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CPU Voltage Issue When Overclocking

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I'm trying to overclock my AMD FX-8320 with my MSI 970A-G46 motherboard and im running into an issue with voltage. Whenever i change the cpu voltage or even while it's at stock, it seems to always jump around and not stay constant. This causes errors in prime95 if i try to go over 4GHz because the voltage will dip too low, whenever it feels like it, to supply the cpu with sufficient power. Any suggestions?

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That board isn't really meant for overclocking an 8 core as it has a 4+1 power phase vrm design. I would enable load line calibration to keep the voltage stable at high load.

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I'm trying to overclock my AMD FX-8320 with my MSI 970A-G46 motherboard and im running into an issue with voltage. Whenever i change the cpu voltage or even while it's at stock, it seems to always jump around and not stay constant. This causes errors in prime95 if i try to go over 4GHz because the voltage will dip too low, whenever it feels like it, to supply the cpu with sufficient power. Any suggestions?

 

That board isn't really meant for overclocking an 8 core as it has a 4+1 power phase vrm design. I would enable load line calibration to keep the voltage stable at high load.

basically  everything Ryan said is true, but I wanted to add the same suggestion so I'll just bold it.

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This article  will probably help you.  This should specifically address your problem.  

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Why overclockers should understand Load-Line Calibration.


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