Trying to boost performance but still stable at default power settings (beginner)
Trying to boost performance but still stable at default power settings (beginner)
Hi everyone,
I'm just starting out with overclocking and currently working on my AMD Athlon X4 860K CPU. The stock speed is 3700 MHz at a voltage of 1.3750. I increased the multiplier to 37x, which set the base clock to 100 MHz. Then I pushed it further to 44x, reaching a clock speed of 4400 MHz (approximately 4392 MHz). Despite these changes, I haven't experienced any crashes.
I've been using RealBench for about 15 minutes on ASUS Rogue, and after that, I played Skyrim Ultra with maximum settings and fought a dragon for 10 to 15 minutes without any issues. Even after 15 minutes of RealBench and another 15 minutes of Aida64 TRIAL version, nothing happened.
I'm aware of the silicon lottery, but I'm still unsure if running at 4400 MHz with the stock voltage is feasible. I'm worried it might be too risky and could lead to a crash without proper confirmation. The RealBench stress test always passes, and Aida64 reports a stress test started before nothing happened, ending when I finished. This is confusing, especially since this is my first build.
I have an XFX Core Pro 550 Watt PSU and an ASRock FM2A88XPro3+ motherboard. Please help me out!
It seems you got a solid chip. Enjoy!
I want to mention though
The settings I used are manual, and on AMD overdrive it reads 1.3750 volts, but on AIDA64's CPU ID it fluctuates between 1,418 and 1.429 and 1.3760 or similar in spikes.
I also turned off Turbo Core and set Vcore to manual, which suggests the software might not be interpreting it correctly.