I'm reading both sides on this - some people say it's better to
overclock your CPU, others say Intel turboboost doesn't really work well with server workloads. Others are recommending turning turboboost off
for cooling's sake.
Any opinions?
I've got a Thinkpad with a I7-6600u with a base clock speed of 2.6 ghz,
2 cores, 4 threads, turbo boost to 3.4 ghz. It's lightly loaded now, running Proxmox, the BBS, a Pihole LXC container, Nginx Proxy Manager,
and a test Windows AD environment which is usually shut off.
I probably wouldn't recommend overclocking anything for a server, or you will probably start having cooling issues - especially on a laptop. Overclocking seems (to me, at least) to be more of a fad for gamers, or just kids that like to brag about PC stats.
For other computation-intensive tasks (video editing, data processing, etc.), overclocking could provide some benefit in allowing the tasks to finish sooner. But depending on the processor, I don't think I'd risk it.
I have an unlocked processor in my desktop PC, with liquid cooling, but still, in 5 years I've never really felt a desire to overclock it..
For other computation-intensive tasks (video editing, data processing,
etc.), overclocking could provide some benefit in allowing the tasks to
finish sooner. But depending on the processor, I don't think I'd risk it.
I have an unlocked processor in my desktop PC, with liquid cooling, but
I still wouldn't do it unless it was necessary. Even today, an i9-9900k (3.6ghz and 5.0ghz with turboboost) is plenty for just about anything you throw at it. Maybe someday, when it starts to bog down on games, overclocking might be in my thoughts, but.. probably not. :)
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Any opinions?
I've got a Thinkpad with a I7-6600u with a base clock speed of 2.6 ghz,
2 cores, 4 threads, turbo boost to 3.4 ghz. It's lightly loaded now, running Proxmox, the BBS, a Pihole LXC container, Nginx Proxy Manager,
and a test Windows AD environment which is usually shut off.
I probably wouldn't recommend overclocking anything for a server, or
you will probably start having cooling issues - especially on a laptop. Overclocking seems (to me, at least) to be more of a fad for gamers, or just kids that like to brag about PC stats.
I feel like the 'turboboost' technology only applies when it is needed, also, so unless you're under constant heavy load (you mentioned it's 'lightly' loaded), it may not even be used/needed. If things are
working well currently - and in your case, I would probably be worried about cooling the most, I wouldn't change it.
I still wouldn't do it unless it was necessary. Even today, an i9-9900k
(3.6ghz and 5.0ghz with turboboost) is plenty for just about anything you
throw at it. Maybe someday, when it starts to bog down on games,
overclocking might be in my thoughts, but.. probably not. :)
That's the processor I have in my desktop PC. I haven't really felt a
need to overclock it. I built this PC in 2019 and it's still plenty for what I use it for (I just upgraded the graphics card in 2022).
I probably wouldn't recommend overclocking anything for a server, or
you will probably start having cooling issues - especially on a laptop.
Overclocking seems (to me, at least) to be more of a fad for gamers, or
just kids that like to brag about PC stats.
Yeah, I'd rather run a server at its quoted spec, given that it's
running 24/7.
I feel like the 'turboboost' technology only applies when it is needed,
also, so unless you're under constant heavy load (you mentioned it's
'lightly' loaded), it may not even be used/needed. If things are
working well currently - and in your case, I would probably be worried
about cooling the most, I wouldn't change it.
The only 24/7 workload I have running are PiHole and the BBS, so I
turned turbo boost off, and I don't see a difference in the performance
of either.
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