How impressive is this original character creation for a low-budget MOBO?
How impressive is this original character creation for a low-budget MOBO?
My friend required a fast overclock for his system. I’m not very familiar with AMD products. He increased the CPU speed to a consistent 4.40GHz with a voltage of 1.4 volts using an 212 EVO processor, which operates at around 46°C during heavy use. The multicore performance reached 702 points in Cinebench. He also has a R9 380 GPU. I adjusted the clock speeds to 1150 MHz for the CPU and 1643 MHz for the GPU. Under load, the GPU maintained a temperature of about 74°C and idled at roughly 36°C.
These results seem reasonable for AMD hardware on this motherboard?
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product...id=5195#ov
Can I further enhance his CPU performance?
Specifications:
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core at 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) with an OC of 4.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GD5T OC 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 (OC at 1150MHz, 1500Mhz memory)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 Orange Flame Edition
Ram: ADATA XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3
MOBO: Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Classic GA-78LMT-USB3 Desktop Motherboard
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 1200W 80Plus Platinum
HDD: WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive – 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB cache
Additional Drives: (2) WESTERN DIGITAL 160GB 7200RPM SATA-II, 8MB cache
SSD Boot Drive: SanDisk 2.5" 128GB SATA III SDSSDP-128G-G25
OS: Windows 10 Home
IceBergs :
Got it.
I am going to suggest buying a new board. DO you think this is a nice solution AND he would finally be getting SATA 3.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813130922
That board also appears to be a 4+1 stage. 8+2 is a bit pricier, but will honestly be much safer.
This board
seems to be 8+2, and is priced well. It can be found for less on other websites though.
Some motherboards should have 6+2, which would be better than 4+1 and cheaper than 8+2, but I couldn't find any.
icraft :
That mobo only has a 4+1 phase on it. I'm honestly not sure I would overclock it at all, due to the high power usage of the 8320.
Numbers wise though that's pretty good, it's just that it might melt.
Got it.
I am going to suggest buying a new board. DO you think this is a nice solution AND he would finally be getting SATA 3.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813130922
IceBergs :
Got it.
I am going to suggest buying a new board. DO you think this is a nice solution AND he would finally be getting SATA 3.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813130922
That board also appears to be a 4+1 stage. 8+2 is a bit pricier, but will honestly be much safer.
This board
seems to be 8+2, and is priced well. It can be found for less on other websites though.
Some motherboards should have 6+2, which would be better than 4+1 and cheaper than 8+2, but I couldn't find any.