Overclocking 8320

[thebennyboy]

As the title says i want to overclock my FX 8320, the motherboard i have is in my sig. From what i see my motherboard doesn't have a VRM heatsink so i would be limited when overclocking. I can get 4Ghz at 1.36v but was wondering if that would be safe for the VRM's on this board? When i have it at a stock clock of 3.5Ghz i can get the voltage down to 1.18v.

 

This is the motherboard spec sheet: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_LE_R20/specifications/

[Cacao]

The 8320 boosts to 4Ghz on it's own, so you've essentially done nothing except take up the voltage.

[thebennyboy]

The 8320 boosts to 4Ghz on it's own, so you've essentially done nothing except take up the voltage.

 

I know that, but i have been told by a few people that the VRM's on this board weren't adequate for overclocking this CPU to 4Ghz as the VRM's would get extremely hot and may cause instability. Just wanted to some clarification as to whether it is safe for the VRM's at 4Ghz at 1.36v on THIS BOARD.

[Cacao]

I know that, but i have been told by a few people that the VRM's on this board weren't adequate for overclocking this CPU to 4Ghz as the VRM's would get extremely hot and may cause instability. Just wanted to some clarification as to whether it is safe for the VRM's at 4Ghz at 1.36v on THIS BOARD.

But why are you changing the voltage?? Just leave everything at stock if you only want to get to 4Ghz, and if your stock CPU does any damage then your warranty will cover it.

[harrynowl]

The 8320 boosts to 4Ghz on it's own, so you've essentially done nothing except take up the voltage.

It only does 4GHz on a single core and it does 4GHz at 1.425v as the boost state. So not quite correct.

 

If you just want 4GHz you'd probably be able to run at 1.325v, my 8320 did 4.3 at 1.325v.

 

Just disable turbo mode so it doesn't interfere.

[Cacao]

It only does 4GHz on a single core and it does 4GHz at 1.425v as the boost state. So not quite correct.

 

If you just want 4GHz you'd probably be able to run at 1.325v, my 8320 did 4.3 at 1.325v.

 

Just disable turbo mode so it doesn't interfere.

Ah I see, I thought turbo boost was on all cores, my bad.

[harrynowl]

Ah I see, I thought turbo boost was on all cores, my bad.

, on all cores I think it goes up to 3.7ghz tops, but I can't validate this.

 

Turbo is still quite messy in my opinion on CPUs and it confuses customers.

[i_build_nanosuits]

OP disable turbo boost first and then see how far you can push the CPU with 1.35v on the core...with that motherboard you have i would not try to push anything more than 1.375v just to be on the safe side...

if it's for gaming only 1.38v it's fine since games won't use the CPU to 100% at any time...if you do a lot of video rendering and video encoding that takes prolonged period of time to process then you might want

to make a second overclocking profile in the bios that you could use for doing those jobs as they will push the CPU beyond what your motherboard could handle even at 1.35v...i would recommand the second profile to be

3.5ghz at 1.325v or something similar that is stable.