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Overclocking and a 970 Chipset

Suika
By Suika
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I'm getting mixed reviews. Can a 970 chipset overclock? Like at all?

I know I toyed with my 8350 and couldn't get a stable 4.4GHz on stock voltage, using a 970 Extreme4, but a recent thread has peaked my curiosity with a user being able to achieve a mild overclock on an 8320 with an M5A97.

Is it possible? Is it smart?

if you have to insist you think for yourself, i'm not going to believe you.

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Yes, you can oc on the 970 chipset. 

Is it smart? *shrug*

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The Extreme4 has a terrible VRM design. I wouldn't advise overclocking much at all with that board. The 970 chipset is more than capable of overclocking, I have a Gigabyte 970 board and I overclocked my 6350 to 5GHz. The Asus M5A97 isn't much better than your Extreme4. The only 970 board that I could recommend for overclocking an 8 core would be the GA-970A-UD3(P).

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