Would it be wise to boost your A10 5800K APU's clock speed using the built-in cooler? (2017 talk)

F5F Stay Refreshed Power Users Overclocking Would it be wise to boost your A10 5800K APU's clock speed using the built-in cooler? (2017 talk)

QuintenvH2001
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06-24-2025, 04:49 AM

My Gigabyte F2A55M-DS2 motherboard runs at around 30℃ ambient temperature. The base clock is 3.8Ghz (4.2 on turbo). I need to reach approximately 4.4 Ghz at most. Please assist me with this.

QuintenvH2001

06-24-2025, 04:49 AM #1

My Gigabyte F2A55M-DS2 motherboard runs at around 30℃ ambient temperature. The base clock is 3.8Ghz (4.2 on turbo). I need to reach approximately 4.4 Ghz at most. Please assist me with this.

The_Trap
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06-24-2025, 11:10 AM

I did the same thing myself—I pushed my CPU to 4.7 GHz at 1.49V with just a tower cooler. 4.4-4.5 at about 1.4V should work fine. If anything goes wrong, Ryzen R3/5 will be great for gaming.

The_Trap

06-24-2025, 11:10 AM #2

I did the same thing myself—I pushed my CPU to 4.7 GHz at 1.49V with just a tower cooler. 4.4-4.5 at about 1.4V should work fine. If anything goes wrong, Ryzen R3/5 will be great for gaming.

Teksanity
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06-24-2025, 12:00 PM

I use a Gigabyte F2A55M-DS2 motherboard with a temperature around 30℃. The base clock is 3.8Ghz (4.2 on turbo). I’m hoping to reach about 4.4 Ghz at most, could you assist me with this? Overclocking creates heat, it seems like a high overclock so I might consider switching to an AIO.

Teksanity

06-24-2025, 12:00 PM #3

Dylanhtx
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06-26-2025, 09:35 AM

I did the same thing myself—I pushed my CPU to 4.7 GHz at 1.49V with just a tower cooler. 4.4-4.5 at about 1.4V should work fine. If anything goes wrong, Ryzen R3/5 will be great for gaming.

Dylanhtx

06-26-2025, 09:35 AM #4

I did the same thing myself—I pushed my CPU to 4.7 GHz at 1.49V with just a tower cooler. 4.4-4.5 at about 1.4V should work fine. If anything goes wrong, Ryzen R3/5 will be great for gaming.