overcloaking a fx-8320

[cowpker4life]

so i have a 8320 base clock is 3.5Ghz i have it running at 4.4Ghz at 30-50c with hyper 212 evo and 1.444v on a msi 970 gaming mobo. what are safe voltages and is it safe/okay to leave the voltage at auto?

thanks for any of the replies.

[m0k]

AMD thermal diodes could be wrong. 

Install HWinfo64 > sensors > check the "CPU" temp under the motherboard's category for the real temps

 

If you leave it at auto theres a good chance teh motherboard will default to safer voltage of 1.3v or 1.4v
if anything, try AUTO and see if it crashes. if it does crash, then manually adjust the voltage

 

1.444v seems high. check the actual temps and report back?

Edited March 3, 2017 by mok
"amd thermal diodes COULD be wrong"

[cowpker4life]

ive been leaving it at auto and that is the voltage ive been getting in bios. also using a program called core temp and a open hardware monitor

core temp atm with almost nothing running and cpu having no usage almost im at 124.9watts and vid says 1.4v

[DarkEnergy]

We're doing what now?

 

[cowpker4life]

just wondering safe temps/volts for this cpu. and if leaving the volts to the cpu/bridges are fine to leave on auto if it dosnt lock up.

[cowpker4life]

okay so voltages are cpu=1.448v  cpu/NB=1.280v  Dram=1.512v

[m0k]

36 minutes ago, cowpker4life said:

124.9watts

dont worry thats just your CPU's rated TDP

my Phenom 1090t shows 125w - 128w depending on the software

it does not mean its constantly pulling that much power 24/7

FX8320 is rated for boost to 4.0ghz at 1.425v - so if you have had to increase the voltage to keep a stable overclock it should be fine

 

m assuming your CPU is running at a constant 4.4ghz? or does it downclock on idle? 
either way if its running stable and not hot right now it looks to be fine

 

 

 

 

[cowpker4life]

it should be a constant 4.4Ghz as i disable the boost feature and had the multiplier bumped up to 22 instead of the 17.5 that is stock. and if its only a 0.02v change of 4.0-4.4 that dosnt seem to bad. i heard somewhere that 1.5-1.55v is the max they should be pushed to. having voltage on auto should leave the voltage almost as low as it can be with having it stable right?

[cowpker4life]

18 minutes ago, mok said:

dont worry thats just your CPU's rated TDP

my Phenom 1090t shows 125w - 128w depending on the software

it does not mean its constantly pulling that much power 24/7

FX8320 is rated for boost to 4.0ghz at 1.425v - so if you have had to increase the voltage to keep a stable overclock it should be fine

 

m assuming your CPU is running at a constant 4.4ghz? or does it downclock on idle? 
either way if its running stable and not hot right now it looks to be fine

 

 

 

 

so to overclock my ddr3-1600 do i need to bump up the cpu/nb voltage/clock? also what should i do with LLC?