Overclocking my 8350

[Frix]

Basically I have no experience in overclocking other than my GPU which overclocks almost nothing.

At the time of writing this idle temps for my 8350 at stock speed is 25 degrees (according to CoreTemp and AMD Overdrive) , temp wise I think I would be able to get a good overclock out of the CPU but i'm not sure about the motherboard.

Would this be a suitable motherboard for an overclock? Nothing else in the rig is overclocked. Will need a full tutorial if possible.

Rest of my rig is in my signature.

 

Thanks

[helping]

Basically I have no experience in overclocking other than my GPU which overclocks almost nothing.

At the time of writing this idle temps for my 8350 at stock speed is 25 degrees (according to CoreTemp and AMD Overdrive) , temp wise I think I would be able to get a good overclock out of the CPU but i'm not sure about the motherboard.

Would this be a suitable motherboard for an overclock? Nothing else in the rig is overclocked. Will need a full tutorial if possible.

Rest of my rig is in my signature.

Thanks

Your mobo should be good. Solid temps, stay under 55c and 1.5v for safety.

 

Overclocking is a pretty simple process. In your BIOS disable all thermal safety features (optional but recommended) and all power saving features i.e. Cool n Quiet. Bump up your voltage up to the highest that you're comfortable with while setting it to your desired overclock. Monitor temperatures carefully on your first stress test, if it passes for more then 20 minutes in Aida, Prime, or OCCT, drop the voltage down until it it fails, then revert to your last stable voltage, proceed to do some long term (at minimum 6 hours) under full synthetic load. 

 

This will give you a rough idea of what your chip can do.

If your chip succeeds at your highest comfortable voltage (and temperature) push the clock further until it fails. This will be the maximum overclock of your chip.

OR

If you win silicon lottery and your chip succeeds at your highest voltage and desired clock, lower the voltage until it fails.

If it does not pass at highest voltage, lower clock until it does.

Note that you need to know how to clear CMOS.

 

If your chip fails at a given clock and voltage, pay attention to the voltage shown in CPU-Z and adjust your LLC on your motherboard to compensate (if applicable)

 

Once you know the limits of your chip you can set your clocks to something reserved for 24/7 usage. (e.g. max 4.7ghz stable at 1.5v, set to 4.5 at 1.4v for daily use)

[Youbetternot]

Basically I have no experience in overclocking other than my GPU which overclocks almost nothing.

At the time of writing this idle temps for my 8350 at stock speed is 25 degrees (according to CoreTemp and AMD Overdrive) , temp wise I think I would be able to get a good overclock out of the CPU but i'm not sure about the motherboard.

Would this be a suitable motherboard for an overclock? Nothing else in the rig is overclocked. Will need a full tutorial if possible.

Rest of my rig is in my signature.

 

Thanks

 

You could problably get to 4.1 stable with that mobo and cooler, get a better cooler maybe get to 4.8

The motherboard isnt going to be a bottlenecjk in any way, not with that cooler, even though it is a very good cooler the 960t is very power hungry and quite Hot. but with the 8350 you will problably be able to get 4.5 with taht setup

http://www.overclock.net/t/1353378/asus-m5a99x-evo-r2-0-overclocking

[Frix]

 

My Mobo isn't the R2.0 will that make a difference?

[Youbetternot]

My Mobo isn't the R2.0 will that make a difference?

just try to keep it stable while increasing the ghz