Overclocking AMD FX-8320e

[Hotcookie]

Right, so it's been two years of having this PC really wanting to overclock for more single core performance but never having the courage to do it. Can someone please give me some directions in using this motherboard bios and telling me what options to change and not change and what overclock would be stable and if anyone has an overclock with these specs can show me all the settings for it (I know that chips can be worse or better with OCs)

 

Specs:

AMD FX-8320e CPU

Gigabyte GA-990X motherboard

Corsair CX500M PSU

Arctic Freezer 7 pro 

[Turtle Rig]

24 minutes ago, Hotcookie said:

Right, so it's been two years of having this PC really wanting to overclock for more single core performance but never having the courage to do it. Can someone please give me some directions in using this motherboard bios and telling me what options to change and not change and what overclock would be stable and if anyone has an overclock with these specs can show me all the settings for it (I know that chips can be worse or better with OCs)

 

Specs:

AMD FX-8320e CPU

Gigabyte GA-990X motherboard

Corsair CX500M PSU

Arctic Freezer 7 pro 

The CPU is very dated, OCing it won't really help as much as a SSD will help.  Grab a SSD if you don't have one already and you will notice you dont really need to overclock that dated CPU and things will be snappy.  A hard disk drive and your asking for slow motion hehe. So ya you should first get a SSD then worry about overclocking.

[Hotcookie]

11 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

The CPU is very dated, OCing it won't really help as much as a SSD will help.  Grab a SSD if you don't have one already and you will notice you dont really need to overclock that dated CPU and things will be snappy.  A hard disk drive and your asking for slow motion hehe. So ya you should first get a SSD then worry about overclocking.

I am grabbing a m.2 very soon but want more single core performance in games, and yes I know this CPU is very dated ;(

[Turtle Rig]

4 hours ago, Hotcookie said:

I am grabbing a m.2 very soon but want more single core performance in games, and yes I know this CPU is very dated ;(

You will really like things with your current CPU when you add a SSD.  It will give the computer new life.  Do it and never look back.

[gepowr]

5 hours ago, Hotcookie said:

I am grabbing a m.2 very soon but want more single core performance in games, and yes I know this CPU is very dated ;(

I don't think the 8320e is a great overclocker but it CAN be definitely worth it. What gpu are you using and what games are you playing ?

 

EDIT: I found this post here:

And i agree. I would start at setting a 1.3V fixed core voltage and see what you can do from there. 

[Hotcookie]

2 hours ago, gepowr said:

I don't think the 8320e is a great overclocker but it CAN be definitely worth it. What gpu are you using and what games are you playing ?

 

EDIT: I found this post here:

And i agree. I would start at setting a 1.3V fixed core voltage and see what you can do from there. 

Thanks, I am using an Asus Strix RX-570 at 1400Mhz, mostly playing Fortnite :), Forza Horizon 4 and a game called BeamNG Drive. Could you also could you tell me what options to change in the gigabyte bios? And from that post you are recomending 1.3V right?

[gepowr]

5 hours ago, Hotcookie said:

Thanks, I am using an Asus Strix RX-570 at 1400Mhz, mostly playing Fortnite :), Forza Horizon 4 and a game called BeamNG Drive. Could you also could you tell me what options to change in the gigabyte bios? And from that post you are recomending 1.3V right?

1.300V should be a good voltage to start. I would try to increase your multiplyer slowly and run stress tests to see if it's stable and within good temperatures. Most 8320/8320e should achieve 4GHz without increasing the voltage too much. So you should be able to achieve 4GHz at 1.300V and then start to lower your core voltage until the point where it's stable with the lowest core voltage possible. I own a fx 8320 and i was able to achieve 4GHz on stock core voltage. Make sure you stay under 70°C though, since the fx series will start thermal throttling at temperatures over 70°C. It really depends on how high you want to overclock. If you want to make sure not to screw something up voltage wise, you could lock the core voltage to the stock voltage and just increase the multiplieer as far as possible. If your pc crashes, you can either reset defaults in the bios or lower your multiplieer to make it stable again.

I suggest you to check out some videos on youtube. In many cases there are videos for your specific mainboard. 

[Hotcookie]

10 hours ago, gepowr said:

1.300V should be a good voltage to start. I would try to increase your multiplyer slowly and run stress tests to see if it's stable and within good temperatures. Most 8320/8320e should achieve 4GHz without increasing the voltage too much. So you should be able to achieve 4GHz at 1.300V and then start to lower your core voltage until the point where it's stable with the lowest core voltage possible. I own a fx 8320 and i was able to achieve 4GHz on stock core voltage. Make sure you stay under 70°C though, since the fx series will start thermal throttling at temperatures over 70°C. It really depends on how high you want to overclock. If you want to make sure not to screw something up voltage wise, you could lock the core voltage to the stock voltage and just increase the multiplieer as far as possible. If your pc crashes, you can either reset defaults in the bios or lower your multiplieer to make it stable again.

I suggest you to check out some videos on youtube. In many cases there are videos for your specific mainboard. 

Woah. 4 on stock voltage? What settings should I change while overclocking I know some settings need to change but don't know what ones (in the bios). Sorry but how does the multiplier work? 

Last question what CPU stress test do you use/recommend?