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Does the FX-8320 reach its overclocking potential when paired with an MSI 970 gaming motherboard?

Does the FX-8320 reach its overclocking potential when paired with an MSI 970 gaming motherboard?

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11-04-2016, 01:53 PM
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pigeoncracker :
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Jeez, well, didn't realise that. CPU stays around 50C as you had said. You learn new things every day. I'll certainly overclock plenty more. Thanks for all that information. It helps greatly!
i've been overclocking CPUs a long time. My last two AMD cpus were a phenomII x965be and a fx8320, both of which I overclocked the shot out of; Piledriver works a little bit differently from phenom, but many of the basics are the same.
generally you can treat piledriver like you could treat the old P4s when overclocking, which is basically shove all the voltage your cpu cooler can cool into it. As long as the chip isn't overheating it can go further. Intel's and the old phenomII didn't work like that, my current i5-4690k pretty much topped out at 4.2ghz, and no amount of vcore will get me past it, no temp issues at all, the cpu just isn't stable past that point. figure the problem is either the motherboard or ram, but i'm not buying a new motherboard and ram to overclock an i5-4690k which is clocked up fine and does a good job for me.
Sometimes you win the lottery sometimes you lose. this cpu was a dud, my old fx8320 was a gem. That thing overclocked like a beast. I suspect you probably will replace your corsair h55 with something better and that cpu (if the motherboard can take it) will hit 4.8-5ghz. Not with the h55, but with something better it should.
H55 is crap. Got it from a friend. Noisy as nothing else I've used, but works. Used to be using a Hyper 212 Plus and still wondering if it was an upgrade or not. I mean, looks "cooler" at least.
It doesn't really seem to like 4.6GHz. I'm at 1.54V and still trying to get it stable. I swear I had gotten it at a lower point before, or maybe it's just a setting I have somewhere on the motherboard that's being finicky. Just recently, however, I had an odd moment where the computer just stopped, turned off and then the power led started blinking like it went into hibernate. Wouldn't turn on until I unplugged it for a bit. I doubt this is normal, but is there anything that I should be worried about that with?
Regarding computer programs. Is using MSI Command Center more accurate than, let's say OpenHardwareMonitor or AIDA64?
I would use the bios to overclock, back your voltage down. too much voltage can destabilize a chip as effectively as too little.
here is a great guide for overclocking piledriver via the bios, it's written for an Asus motherboard, but many of the principles of overclocking via the bios are all legit in it.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-b...otherboard
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11-04-2016, 01:53 PM #11

pigeoncracker :
ingtar33 :
pigeoncracker :
Jeez, well, didn't realise that. CPU stays around 50C as you had said. You learn new things every day. I'll certainly overclock plenty more. Thanks for all that information. It helps greatly!
i've been overclocking CPUs a long time. My last two AMD cpus were a phenomII x965be and a fx8320, both of which I overclocked the shot out of; Piledriver works a little bit differently from phenom, but many of the basics are the same.
generally you can treat piledriver like you could treat the old P4s when overclocking, which is basically shove all the voltage your cpu cooler can cool into it. As long as the chip isn't overheating it can go further. Intel's and the old phenomII didn't work like that, my current i5-4690k pretty much topped out at 4.2ghz, and no amount of vcore will get me past it, no temp issues at all, the cpu just isn't stable past that point. figure the problem is either the motherboard or ram, but i'm not buying a new motherboard and ram to overclock an i5-4690k which is clocked up fine and does a good job for me.
Sometimes you win the lottery sometimes you lose. this cpu was a dud, my old fx8320 was a gem. That thing overclocked like a beast. I suspect you probably will replace your corsair h55 with something better and that cpu (if the motherboard can take it) will hit 4.8-5ghz. Not with the h55, but with something better it should.
H55 is crap. Got it from a friend. Noisy as nothing else I've used, but works. Used to be using a Hyper 212 Plus and still wondering if it was an upgrade or not. I mean, looks "cooler" at least.
It doesn't really seem to like 4.6GHz. I'm at 1.54V and still trying to get it stable. I swear I had gotten it at a lower point before, or maybe it's just a setting I have somewhere on the motherboard that's being finicky. Just recently, however, I had an odd moment where the computer just stopped, turned off and then the power led started blinking like it went into hibernate. Wouldn't turn on until I unplugged it for a bit. I doubt this is normal, but is there anything that I should be worried about that with?
Regarding computer programs. Is using MSI Command Center more accurate than, let's say OpenHardwareMonitor or AIDA64?
I would use the bios to overclock, back your voltage down. too much voltage can destabilize a chip as effectively as too little.
here is a great guide for overclocking piledriver via the bios, it's written for an Asus motherboard, but many of the principles of overclocking via the bios are all legit in it.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-b...otherboard

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