Need Help With Overclocking AMD

[Jayhammy69]

Hey guys........I am new to the whole over clocking thing actuially this is my first real some what gaming rig anyways i was having some issues with my processor throttling down when i adjusted the ratio and to me that seemed like a really bad thing and i was just wondering if i could get a lil clarity on the issue....ty :)

ps the 4.8 is no longer there that was with the utility that came with the mobo and was told it was trash and could shorten the life of my comp due to inconsistant voltages so i went back to stock 4.2 atm

OS Name Microsoft Windows 8 Pro

Version 6.2.9200 Build 9200

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name HAF912

System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

System Model GA-990FXA-UD3

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU

Processor AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core Processor, 4800 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F9, 10/22/2012

SMBIOS Version 2.4

Embedded Controller Version 255.255

BIOS Mode Legacy

BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

BaseBoard Model Not Available

BaseBoard Name Base Board

Platform Role Desktop

Secure Boot State Unsupported

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.2.9200.16442"

User Name HAF912\Jayhammy

Time Zone Central Standard Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 7.98 GB

Available Physical Memory 6.09 GB

Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB

Available Virtual Memory 13.8 GB

Page File Space 8.00 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes