About to throw my computer out the window

[snake_angel_18]

I hate 3D Mark jobs, now they are making me hate build jobs too. I'm at level 17 and have a job to build a computer that will reach 8898 but with the added conditions that I overclock the CPU to 4068 and Overclock the GPU to 2011.

I've hit the budget of the build but every time I Overclock to what the customer wants only reaches around 7400 in 3D Mark, but if I try to Overclock higher I get BSODs when I run 3D Mark. I need some help. I'm starting to hate this game.

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Overclocking in this game (and also in real life it's this way as well) is not guaranteed... you can buy 5000 different processors that may appear identical (Same model) and all of them will have different properties.. some may overclock higher without crashing than others and there's no way to know until you buy one and try it. Also blue screens in this game can be many multiple different things. Not enough power supply? Too hot? Unstable settings the components can't handle? Etc.

EDIT: Here's a guide that may help you understand this better.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1402962803

[Turbo]

This sounds like a fairly easy job. A couple of 1070s along with an 8600K or 2600X should be well more than enough to pull off this job, assuming you have the budget (which you have not divulged).

A single 1080 might work as well, however the goal of 8898 is right on the ragged edge of what a 1080 is capable of IIRC.

[snake_angel_18]

The budget is 1,797. The highest ranking CPU (According to the Parts Ranking program on the in game computer) I have available to me right now is an AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1800X which is the CPU I used in the build. The highest ranking GPU I have available to me (again accoring to the parts ranking program on the in game computer) is an Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Extreme Edition 8G. I have one GPU in the computer, plus water cooling. Actually checking the budget I have about 167 dollars left in the budget, but that won't allow another GPU.

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Originally posted by snake_angel_18:

The budget is 1,797. The highest ranking CPU (According to the Parts Ranking program on the in game computer) I have available to me right now is an AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1800X which is the CPU I used in the build. The highest ranking GPU I have available to me (again accoring to the parts ranking program on the in game computer) is an Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Extreme Edition 8G. I have one GPU in the computer, plus water cooling. Actually checking the budget I have about 167 dollars left in the budget, but that won't allow another GPU.

Do remember that you might could get a cheaper GPU of a different model from a different maker by as much as -$40 or -$50 or so and just overclock it higher. That is an option. The parts ranking thing actually is ranking cards based on their default clock speeds and default maximum boost speeds. It doesn't factor in the performance of cards relating to overclocking. All GTX 1080's for example will all have the exact same performance when overclocked to the same Mhz.

[BonPadre]

Hey there, first maybe a few hints and tought process for those jobs, because some thing seems very counter inuitive at first, and they may need some clarifications.

First, when a job asks you to OC a part to XYZ Mhz, just know that if a part IS ALREADY at this speed, the game (for now at least) does recognise this part as a done and valid thing...

Here you deal with a very tight budget for the request so you absolutely need to go on the very economical way of doing it.

I'll later provide you my shopping list, but I start with the text and logics

So for your CPU first.
Actually you chose the 1800X which "seems" the most logical choice, because the higher ranked... well NOPE because it costs too much for that job. @370$ it's way too expansive
Know that the CPU score actually is not impacting the final 3DMark score "that much" (way less than the GPU)
So you don't need a "very high" score on your CPU
On top of that you actually NEED to OC your CPU to get to that 4068, and OC a CPU means a GOOD (or fairly good enough) cooling, which will also impact your budget.

So I decided to go with an I5-7600 which cost only 190$
It does have a 4100Mhz clock, and that way you can even plug the dumbest cooler and you are done with that part.

Then ofc, the GPU (your most important part to reach your 3DMark score)
As Turbo actually already said, the DUAL 1070 may do it for the score, and as you want to be able to be as safe as possible with OC, I went with the highest clock in those so dual 1070 GAMING Z 8G it is.

Those are SLI so you now need an SLI capable Motherboard with a Kaby Lake arch. for your I5-7600, so the MSI Z 270 Gaming pro carbon @175$ will do.

Since you will have to OC a DUAL GPU you need a somewhat "beefy" PSU, so here I went with a 650W cooler master as it's cheap (no cable management, but due to budget, it's the least of your concerns)

The cheapest HDD, the cheapest case, I went with the cheapest 3000Mhz RAM, a cheap cooler, and here we are... My full shopping list @ 1740$
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1635370042

Finally you need to OC those GPU's so here is the OCCT screen with the GPU Tuner tool, to show you what I did
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1635370068
The GPU's are @2100 (so over your 2011 required)
And DO NOT FORGET to turn XMP ON in the BIOS for your RAM (to achieve the correct speed)

Finally the 3DMark score 9722, well over what you are requested.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1635370095

I hope it will help you get the hang of the thought process behind those jobs.
When in tight budget situations like here, you really need to use all you can to lower to the max the costs, and by a good thought process you can usually get there.

Last, there is a very good help around, it's an HTML calculator that may help you know what are the parts you may want to use, it's maybe also a good starting point to help solve those head scratching issues
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1596577871

Hope it will help you get through all those jobs, enjoy the game

[snake_angel_18]

I ended up buying two GPUs to finish the job and get the requested 3D Mark, but went over budget and only got one star on the job because of going over budget.

Thank you for explaining the thought process behind the job. I don't know anything at all about over clocking and don't work on computers and have limited knowledge about computer parts. I bought the game when the early access first came out because it looked fun. I'm somewhat learning about computer parts though the game, and don't always know the logic that the developers are using for the jobs.