Overclock AMD FX 8320

[Rohit Jackdaw]

I have an AMD FX 8320 CPU and an ASRock Fatality 990FX Killer Mobo. Currently it runs at 4.2 Ghz on stock voltage. I also have a Hyper 212 Cooler. Temps are over safe limits but I don't care. The thing is at 4.4 Ghz on 1.3375 volts its temp increased only 3c. Stock voltage being 1.300 volts It was stable on all tests but on gaming Far Cry 3 for a long time like at the 6th hour the PC freezed without any response and I had to press the reset button. But why ? This previously occured with Watch Dogs but since after increasing to 1.3375 it never crashed(This is the first time a 6 hour continuous gamkng after overclocking). So what volts should I try. Is 4.4 way better than the current speed or should I even try 4.5 ? Thanks.

[Altecice]

Temps are over safe limits but I don't care. 

 

GL with your computer than thats all im going to say. dont except it to last long.

any crashes or freezes = not a stable OC so back off.

[Rohit Jackdaw]

Ok then I will stick with 4.2 itself. For a good cooler I want to invest more than 65 % the price of the chip itself so that's why I don't care. Anyway I too had that in mind but still it has 3 years warranty and after 3 years the price of these will be extremely low. But still I will stick with 4.2 as I think it performs well with my 760.

[JuztBe]

Ok then I will stick with 4.2 itself. For a good cooler I want to invest more than 65 % the price of the chip itself so that's why I don't care. Anyway I too had that in mind but still it has 3 years warranty and after 3 years the price of these will be extremely low. But still I will stick with 4.2 as I think it performs well with my 760.

It should be fine at stock volts with 212 evo. How did you applied thermal paste? And what kind of temps we are talking about? 90+?

[Rohit Jackdaw]

It should be fine at stock volts with 212 evo. How did you applied thermal paste? And what kind of temps we are talking about? 90+?

68c at heavy gaming and stress tests and specified max being 62c. That's the case and also I used HWMonitor and it is the temp under package. The TIM is AS5 but it was applied using a weird method by spreading with finger by my friend as he decided to help in the build.

[JuztBe]

68c at heavy gaming and stress tests and specified max being 62c. That's the case and also I used HWMonitor and it is the temp under package. The TIM is AS5 but it was applied using a weird method by spreading with finger by my friend as he decided to help in the build.

68C at max load is more than fine.

Spread with finger method umm..  bad. If it keeps 68C it's fine, but I would re apply it.

[Rohit Jackdaw]

68C at max load is more than fine.

Spread with finger method umm..  bad. If it keeps 68C it's fine, but I would re apply it.

What ? All people said it should not cross 62c though.

[JuztBe]

What ? All people said it should not cross 62c though.

I just read few forums posts and they are saying same thing. I'm confused :?

Re apply thermal paste then with pea size or line method.

[Rohit Jackdaw]

I just read few forums posts and they are saying same thing. I'm confused :?

Re apply thermal paste then with pea size or line method.

Usually dot method is used for AMD FX CPUs though.

[JuztBe]

Usually dot method is used for AMD FX CPUs though.

But not finger! thats for sure

[Rohit Jackdaw]

But not finger! thats for sure

Will do that for the sake of my one and only AMD CPU.

I just read few forums posts and they are saying same thing. I'm confused :?

Re apply thermal paste then with pea size or line method.

Yesterday while I was free I remounted the cooler horizontally with TIM applied in a large dot method and also added a top exhaust fan. I wiped the old TIM with an ordinary cloth as I did not have alcohol in stock. Aftrr wiping it was very clean except some colour in corners. That bits won't go easily. Anyways now temps max out at 59-60C. Is what I did fine ?

[Razzaa]

68C at max load is more than fine.

Spread with finger method umm.. bad. If it keeps 68C it's fine, but I would re apply it.

If thats the core temps im afraid to ask the VRM temps.........

Yesterday while I was free I remounted the cooler horizontally with TIM applied in a large dot method and also added a top exhaust fan. I wiped the old TIM with an ordinary cloth as I did not have alcohol in stock. Aftrr wiping it was very clean except some colour in corners. That bits won't go easily. Anyways now temps max out at 59-60C. Is what I did fine ?

For a reference I dont get those temps with a 4.8ghz OC @ 1.49v.......on a 8350. At 1.33v you should be well under the twmps you currently have. Maybe around 50c at full load.

[Bagmup]

I just read few forums posts and they are saying same thing. I'm confused :?

Re apply thermal paste then with pea size or line method.

 

Because AMD and intel have different thermal thresholds, whats there to get confused about?

 

AMD is 62c on the core, 72c on the socket.

[Rohit Jackdaw]

If thats the core temps im afraid to ask the VRM temps.........

