I suppose you are all already tired of answering the same qs over and over again but since im noob at OCing I wanted to make sure im doing the right thing.
So to the point, im trying to oc my cpu on gigabyte 990fxa ud3 rev 4.0 mbo. So far i have not reached a stable OC of 4.4 ghz or above (prime crashes after and hour and 20 min more or less). My cooler is Evo 212 and i read that it can cool the cpu to up to 4.5 which is my goal. So the solution would be to up the cpu voltage which is by default sitting at 1.284xx i think. Raising the voltage to 1.29 or 1.30 gives me the temps im not sure i should run it with. The temp goes as high as 60 Cs on Core, 59 on tempin2 and 59 on package temp monitored with speed fan and hw monitor. The cpu starts to downcloack to 1.5 ghz as soon as it reaches 60. Think package temp is socket (?) but not sure.
So my first q is can i leave the cpu to run on 60 C and see if itll fail the test? (i read somewhere that 62 is the max temp for fx 8350 so im kinda afraid to leave it there while the hw monitor and speed fan shows "code red". Ran prime on those voltages for about an hour then i stopped it. Didnt want to risk it without asking first.
Second im running rev 4 F2 version of the BIOS, there is a newer version F3 that has "updated AGESA or AEGESA code" or some such. Really dont know what that is so my q is pretty simple, should i flash my BIOS or not, i dont have any problems with the current version on stock speeds?
Thirdly im using a combination of both multiplier and fsb to reach 4.5 at first, now 4.4 ghz but both failed so my q is did i misunderstand that both fsb and multi yields better performance and better "stability" and should i try it with just multi or just fsb to try and reach better stability without upping the voltage that much?
4th should i or shouldnt i touch the nb freq which is by default 2200 when i change fsb or multi, or can i leave both nb freq and ht link (2600) on auto and just check if they are near defaults like with memory? Memory goes up from 1600 to 1700ish.
5th cpu unlock option on my bios, read it that its something about hidden cores, didnt understand that properly so if anyone can tell me should i leave this on disable or enable it? Tried both but prime crashed with both options so right now im thinking it doesnt matter.
Well since this is my first OCing i hope my qs are answered since it would help me to better understand the process and hopefully reach at least 4.4 ghz without too much voltage. (i should probably reapply thermal paste since well it could be i didnt apply it properly (too much or too little) the first time, but uh dont have time for that right now.
Apologies if i used the wrong technical term somewhere, as i stated im a newbie at this.
So to the point, im trying to oc my cpu on gigabyte 990fxa ud3 rev 4.0 mbo. So far i have not reached a stable OC of 4.4 ghz or above (prime crashes after and hour and 20 min more or less). My cooler is Evo 212 and i read that it can cool the cpu to up to 4.5 which is my goal. So the solution would be to up the cpu voltage which is by default sitting at 1.284xx i think. Raising the voltage to 1.29 or 1.30 gives me the temps im not sure i should run it with. The temp goes as high as 60 Cs on Core, 59 on tempin2 and 59 on package temp monitored with speed fan and hw monitor. The cpu starts to downcloack to 1.5 ghz as soon as it reaches 60. Think package temp is socket (?) but not sure.
So my first q is can i leave the cpu to run on 60 C and see if itll fail the test? (i read somewhere that 62 is the max temp for fx 8350 so im kinda afraid to leave it there while the hw monitor and speed fan shows "code red". Ran prime on those voltages for about an hour then i stopped it. Didnt want to risk it without asking first.
Second im running rev 4 F2 version of the BIOS, there is a newer version F3 that has "updated AGESA or AEGESA code" or some such. Really dont know what that is so my q is pretty simple, should i flash my BIOS or not, i dont have any problems with the current version on stock speeds?
Thirdly im using a combination of both multiplier and fsb to reach 4.5 at first, now 4.4 ghz but both failed so my q is did i misunderstand that both fsb and multi yields better performance and better "stability" and should i try it with just multi or just fsb to try and reach better stability without upping the voltage that much?
4th should i or shouldnt i touch the nb freq which is by default 2200 when i change fsb or multi, or can i leave both nb freq and ht link (2600) on auto and just check if they are near defaults like with memory? Memory goes up from 1600 to 1700ish.
5th cpu unlock option on my bios, read it that its something about hidden cores, didnt understand that properly so if anyone can tell me should i leave this on disable or enable it? Tried both but prime crashed with both options so right now im thinking it doesnt matter.
Well since this is my first OCing i hope my qs are answered since it would help me to better understand the process and hopefully reach at least 4.4 ghz without too much voltage. (i should probably reapply thermal paste since well it could be i didnt apply it properly (too much or too little) the first time, but uh dont have time for that right now.
Apologies if i used the wrong technical term somewhere, as i stated im a newbie at this.
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