running it at 100% all the time will cause that even more so, not to mention heat and power consumption. But it's not like we're knocking off years by doing so. Really personal preference. Best Practices says idle as low as 5%, and peak at 100% when needed.
	Custom PC Ryzen 9 5950X Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme 128GB DDR4 3600mhz EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming Samsung 980 Pro 512GB m.2 Samsung 960 PRO 2TB m.2 x2

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