Can you upgrade the Athlon 860K to reach 4.3 GHz?
Can you upgrade the Athlon 860K to reach 4.3 GHz?
thermal margin on amd overdrive peaked at 25.8 but is now at 27.6 after running prime95 for about 5 minutes. Now your temperature readings seem incorrect. The thermal margin reflects the opposite of the temperature. Higher thermal margin means lower temperature. If AOD shows more than 20 degrees C under load, your temperatures are likely normal. It might be related to the motherboard or CPU causing trouble with accurate readings. Trust AOD for AMD processors.
Tooth12311 shared observations about thermal margin behavior on AMD overdrive and stress testing with Prime95. They noted discrepancies between temperature readings and thermal margin values, suggesting possible issues with cooling or CPU reporting. The user also asked if the problem might stem from the motherboard or CPU affecting their ability to reach higher temperatures.
You might be relying heavily on the silicone lottery. Yet it still amazes me how the Rosewill RCX-Z1 manages those temperatures at such high speeds. Probably because you didn’t raise the voltage. I had to adjust my CPU’s voltage to keep it stable above 4.2 GHz.
If you think you have some room for temperature adjustments and want to continue, increase the vcore a bit. Raise it by about 0.005 at a time and check if stability returns. I wouldn’t go that far with this board, though.