Unless you are experienced in overclocking and understand the risks involved I would avoid it. Either way, No I don't recommend using either of them in general. *Requires: Zen 3 CPU like Ryzen 9 5950X, Ryzen 9 5900X, Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 7 5700G, Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 5 5600G*Īt this point you can't use it on a Ryzen 3000 CPU like you have. Support for GPUs is also being added to the software as well. When games are being played run the CPU this way. For example when a heavier AVX workload is happening run the CPU this way. CPU optimization with more options to set certain criteria for different workloads.

Hydra seems to be the next iteration of CTR with more features. Which you can then keep in mind when dialing in your manual overclock.

It can be helpful to read the diagnostic and get a better idea which of your cores are better than others. There is no guarantee that the settings the software chose are going to stable in every single workload. It's not always a one click and you're done experience like many people expect. Although there were some shortcomings with CTR as there often are when you are changing power and clocks. An automated overclocking/optimization application which is intended to help get the most performance out of the CPU. Hydra is a new piece of software which is similar to CTR.

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