AMD FX8350 Need Help OC
AMD FX8350 Need Help OC
Hi, welcome as a new member and valued reader.
I have a couple of questions: "Why do you think my OC won’t go any higher?" and "Where is my weak spot?"
I’m completely confident with this setup. I can achieve 4400MHz stability only if I enable auto OC, which I don’t think is safe. Anything above that usually doesn’t prime well for more than the initial test, or it crashes during destop play (maybe a separate problem?).
I’ve benchmarked at 4.8 and 4.9, kept under 55°C, but it won’t prime well for long and my games finish quickly in minutes without any crashes except during prime95. Temperatures stay below 53°C consistently, so I believe there’s potential to raise the temperature on that chip up to 62°C.
I’ve tried increasing voltage up to 1.5V, but I haven’t managed to get temps above 55°C. My CPU idles at 28°C in the cold room and my motherboard at 21°C.
Overclock settings:
- Multiplier: 21.5 (for 4300MHz)
- Bus: 200MHz (stock)
- CPU voltage: 1.3
- CPU/NB voltage: 1.2
- DRAM voltage: 1.5 (stock)
- NB voltage: 1.1 (stock)
- VDDA voltage: 2.5 (stock)
- NB HT voltage: 1.2 (stock)
- SB voltage: 1.1 (stock)
- NB 1.8 voltage: 1.8 (stock)
System specs:
Windows 10 64-bit
AMD FX-8350 vishera
Corsair H100i H20 cooler
14GB dual channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-13-13-35)
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Socket 942
Sapphire ATI AMD Radeon R9 280X Dual-X (2)
1 terabyte HDD in RAID 0
Corsair 600M power supply
No optical drives
Realtek audio drivers
Thanks!
Prime 95 forces your processor to its limit, but gaming doesn't. Each processor will increase its speed differently. I wouldn't really push that 970 board too hard since they're known to have heat problems.
Prime 95 forces your processor to its limit, but gaming doesn't. Each processor will increase its speed differently. I wouldn't really push that 970 board too hard since they're known to have heat problems.
There is no unique advantage about Prime—the original can handle any number of stress tests.
OCCT or the AMD stability test will fully utilize the CPU, and the OP can layer any performance claims they like for a 'multitasking monster' assessment.
CineBench15, streaming in Vegas, recording a game while stressed, is more representative of real-world conditions than Prime could possibly match.