FX-8320 Overclocking Help

[Erbyy]

I'm wondering how I would go about overclocking my 8320.

I have it on a 970 Aura Gaming pro by Asus which the chipset heat sink is hot already. Would overclocking this increase the temp of the heat sink?
Fitted by a Corsair H80i V2 Which cools this thing like nobody's business.
How do I overclock it? I'm looking for a performance gain across the board. For gaming, rendering, editing, processing etc.
I'm very skeptical but well aware of the benefits, I just need a detailed explanation of overclocking this cpu and important precautions to take while doing so.

Thank you all, I know there are videos out there on how to do so with this chip but they are not thorough enough for my to potentially harm my rig. All specs are listed on my profile!?

[RadiatingLight]

Step 1: Sell Old AMD CPU

Step 2: Buy New CPU

Step 3:  ???

Step 4: Profit

/s

 

but seriously:

Overclocking increases CPU temps, not chipset temps.

to overclock, you basically just increase the CPU multiplier in the BIOS until the system becomes unstable. make sure to stress test each time you boot, even if it's only for a few minutes, so you can see if the overclock is truly stable under load. at that point, you need to increase the voltage (which increases temperatures) to clock higher.

repeat this cycle of upping multiplier and voltage until your temps are too hot, or you have reached unsafe levels of voltage. when either of those happen, you are done.

 

 

[Erbyy]

Saving for a Ryzen build, but isn't there a voltage I shouldn't go over? Like 1.4 Volts? to the socket

 

[tp95112]

2 minutes ago, Erbyy said:

Saving for a Ryzen build, but isn't there a voltage I shouldn't go over? Like 1.4 Volts? to the socket

 

 

Stay below 1.45v

[Erbyy]

Just now, tp95112 said:

Stay below 1.45v

Otherwise? Armageddon?

[tp95112]

Just now, Erbyy said:

Otherwise? Armageddon?

Alot of heat

[Erbyy]

will do.. thanks man.

[m0k]

44 minutes ago, Erbyy said:

I'm wondering how I would go about overclocking my 8320.

I have it on a 970 Aura Gaming pro by Asus which the chipset heat sink is hot already. Would overclocking this increase the temp of the heat sink?
Fitted by a Corsair H80i V2 Which cools this thing like nobody's business.
How do I overclock it? I'm looking for a performance gain across the board. For gaming, rendering, editing, processing etc.
I'm very skeptical but well aware of the benefits, I just need a detailed explanation of overclocking this cpu and important precautions to take while doing so.

Thank you all, I know there are videos out there on how to do so with this chip but they are not thorough enough for my to potentially harm my rig. All specs are listed on my profile!?

 

[sgloux3470]

45 minutes ago, Erbyy said:

Saving for a Ryzen build, but isn't there a voltage I shouldn't go over? Like 1.4 Volts? to the socket

 

 

1.5 V is the max, but personally I found anything over 1.4V massively increases temperatures.

 

[Dabombinable]

54 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Step 1: Sell Old AMD CPU

Step 2: Buy New CPU

Step 3:  ???

Step 4: Profit

/s

 

but seriously:

Overclocking increases CPU temps, not chipset temps.

to overclock, you basically just increase the CPU multiplier in the BIOS until the system becomes unstable. make sure to stress test each time you boot, even if it's only for a few minutes, so you can see if the overclock is truly stable under load. at that point, you need to increase the voltage (which increases temperatures) to clock higher.

repeat this cycle of upping multiplier and voltage until your temps are too hot, or you have reached unsafe levels of voltage. when either of those happen, you are done.

 

 

Just to clarify that, overclocking doesn't increase the chipset temperatures unless you overclock via the BUS (which in the case of older chipsets means that for the most part you either need a really beefy heatsink on it or active cooling)

[Krillingt75961]

3 hours ago, Erbyy said:

I'm wondering how I would go about overclocking my 8320.

I have it on a 970 Aura Gaming pro by Asus which the chipset heat sink is hot already. Would overclocking this increase the temp of the heat sink?
Fitted by a Corsair H80i V2 Which cools this thing like nobody's business.
How do I overclock it? I'm looking for a performance gain across the board. For gaming, rendering, editing, processing etc.
I'm very skeptical but well aware of the benefits, I just need a detailed explanation of overclocking this cpu and important precautions to take while doing so.

Thank you all, I know there are videos out there on how to do so with this chip but they are not thorough enough for my to potentially harm my rig. All specs are listed on my profile!?

Shoot for 4.5ghz at 1.3v and see what you get I was able to do it on a 212 Evo without issue. The chipset will get hot because it is literally the die with a thermal pad or paste and the small heatsink. Find a guide for that specific board if you can. If not, you could try finding one for an older Asus board since everything you need to change should be the same name.