How to overclock FX 8320

[amujaba]

Hi, is there anyone who can help to overclock my cpu? it tells that my cpu is running 3.5ghz stock and it can overclock to 4.0ghz boost. Also my GPU which is R9 270x.

here are my specs:

Mobo - asrock fatal1ty 990fx killer series

GPU - sapphire R9 270x 2GB

PSU - Thermaltake lite power 700W

 

PS. 3.5 to 4.0 is there an improvement?

Thanks!

[D3MON]

bump multi to 22 or so, set voltage to 1.45v done.
check voltages with cpu-z in windows at idle and under load, should stay as close to 1.45 as possible if it goes up to 1.5 reboot and check your loadline calibration, high and ultra loadline is to be avoided, test with prime95 for an hour (or amd overdrive)
just play with the overclock, you'll learn allot, you'll be okay, overclocking is easy.
itll only make a difference in single threaded games a 20% overclock will get you 20% more fps so 120fps instead of 100fps.

also in games like battlefield and crysis etc itll make no difference as its gpu limited not cpu.
rendering and transcoding will be faster.
make sure its your cpu voltage not cpu-nb or cpu northbridge.

if the option is "offset" then see what it is now in windows and adjust it up/down as required.
dont bother with fsb overclock and make sure any "auto" overclocking is set to 0%

[n.ZERO_g]

i have an fx 8320 and i have overclocked it to 4.6ghz stable with 1.43volts( if i remember correctly)

go to the bios, disable turbo boost, for the starting you can leave the cpu voltage to auto and try to increase the multiplier to 21 i.e 200mhz base clock * 21 multiplier = 4200 mhz, make the n.b settings to 2400mhz, this should be fine for cpu speed upto 4.4ghz

then load the settings and reboot

if the system boots up to windows, run cpu-z to monitor the cpu and use aida64 and use stress test for the cpu

you can see how much your cpu is clocking upto at 100% load.

 if there is no problem at 4.2ghz, you can try 4.3 and 4.4 ghz and so on untill the system stops and then revert back to the setting you find best.

also if you want to go above 4.5ghz, you should manually adjust the voltage but carefully adjust by small amounts.

and also if you have high speed ram like 2133mhz or so, try underclocking that to 1600mhz to get better stability for the cpu.

you can also run prime95 and some core temp to monitor temps at 100% load.

 also what cooler do you have??

[Polyvalent]

i have that mobo.  oc'ing gets a bit.. interesting.. as the nb gets absurdly hot.  be careful.

 

recommend for someone new to overclocking, disable turbo boost and oc setting to auto and going from there (self explanatory).

 

make sure your ram speeds aren't effected too heavily, and if they are, mess with em until you get what you want.

[n.ZERO_g]

as i saw you have a stock cooler, just DO NOT OVERCLOCK, not even 4.2ghz

system may burn out literally

improve cooling to a good air cooler like noctua dh-15 or liquid cooler like corsair h80i or 100i

[amujaba]

i have an fx 8320 and i have overclocked it to 4.6ghz stable with 1.43volts( if i remember correctly)

go to the bios, disable turbo boost, for the starting you can leave the cpu voltage to auto and try to increase the multiplier to 21 i.e 200mhz base clock * 21 multiplier = 4200 mhz, make the n.b settings to 2400mhz, this should be fine for cpu speed upto 4.4ghz

then load the settings and reboot

if the system boots up to windows, run cpu-z to monitor the cpu and use aida64 and use stress test for the cpu

you can see how much your cpu is clocking upto at 100% load.

 if there is no problem at 4.2ghz, you can try 4.3 and 4.4 ghz and so on untill the system stops and then revert back to the setting you find best.

also if you want to go above 4.5ghz, you should manually adjust the voltage but carefully adjust by small amounts.

and also if you have high speed ram like 2133mhz or so, try underclocking that to 1600mhz to get better stability for the cpu.

you can also run prime95 and some core temp to monitor temps at 100% load.

 also what cooler do you have??

i only use my stock fan sir, but im planning to buy liquid cooler, what kind will you suggest?

[n.ZERO_g]

go with liquid cooler

preferably from corsair or cooler master or swifttech

i have an h80i from corsair, but may be if you want better temps and higher speed , go with h100i

but DO NOT overclock with stock cooler or stock fans

if you high end air cooling, go with noctua dh-15 or some uh series coolers

[amujaba]

as i saw you have a stock cooler, just DO NOT OVERCLOCK, not even 4.2ghz

system may burn out literally

improve cooling to a good air cooler like noctua dh-15 or liquid cooler like corsair h80i or 100ii 

 

i tried to over clock it to 4.0ghz then when i do some stress test for  45 mins i got stable 60 degrees using CPUID HWmonitor and speccy, but when i check the temp on my bios or UEFI the temp of my cpu is 69 to 73 degrees, i dont know who is more accurate

[n.ZERO_g]

i know.

my bios temps are also higher than the temps in softwares

bios can be more reliable depending on the motherboard and the sensors positioned

dont overclock with stock cooler. your cpu may get burned