I finally upgraded my setup this past week with a laptop, but I want to give my old pc to my younger sibling. I know that the cpu and motherboard are incredibly dated, and that I realistically should just upgrade those parts before giving it to him. I have been watching some videos this morning and it has me wondering if overclocking an old CPU like this would be worth my time. I checked the history of this CPU on CPU-Z and other users are getting much higher core speeds.
TL:DR: Is overclocking a CPU from 2011 worth it?
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Its like chip tuning an old car… You will gain performance, it will cost you money (or time in your case), but it will still be shit
you can try but FX’s are so dated you are better off buying a 1st gen ryzen cpu with a320 motherboard and 32gb ram which will be 50-100% faster on its own
If you have a capable cooler and Mainboard, go for it, otherwise no.
Nope