For a reference I dont get those temps with a 4.8ghz OC @ 1.49v.......on a 8350. At 1.33v you should be well under the twmps you currently have. Maybe around 50c at full load.

Which is your cooler ?

[K_c1n]

If ure running at 68 for 6 hours its probabally overheated eathier get a better cooler or lower ure clock, did u turn off the turbo?

[asusfan]

I have an AMD FX 8320 CPU and an ASRock Fatality 990FX Killer Mobo. Currently it runs at 4.2 Ghz on stock voltage. I also have a Hyper 212 Cooler. Temps are over safe limits but I don't care. The thing is at 4.4 Ghz on 1.3375 volts its temp increased only 3c. Stock voltage being 1.300 volts It was stable on all tests but on gaming Far Cry 3 for a long time like at the 6th hour the PC freezed without any response and I had to press the reset button. But why ? This previously occured with Watch Dogs but since after increasing to 1.3375 it never crashed(This is the first time a 6 hour continuous gamkng after overclocking). So what volts should I try. Is 4.4 way better than the current speed or should I even try 4.5 ? Thanks.

I thought stock setting was 3.5ghz and @ 4.0ghz turbo clock?

 

so are you saying that you changed the default clock or turbo clock? which ever i am pretty sure its 3.5 & 4.0 on turbo.

how are you changing the settings? are you using the bios or the Asus suite software or other OCing method?

 

with the cooling, i think if you are using more than the stock settings you should look at custom liquid cooling if you intend to push them for a long time.

 

also what graphics cards are you using? the drivers can also cause crashes? i know with the AMD graphics i run the old driver was causing crashes but now the new driver came out not a problem in any games i own.

so might not just be your cpu, also look at your ram, if you are using a software to OC your cpu then it might also try to change / speed up your ram or your ram cant proccess the extra data rate speed coming from an overclocked cpu.

 

just saying might not be just a cpu problem.

[Rohit Jackdaw]

I thought stock setting was 3.5ghz and @ 4.0ghz turbo clock?

so are you saying that you changed the default clock or turbo clock? which ever i am pretty sure its 3.5 & 4.0 on turbo.

how are you changing the settings? are you using the bios or the Asus suite software or other OCing method?

with the cooling, i think if you are using more than the stock settings you should look at custom liquid cooling if you intend to push them for a long time.

also what graphics cards are you using? the drivers can also cause crashes? i know with the AMD graphics i run the old driver was causing crashes but now the new driver came out not a problem in any games i own.

so might not just be your cpu, also look at your ram, if you are using a software to OC your cpu then it might also try to change / speed up your ram or your ram cant proccess the extra data rate speed coming from an overclocked cpu.

just saying might not be just a cpu problem.

Nvidia Geforce GTX 760 is my gpu. Was at 4.4 speed and not turbo and because of temps now running at 4.2 on stock voltages and after reseating my cooler temps went down to below 60c. I am using BIOS overclocking using multiplier so RAM is not overclocked. But today in a small game call Euro Truck Simulator 2 it froze two times. I went and resetted my North Bridge overclock of 200 mhz and set HT Bus speed to auto and after that I even reinstalled windows. Now running fine. I also tested both my CPU and GPU by Overdrive and Kombustor for an hour. Now about to test RAM. Just for curiosity.

[Rohit Jackdaw]

If ure running at 68 for 6 hours its probabally overheated eathier get a better cooler or lower ure clock, did u turn off the turbo?

Turning off turbo made no changes. Now at auto. I also did some other things which I have already mentioned in the previous post as a reply to asusfan.

[asusfan]

Nvidia Geforce GTX 760 is my gpu. Was at 4.4 speed and not turbo and because of temps now running at 4.2 on stock voltages and after reseating my cooler temps went down to below 60c. I am using BIOS overclocking using multiplier so RAM is not overclocked. But today in a small game call Euro Truck Simulator 2 it froze two times. I went and resetted my North Bridge overclock of 200 mhz and set HT Bus speed to auto and after that I even reinstalled windows. Now running fine. I also tested both my CPU and GPU by Overdrive and Kombustor for an hour. Now about to test RAM. Just for curiosity.

well i have that same game Euro truck sim 2 and no problem on a FX6300.

i think it looks like your changing settings in the bios and not adjusted the ram will cause a problem, as the CPU is effectivly proccessing more instructions and data than the memory can handle (possibly) depending on you ram speeds and settings.

 

If i was you i would use the latest Nvida drivers, put everything in the bios back to default speeds (cpu, ram etc)

and use a software based ocing programme to adjust to a performance setting (not extreme) and see how it runs. also you could try default speeds.

[harrynowl]

I use line on FX because of the large die size. AMD recommend 62c max but my FX regularly ran around 75c core and at silly voltages (1.67v) and it still works just fine.