Need assistance! Attempting to increase the clock speed of my Athlon X4 860k.

F5F Stay Refreshed Power Users Overclocking Need assistance! Attempting to increase the clock speed of my Athlon X4 860k.

creeps348
Junior Member

12-16-2017, 03:03 PM

I have an Athlon x4 860k on a Gigabyte F2A68HM-DS2H motherboard with a Hyper 212. I'm attempting to overclock. After disabling AMD Cool&Quiet and starting the process, I set the base clock to 3.8 ghz and boost to 4.1 ghz. However, the task manager and AMD OD continue to throttle it down to around 2.3 ghz, never reaching the full speed. I also tried lowering the base clock back to stock but left the boost unchanged without success. In the worst case, I might not be able to overclock on this board, which is acceptable since I'm making gradual progress toward getting a R5 1600x.

creeps348

12-16-2017, 03:03 PM #1

Texas1047
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12-18-2017, 03:33 PM

It's still a poor choice for overclocking. I wouldn't invest more money there. Consider using the standard voltage on your current board or stick to stock settings, and save your money for a new motherboard, CPU, or RAM.

Texas1047

12-18-2017, 03:33 PM #2

XgAbYoP
Member

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12-29-2017, 11:46 PM

The board claims to allow overclocking in theory, but in practice it will significantly slow down even with small adjustments.

XgAbYoP

12-29-2017, 11:46 PM #3

The board claims to allow overclocking in theory, but in practice it will significantly slow down even with small adjustments.

JRiley
Member

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12-30-2017, 12:27 AM

I spotted a budget-friendly board now that I'm checking out with an A88X chipset for around $35 and a MIR, so I plan to try it out because it's very affordable.

JRiley

12-30-2017, 12:27 AM #4

I spotted a budget-friendly board now that I'm checking out with an A88X chipset for around $35 and a MIR, so I plan to try it out because it's very affordable.