Hows my overclock?

[acidydragon]

Hello all!

I was just wondering your opinion on my OC.

Is it good for my CPU? (8320)

 

I didn't end up hitting a voltage cap, but rather a temp cap (70C in Synthetic benchmarks [prime95])

 

I got up to 4.414 Ghz, [Mult:20, Bus:220]  Voltage is at 1.404 V

 

Does all look good, or is something a little to inflated?

Is the temp normal, or does it seem to be really hot? (Looks pretty normal to me, but I'm naive.)

 

[jscho]

Your times are fine. 70c is pretty good.

[nicehat]

Hello all!

I was just wondering your opinion on my OC.

Is it good for my CPU? (8320)

 

I didn't end up hitting a voltage cap, but rather a temp cap (70C in Synthetic benchmarks [prime95])

 

I got up to 4.414 Ghz, [Mult:20, Bus:220]  Voltage is at 1.404 V

 

Does all look good, or is something a little to inflated?

Is the temp normal, or does it seem to be really hot? (Looks pretty normal to me, but I'm naive.)

 

Tmax is 90 (70 coretemp on cores) but they start to throttle at 65. So try keeping your temps below that. Have you turned off all the BIOS functionality (cool n quiet etc.?)

[WoodenMarker]

Looks normal. 

[acidydragon]

Tmax is 90 (70 coretemp on cores) but they start to throttle at 65. So try keeping your temps below that. Have you turned off all the BIOS functionality (cool n quiet etc.?)

Yeah, it's all off.

70 is under a synthetic bench,

Wouldn't it be lower in actual gaming?

[acidydragon]

Also, 70 would be the temp cap that I should push it to, yes/no?

I found that number somewhere in the LTT forums, in a post long buried.

[airdeano]

Also, 70 would be the temp cap that I should push it to, yes/no?

I found that number somewhere in the LTT forums, in a post long buried.

 

i've used ASUS CH5FZ guide and push 74-76° with no throttling. ROG is saying that's

a normal overclock temp. i seem to agree as the "actual" temperature isn't known as

most softies miss the sensor address a bit and the readings are all over the place.

the biggest thing i look at is the VRM/MOSFET temperature. usually higher than CPU

and just a important for stability. if you have a fan available, direct it at the VRM/MOSFET.

 

 

 

 

From ROG: However, you’ll also notice the CPU temperature has increased a lot too; our setup here recorded a delta T of 49°C. This is hot, as expected, but still within the TJMax of the chip though.

[acidydragon]

@airdeano

What are you using to monitor your temps? Mine doesn't have VRM/MOSFET temps.

 

Using HWMonitor, this is what I see

[airdeano]

@airdeano

What are you using to monitor your temps? Mine doesn't have VRM/MOSFET temps.

 

Using HWMonitor, this is what I see

 

i used the AI Suite II temporarily to set clock and temp values. once i had the differences,

uninstalled AI Suite and use HWMonitor and know what the offset is.

 

i used an Inferred Temp Gun for the VRM/MOSFET. shows 84°C A 1.465v 4.8GHZ.

normal 24/7 is 4.5GHz (6% loss in benchmarks - wooo!)

[acidydragon]

Much appriciated.

 

I dropped my NB clock and such back down closer to stock (they bumped up with my CPU), and got better temps (a reduction of like 4 degrees.)

I'm going to aim for 4.5Ghz on my CPU That was my ultimate goal for my current cooler (The terrible H70)

[acidydragon]

@airdeano

Success!

4.5Ghz stable! (Also, at 69 C. Woot)

1.42V I believe is what it's set at.

 

Thanks for the help all! Super stoked.

 

Also, Memory clocked at 2099 Mhz (1866 Mhz modules)

[acidydragon]

Errrrggg... After stress testing for about half an hour, a core failed!

 

I'm sitting just under 1.44V, my temps are right at 70C... 

Is there anything I can do to get this stable? 

Or do I need to back off my OC to 4.4?

 

@airdeano @WoodenMarker

 

I just tested the 4.5 at the 1.439V, and got a fail after 30 minutes of testing...

I guess until I get a better suggestion, I'll back it off to 4.4... So close to my goal...

Maybe I'll try 4.45...

 

I can only complain so much, I'm right around 1Ghz over what stock is...

Here's some pictures of my UEFI screen,

Everything look normal?

(I just feel like the Voltage is a higher than I expected for this level of OC.)

 

Edit:

Got to 4475 Mhz, just under my goal... But close as I can get... Prime95 has been running for 45 minutes without issue... Gonna let it continue for a minimum of an hour.

[Analog]

What kind of cooler are you using?

[acidydragon]

@Analog 

Corsair H70 AIO

[Prokart2000]

I suppose you wont hit that in gaming

[acidydragon]

@Prokart2000

Every forum I could find, said that 70C was the max in SYNTHETIC benchmarks.

That your CPU won't actually hit 100% constantly in any gaming environment.

[Analog]

@Prokart2000

Every forum I could find, said that 70C was the max in SYNTHETIC benchmarks.

That your CPU won't actually hit 100% constantly in any gaming environment.

 

True, but I wouldn't really push the overclock too far on that cooler, since the 8320 does kick a lot of heat when overclocked. I remember that my Corsair H80 wasn't coping very well with high overclocks unless the fans were at 100% all the time. 

[harrynowl]

A recurring pattern with FX8320s is they get to a point where they require massive (50mV+) jumps per 100MHz. For me that happens going past 4.3GHz.

[nicehat]

@acidydragon

I'm on my phone so I can't quote but you are exactly right. A game won't take you to the same limits that a synthetic bench does. If your cpu runs stable with prime for an hour and a half, its good enough to game with. A 24/7 oc, not so much. I take my 8350 to 4.7 when gaming and back it down to a regular oc of 4.3.

This is all done through an "in-os" overclock so you can change it on the fly. If you can get your bios gaming oc settings into an os oc utility, it will be easier for you to switch back and forth depending on what you are doing.

[acidydragon]

True, but I wouldn't really push the overclock too far on that cooler, since the 8320 does kick a lot of heat when overclocked. I remember that my Corsair H80 wasn't coping very well with high overclocks unless the fans were at 100% all the time. 

My fans stay at 100% all the time anyway. Noise isn't an issue.