FX-8350 Overclock with 990FX Chipset?

[MblaZe7run]

Does anyone know of a guide on LTT or elsewhere for overclocking an AMD FX-8350 on a 990FX platform? My processor currently keeps at or around room temp at up to 50% load, so I want to try to squeeze a bit more out of it. Thanks in advance guys!

[Gofspar]

Does anyone know of a guide on LTT or elsewhere for overclocking an AMD FX-8350 on a 990FX platform? My processor currently keeps at or around room temp at up to 50% load, so I want to try to squeeze a bit more out of it. Thanks in advance guys!

It's not actually at room temp, its the shitty sensors.

[MblaZe7run]

It's not actually at room temp, its the shitty sensors.

 

Not according to the thermal probes I've tested with. For the at or around, I'm talking plus 5-10*C at most with several thermal nodes. Please do not continue to reply unless you are going to give relevant information to the topic at hand. I want to overclock, not argue temps.

[spartaman64]

i overclocked my fx 6300 from 3.5ghz to 4.5

[xQubeZx]

It's not actually at room temp, its the shitty sensors.

My 8350 is usally just a little above room temp, atleast accroding to the h80i's sensors, its usally around 20-30 degrees and under load about 40 degrees.

So I think its not that shitty sensors

[Raudi_]

Thermal Dynamics 101 
Until you understand that you shouldn't overclock

/thread 

[Shadow-R]

Terve!
Linus has a video about it: 

It should cover the needed things. However: I used the video from Jayztwocentz:

I manged to get my FX 8350 at 4.902 MHz. For the temps you can use AMD Overdrive.

It has no accuracy on low temps, but the higher temps are good.

Hope you can use that.

Sayonara!

[Shadow-R]

Thermal Dynamics 101 

Until you understand that you shouldn't overclock

/thread 

 

Terve!

And can you tell me why I should not overclock?

It's free performance and I have never seen a CPU failing.

One of my Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 was running OCed as hell and the AIO pump broke...

Sayonara!

[t-scene]

This /\ AMD's sensors are all kinds of screwed.   I have a FX8320 the motherboard temps. are always higher than core temps. The core temps bellow a certain temp aren't right either will typically be at or a little above room temp. at idle.

4.3ghz over clock on mine and the board temps are 70c with P95 but the core temps are safe with no throttling.

Find a over clock you feel safe with, the cpu will usually throttle if you go to high b/c the VRM's reach their temp limit before the core temp limit.  If you have a good air or liquid cooler.

 

4.3ghz Is high as I could go on my Asus board with plenty of core temp head room. Even at 4.4ghz it would throttle with just the stock vrm heatsink.

I put a small 90mm fan above the vrm heatsink and was able to get 4.7ghz without throttling on a safe voltage and core temp.

[Raudi_]

Terve!

And can you tell me why I should not overclock?

It's free performance and I have never seen a CPU failing.

One of my Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 was running OCed as hell and the AIO pump broke...

Sayonara!

I'm not saying you shouldn't overclock, its mostly people not understanding how thermals work, no matter if your on air or water. Temps can't go sub ambient unless your doing extreme cooling solutions like Phase/TEC/DICE/LN2/Liquid Helium. That's the number one reason why alot of people that have a system with temps that are reporting Sub ambient  and swear up and down that its right shouldn't overclock.

[Shadow-R]

I'm not saying you shouldn't overclock, its mostly people not understanding how thermals work, no matter if your on air or water. Temps can't go sub ambient unless your doing extreme cooling solutions like Phase/TEC/DICE/LN2/Liquid Helium. That's the number one reason why alot of people that have a system with temps that are reporting Sub ambient  and swear up and down that its right shouldn't overclock.

 

Terve!

Well, your speech is true.

All the best for the future.

Sayonara!

[spartaman64]

I'm not saying you shouldn't overclock, its mostly people not understanding how thermals work, no matter if your on air or water. Temps can't go sub ambient unless your doing extreme cooling solutions like Phase/TEC/DICE/LN2/Liquid Helium. That's the number one reason why alot of people that have a system with temps that are reporting Sub ambient  and swear up and down that its right shouldn't overclock.

when did he say his temps are under ambient? 

[Raudi_]

when did he say his temps are under ambient? 

3rd post on this thread, and in the first post he said it was hitting right around room temps, which is not even possible no matter how you look at it. You can get closer to Ambient temps but you will never get within 4-5C of your Ambient temps when under load, Its normally a 25-50C difference depending on your cooling and overclock.

