Can the system achieve a stable 4.4 overclock?
Can the system achieve a stable 4.4 overclock?
Evening everyone,
I recently acquired the Corsair H75 Hydro series cooler for my AMD FX8350 and attempted to push it to 4.4 GHz. After trying, I ran a Prime95 test and within three seconds, the workers froze and displayed a blue screen. I lowered it back to 4.2 GHz and tested again, but in under two minutes, three workers stopped too. I found a tutorial by JayzTwoCentz suggesting a voltage adjustment, though my dad warned me it could damage the system.
Do you have any advice on how to proceed?
Increase the voltage slowly. If you followed the guide and it suggested this, then why wouldn't you try? It won't cause your computer to explode, but be careful not to go too far. Just keep going until it stabilizes.
Increase the voltage to the CPU gradually by +0.04 until it stabilizes
Be cautious when increasing the motherboard's speed. There are no heat-sinks for the MOSFETs. Switching to liquid cooling has taken away all the airflow from your VRMs that the air cooler used to provide. I would suggest adding a fan or directing one towards the VRMs.
That is a decent size case so you should be able to install more fans if the VRMs become an issue. The Corsair H75 Hydro is borderline for anything but stock frequency and any decent OC would require a H105 or better.
With a few Bios Tweaks you should achieve stability and JayzTwoCentz tutorial will help you get there.
If you have issues I can help you.