Overclocking the CPU for Unraid ok?


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I am fortunate enough to get a Ryzen 3900 CPU which is rated at just 65w however it can be overclocked to perform like a 3900x. 

I am just wondering if anyone here has done overclocking of their CPU for Unraid? Is it stable? Its not like windows where you get a BSOD so now totally sure what happens in Unraid for anything that gets messed up. 

 

I obvs want to ensure all data and VMs do not get impacted in the slightest, so perhaps a slight overclock might be ok?


Just looking for thoughts here. The need for this is so my VMs perform better than they do. I have Blue Iris running on one VM and it is run from the cache drive. It sometimes gets a bit slow and needs to catch up with blue iris IP camera software. I just need a very smooth and reliable experience with blue iris as it is my main security system.


Any ideas on what I could do if overclocking is a stupid thing to do with unraid?

 

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2 hours ago, alitech said:

Any ideas on what I could do if overclocking is a stupid thing to do with unraid?

There are no such thing that which OS is suitable for overclocking and which not. For Windows BSOD, then Linux is call-trace.

"Over/Under" clocking is not a stupid thing if you have necessary knowledge.

 

But in your case, I would advice 3900 not suitable to O.C. and hard to read 3900x level, mainly because 3900 is a "Locked" CPU.

 

This quite interesting on 5900 and 5900x, 5900 is a "Unlocked" CPU, but this not happen on 3900.

 

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On 3/3/2021 at 5:48 AM, Vr2Io said:

There are no such thing that which OS is suitable for overclocking and which not. For Windows BSOD, then Linux is call-trace.

"Over/Under" clocking is not a stupid thing if you have necessary knowledge.

 

But in your case, I would advice 3900 not suitable to O.C. and hard to read 3900x level, mainly because 3900 is a "Locked" CPU.

 

This quite interesting on 5900 and 5900x, 5900 is a "Unlocked" CPU, but this not happen on 3900.

 

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Thats contrary to what I have researched. I have seen the 3900 overclocked to 3900x speeds on some youtube videos. 


Anyhoo, i will not overclock as advised. I will keep it safe.

 

If I need to upgrade, I have a 3950x I can install on the motherboard.

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