[spartaman64]

3rd post on this thread, and in the first post he said it was hitting right around room temps, which is not even possible no matter how you look at it. You can get closer to Ambient temps but you will never get within 4-5C of your Ambient temps when under load, Its normally a 25-50C difference depending on your cooling and overclock.

he said plus 5-10 celcius at 50 percent load which isnt unbelievable 

[Raudi_]

he said plus 5-10 celcius at 50 percent load which isnt unbelievable 

+5-10 C at a 50% load is unbelievable since he is on a low end Air cooler. 

[MblaZe7run]

I'm not saying you shouldn't overclock, its mostly people not understanding how thermals work, no matter if your on air or water. Temps can't go sub ambient unless your doing extreme cooling solutions like Phase/TEC/DICE/LN2/Liquid Helium. That's the number one reason why alot of people that have a system with temps that are reporting Sub ambient  and swear up and down that its right shouldn't overclock.

 

I'm well aware of the laws of thermodynamics. They state that a container cannot be cooler than that which holds it. Basically, no part in my computer will be colder than room temp. My processor typically idles at or around room temp, and stays that way (on average) until I hit a steady 50% load. The hottest my chip has EVER been is about 55*C, and that is according to my thermal nodes, not what the hardware is outputting. I'm comfortable until those temps reach 70*C under load. Never once did I claim I have temps cooler than room temp in this thread. I have in the past, and quickly found out that I was wrong, and corrected myself by breaking out the old thermal nodes and taking more accurate measurements.

[spartaman64]

+5-10 C at a 50% load is unbelievable since he is on a low end Air cooler. 

? its about as good as a 212 evo

[MblaZe7run]

3rd post on this thread, and in the first post he said it was hitting right around room temps, which is not even possible no matter how you look at it. You can get closer to Ambient temps but you will never get within 4-5C of your Ambient temps when under load, Its normally a 25-50C difference depending on your cooling and overclock.

 

Plus 5-10*C above ambient temperature, putting the temps at around 30-35*C.

[Raudi_]

I'm well aware of the laws of thermodynamics. They state that a container cannot be cooler than that which holds it. Basically, no part in my computer will be colder than room temp. My processor typically idles at or around room temp, and stays that way (on average) until I hit a steady 50% load. The hottest my chip has EVER been is about 55*C, and that is according to my thermal nodes, not what the hardware is outputting. I'm comfortable until those temps reach 70*C under load. Never once did I claim I have temps cooler than room temp in this thread. I have in the past, and quickly found out that I was wrong, and corrected myself by breaking out the old thermal nodes and taking more accurate measurements.

 

Plus 5-10*C above ambient temperature, putting the temps at around 30-35*C.

That was something you should of clearly stated, your OP made it seem that your were talking about your CPU being sub ambient. So do what you need to do before you see 62C on the thermal Sensor for the CPU.

 

 

? its about as good as a 212 evo

That is still considered low end.

[spartaman64]

That was something you should of clearly stated, your OP made it seem that your were talking about your CPU being sub ambient. So do what you need to do before you see 62C on the thermal Sensor for the CPU.

 

 

That is still considered low end.

i overvolted my fx 6300 to 1.4 volts and overclocked to 4.5ghz and my temp on full load is 31 celcius with 212 evo

[Raudi_]

i overvolted my fx 6300 to 1.4 volts and overclocked to 4.5ghz and my temp on full load is 31 celcius with 212 evo

Broken sensor, Know how the FX 6300 is with temps. So try again.

[spartaman64]

Broken sensor, Know how the FX 6300 is with temps. So try again.

i touched the heatsink and its not warm at all

[MblaZe7run]

That was something you should of clearly stated, your OP made it seem that your were talking about your CPU being sub ambient. So do what you need to do before you see 62C on the thermal Sensor for the CPU.

 

No, post three made it sound sub-ambient. Regardless, things have been sorted out. Now please provide helpful information. Otherwise, I respectfully request that you stop posting on this thread.

 

[Raudi_]

i touched the heatsink and its not warm at all

It doesn't have warm, my 4770k can be hitting 70c+ Stressing and the heatsink won't be warm. That doesn't mean that the CPU won't be running hot.

[Raudi_]

No, post three made it sound sub-ambient. Regardless, things have been sorted out. Now please provide helpful information. Otherwise, I respectfully request that you stop posting on this thread.

Max CPU temp is 62C max socket temp is 72C that is the thermal range you have to play with. Now you should refer to the videos that were posted earlier on this thread for the rest.