AMD FX-8320E Overclockable?

[GuiiVaz]

Hey guys,

 

So, for the past few months I've been wanting to get more out of my computer.

The thing is, I'm getting married next year, so I have literally no money at all to spend with it.

 

With that in mind, the only solution I could think of was overclocking my CPU and Graphics Card.

 

I've attached a couple of CPU-Z printscreens of my system, but it's pretty much like this:

CPU: FX-8320E clocked at 3.2Ghz with 4.0 Turbo Max

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3

GPU: XFX Radeon RX480 8GB
RAM: 16GB of DD3 Kingston Ram clocked at 1333Mhz

PSU: EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze

Cooler:  Akasa Venom Atto Ak-Cc4012es01 Air Cooler

 

My question is:
Can I overclock it? If so, how and what should my limit be?

I'm thinking about overclocking both my CPU and my GPU.

 

Thank you all very much for your help!

[Max_Settings]

Yes it is overclockable, I'm not sure if that board allows it though

[GuiiVaz]

Just now, Max_Settings said:

Yes it is overclockable, I'm not sure if that board allows it though

That's one of my main problems.

 

I know that I can overclock it with AMD Overdrive, but I'm not sure if my motherboard will handle/allow it and neither HOW to do it.

[Bananasplit_00]

im pretty sure all FX chips can be overclocked but i dont know if the chipset allows you nor do i know if that VRM would go up in flames or not which is often the case with AM3+ overclocking on lower end motherboards

[Morgan MLGman]

I wouldn't recommend overclocking an FX-8 series chip with that board. 4+1 phase design is already crying for help ;-;

 

You can OC the GPU but in some games the CPU might not be able to keep up because of low clock speeds.

[GuiiVaz]

40 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I wouldn't recommend overclocking an FX-8 series chip with that board. 4+1 phase design is already crying for help ;-;

 

You can OC the GPU but in some games the CPU might not be able to keep up because of low clock speeds.

I mostly play World of Warcraft, which is a heavy CPU dependent game

So, there's basically no way?

[SpaceGhostC2C]

40 minutes ago, GuiiVaz said:

That's one of my main problems.

 

I know that I can overclock it with AMD Overdrive, but I'm not sure if my motherboard will handle/allow it and neither HOW to do it.

You can overclock it, the question will be how far will the power delivery keep up with it, and your draw of the silicon lottery. I agree with @Morgan MLGman: it doesn't seem sensible to push that board too much.

The E models tend to be quite power efficient, though. I would leave voltages at stock or even lower, and see how far you can take the clocks without increasing the core voltage - it should be a pretty low number for 8x3.2GHz. Just check the motherboard is not defaulting to some crazy voltage "just in case", which will start to stress it as you increase the clocks.

I have an 8370E that went to 8x4.0GHz without barely any bump in voltage, it does get convex from there. Still, it reaches 4.4 at lower voltages than the 9370.

In any case, I wouldn't use this motherboard to get anywhere close to the CPU limits, but since the 8320E starts really low, there could be room for some improvement.

[James09]

Even though your board might be one of the better AMD 760G boards, you're still using a lower end chipset. No one is saying you can't overclock, but it certainly wouldn't be advisable to do so, in my personal opinion. There were multiple chipsets for the AMD AM3+ platform, unfortunately, in therms of quality and stability they proceeded in numerical order. Generally speaking if you wanted decent OC headroom you would need a 970 or 990FX chipset if you really wanted a stable overclock. 

 

Those AMD chips were very sensitive to VRM and other motherboard temps. They wouldn't sustain an overclock if the motherboard components started to overheat.

 

I had a decently binned 8370 but couldn't get much of an overclock out of it because I too was using a lower end board.

 

My honest opinion is to start saving a little for a new system as the AM3+ platform is even lagging behind some of the recent Pentiums coming from Intel.

 

I know what its like to not have any money to spend but you can get a decent motherboard cpu and ram combo thats faster than what you have now for around $200 USD.

 

If you are really strapped for cash, buying a used Intel i5 CPU and board might also provide a boost in performance.

 

Good Luck!

[Guest]

5 hours ago, GuiiVaz said:

Hey guys,

 

So, for the past few months I've been wanting to get more out of my computer.

The thing is, I'm getting married next year, so I have literally no money at all to spend with it.

 

With that in mind, the only solution I could think of was overclocking my CPU and Graphics Card.

 

I've attached a couple of CPU-Z printscreens of my system, but it's pretty much like this:

CPU: FX-8320E clocked at 3.2Ghz with 4.0 Turbo Max

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3

GPU: XFX Radeon RX480 8GB
RAM: 16GB of DD3 Kingston Ram clocked at 1333Mhz

PSU: EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze

Cooler:  Akasa Venom Atto Ak-Cc4012es01 Air Cooler

 

My question is:
Can I overclock it? If so, how and what should my limit be?

I'm thinking about overclocking both my CPU and my GPU.

 

Thank you all very much for your help!

Sadly that VRM on that board is WAY to weak to handle it for a long time if you can touch the heat-sink when the PC is at idle and also it may be very hot. 

 

If its hot at idle no way can it handle a OC. Perhaps if you stayed at a low voltage like 1.3-1.35V and see what you can get out of it you will be fine but higher then that would just cause way to much heat, i'm not worried at all about the CPU more worried about the VRM. But if VRM goes it can take your CPU with it. 

[Guest]

Also you can try adding a small fan to the VRM while temping to set voltage at 1.35V and checking if lets say 3.5Ghz is stable then go up from their. You listed that you aren;t using the stock cooler well you can take the fan off the heat-sink and try and mount it over the VRM heat-sink. I'd do that before even changing voltage and even then stay around 1.3-1.35V.