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back when I reviewed the risin 5-series one of the most commonly asked questions was should I buy the risin 5 1600 or the 1600 X typically the X model which sounds much cooler costs around 20 to 30 dollars us more but is it as cool as it sounds my advice to viewers at the time was to opt for the cheaper non ex model which includes the really nice race stealth box cooler whereas the 1600 X doesn't actually come with a cooler at all despite costing more the X models are said to be bin ships and that's how the added price is justified but I've found that many of them 9x models overclocked just as well and not all X models will hit the expected 4 gigahertz frequency anyway that said I've got two 1600 and two 1600 X chips on hand right now and all four run happily at 4 gigahertz using 1.37 5 volts with ddr4 3,200 memory so if you plan to overclock the non ex model in my opinion is the way to go and I'd certainly encourage any of you thinking of overclocking of thinking of buying a rising processor to definitely overclock it especially given how easy it is and you will see greatly improved performance the situation with the new Verizon 330 100 X and 1200 is a little different here there is a rather large discrepancy in the XR frequencies and that's the extended frequency range mode for those wondering where is the 1600 X clock up to 5 percent higher than the 1600 the 1300 X can operate up to 13 percent higher than the 1200 the difference in the base clocks isn't that extreme but for gaming the XFR frequency will make more of a difference that said the 1300 X does cost 18 percent more than the 1200 so in terms of price versus performance it's not going to be as good given at best it will only be a little over 10% faster the 1300 X does however come with the same box cooler as the 1200 so a better option than the 1600 X in that regard so if you're not going to overclock then the 1300 X is a decent value option however as I said earlier rising overclocking is dead easy and if you want in this video you should be resourceful enough to figure it out we're certainly not talking about extreme overclocking here either chances are you only need to change a single setting in the BIOS to mimic 1300 X like performance with the 1200 let me show you what I mean after loading into the BIOS you'll want to locate the CPUs clock multiplier or frequency option it'll vary depending on your motherboard but we labeled something like that in the case of the Azeroth boards you want to never get to the second tab titled OC Tweaker then you want to set the CPU frequency and voltage change option from auto to manual here you'll see that the CPU frequency value is shown in megahertz and it's set to 3100 by default simply change this figure from 3100 to say 3700 and now all the calls will be running at 3.7 gigahertz effectively making the 1200 now faster than the 1300 X so this overclocked no other settings need to be changed that's it simply save and exit the system will reboot and load into Windows with the CPU now running all course at 3.7 gigahertz a quick check with Cinebench r15 and we see the 1200 is now indeed faster than a stock 1300 X as it can now produce a multi-threaded score of 572 points it's almost a 30% increase overstock and an 11% increase over the stock 1300 X pretty good for around 30 seconds worth of tinkering I reckon also keep in mind this can all be achieved without spending any additional money on a special motherboard for example a basic be 350 board will do and the AMD race stealth box cooler can easily support this overclock additionally you could also achieve this overclock using AMD's rise and master software within Windows and it works very well but I find the bios method quick and easy so as you can see there really is no need to spend that extra $20 us on a 1300 X if you're willing to be a teeny tiny bit tech savvy anyway it's not a seriously big deal either way but saving a bit here and there on a budget build really can help I'd rather spend that money for example somewhere where it can make a noticeable difference like getting a faster GPU or maybe a bigger SSD something along those lines anyway that's going to do it for this one if you liked this video then please be sure to hit the like button and give us your thoughts on the new risin three CPUs I'm your host Steve see you again next time guys