Need help with overclocking

[Xlockedbw]

Hey guys, I'm looking for some tips on how to overclock my amd fx 8350 8-core 4GHz. It's only very slightly bottlenecking my pc and I need some tips on how to bump it up to 4.3 or 4.4 GHz. Thank you guys in advance!

[Paytend01]

What cooler do you have?

 

Hey guys, I'm looking for some tips on how to overclock my amd fx 8350 8-core 4GHz. It's only very slightly bottlenecking my pc and I need some tips on how to bump it up to 4.3 or 4.4 GHz. Thank you guys in advance!

Also follow your post and welcome to the forums

[Xlockedbw]

I wish I could tell you, I bought it long ago, definitely not stock though, much bigger.

[Benji_w]

Hey guys, I'm looking for some tips on how to overclock my amd fx 8350 8-core 4GHz. It's only very slightly bottlenecking my pc and I need some tips on how to bump it up to 4.3 or 4.4 GHz. Thank you guys in advance!

 

Turn up the multiplier until it reaches 4.4ghz then test with a stress test program, I suggest you have proper cooling first though.

Go here for further information.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1318995/official-fx-8320-fx-8350-vishera-owners-club/56140#post_24699526

[Hackentosher]

Okay, I've only overclocked Intel chips, but I'll give you my process for that:

1. Boot into BIOS

2. Find CPU multiplier (if you want 4.4ghz, set it to 44. It multiplies the base clock, usually 100mhz, by that number to give your final clock)

3. Set multiplier to desired value

4. Boot into Windows and start a stress test or intensive game. If it crashes, go back into the bios and turn up the voltage. I go in 500th's of a volt. Continue to up the voltage until it is stable. If your cooler can't handle the extra voltage, turn down your overclock and voltage and just live with what your cooler can handle. 

 

Good luck!

[Xlockedbw]

I tried before, my temps never got above 75C but my pc shut off and I couldn't post. I had to reset the CMOS. Would that be a voltage issue? I thing I turned it up to 1.5V from 1.0V.

[Benji_w]

I tried before, my temps never got above 75C but my pc shut off and I couldn't post. I had to reset the CMOS. Would that be a voltage issue? I thing I turned it up to 1.5V from 1.0V.

 

Depends on which voltage you're turning up, there are several. VCORE is the one you needed to turn up, however, most 8350's can clock up to 4.6ghz without changing the voltages. Without seeing what you're changing etc I can't help. If you follow that link people more knowledgable than myself will help you.

 

Okay, I've only overclocked Intel chips, but I'll give you my process for that:

1. Boot into BIOS

2. Find CPU multiplier (if you want 4.4ghz, set it to 44. It multiplies the base clock, usually 100mhz, by that number to give your final clock)

3. Set multiplier to desired value

4. Boot into Windows and start a stress test or intensive game. If it crashes, go back into the bios and turn up the voltage. I go in 500th's of a volt. Continue to up the voltage until it is stable. If your cooler can't handle the extra voltage, turn down your overclock and voltage and just live with what your cooler can handle. 

 

Good luck!

 

Base clock on AMD is 200mhz, Intensive games do not tell you if you're writing corrupted data to your hard drives, you should always stress test with legit programs made for that purpose.

[Xlockedbw]

Thanks! I'll try that and report back.

[Xlockedbw]

So, I set the multiplier to get to 4400MHz and within 10 seconds of my stress test, I blue screened and crashed. temps didn't exceed 60C

[Xlockedbw]

Any suggestions?

[Hackentosher]

Well since the base clock is 200mhz on your cpu, that means your clock is 44x200mhz giving you 8.8 JIGgAHERTZ. so actually try 22x to get that nice 4.4ghz

[Xlockedbw]

That is what I did for that test

[Xlockedbw]

So by turning up the voltage from 1.31V to 1.35V I was able to extend the stress test to about 2 minutes before a failure

[Hackentosher]

So by turning up the voltage from 1.31V to 1.35V I was able to extend the stress test to about 2 minutes before a failure

you're trying 4.4ghz? try turning it down a bit but keep that voltage.

[Xlockedbw]

Okay, will do

[Xlockedbw]

Will these continuous stress test crashes harm my cpu?

[Xlockedbw]

I was able to stress for about 6 minutes with 4.3GHz at 3.5V.

[Xlockedbw]

At 4.2GHz and 3.5V I was able to perform a full 10 minute stress test.

[Hackentosher]

At 4.2GHz and 3.5V I was able to perform a full 10 minute stress test.

3.5v???? temps?

[Benji_w]

At 4.2GHz and 3.5V I was able to perform a full 10 minute stress test.

 

Your motherboard is possibly unable to allow you to overclock. Please visit the link I provided and ask for help in the FX owners forum as I have no experience with your Biostar motherboard but others in there will probably have messed with that board before.

[Xlockedbw]

Temps were below 60C and my motherboard is literally the "overclocker" model of the motherboard

[Hackentosher]

Temps were below 60C and my motherboard is literally the "overclocker" model of the motherboard

At 3.5V on the Vcore??? Teach me your ways! My i5 will reach 90 in synthetic stress tests at like 1.25V at 4.3ghz. If it's stable and it stays cool, then you should be good.

[Benji_w]

At 3.5V on the Vcore??? Teach me your ways! My i5 will reach 90 in synthetic stress tests at like 1.25V at 4.3ghz. If it's stable and it stays cool, then you should be good.

 

He means 1.35v, you need to delid that i5 and change the TIM under that IHS. 90c at 1.25v is kind of poor.

[Hackentosher]

He means 1.35v, you need to delid that i5 and change the TIM under that IHS. 90c at 1.25v is kind of poor.

With intel burn test. Under gaming loads, it hangs out in the 70's.

[Xlockedbw]

Whoops, that was my bad. I did mean 1.35 V