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Ok so i havent done much CPU over clocking.. so dumbest terms possible please :)

i read on here a while ago that even at stock (from someone who commented on another post) that his pc ran smoother and better by turning up the NB speed by 200mhz. i decided to fiddle with this a little bit and was able to get it to 2400mhz at 1.1750v and my cpu to 4.9 ghz at 1.420v. when i had my NB at 2400mhz, stock speed (idr what it was) my screens would continually flicker so i rebooted and slowly bumped it up a notch until it went away, did a test, crashed/BSOD and i would go back to bump it up a hair more until it ran smoothly without errors. do i need to increase cpu voltage as i increase NB freq? or are they independent? not to knowledgeable about cpu/ram overclocking :S

basically wondering if these numbers seem ok, if i might have to turn some up, turn some down or what. just kinda tinkering and wanting to know if im on the right track, since this is my first cpu overclock without anyone else directly helping me with it.

also if i increase the PCIe speed, or the HT Link speed, would i gain anything? or what could the potential benefits be? and when should or should you increase the HT ref. clock, or the cpu base clock speed at all? what would be the point of increasing those? and as far as ram overclocking if you could help me understand that a little better i would appreciate it :) not exactly sure what to do there. do i lower the timings? (currently stock 9-9-9-24) or do i raise them? thanks everyone :)



specs:
fx 9590
corsair h100i V2 240mm liquid AIO cooler (with an additional fan pulling air in, cant fit 2 on each side in push-pull due to psu shroud)
corsair vengeance pro 1600mhz ddr3
asrock 970A-G/3.1 (3 intake fans blowing down across the motherboard as recommended by asrock)
gtx 1060 6gb asus turbo
500gb sandisk ssd
1tb HDD
500gb HDD

idles at about 16-20C with about 20C room temp
 
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/142650218816?chn=ps

oh my search threw up a g43

still, overclocking it will increase the wattage a lot maybe 300watts and it might not have as many failsafes as the sabretooth. My board will switch off if it gets too hot on warm days, only a problem in high summer. The 990fxs were designed for the 9xxx cpus.

220w is enough margin to handle an overclocked 4xxx 6xxx or 8xxx cpu.

the dude owns the property and it's his to dice with. overclocking the north bridge won't do anything except put the board at more risk by increasing volts and temps. unnecessarily, there would be more to gain by simply installing ddr3 2400 memory (also still pricey) than overclocking.

The 9xxx are the most extreme fx's to...
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do i need to increase cpu voltage as i increase NB freq? - Yes, The system will become unstable if it does not have enough voltage.

I would suggest you increase this incrementally (0.025v at a time) to see if this improves stability.

 
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check out this thread https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?42322-FX-9590-Overclocking-tips-anyone, the person overclocking your CPU has posted the values they have used and achieved stability.

Note you arnt guaranteed to get the same results, all CPUs are different, but its a good guide.

Just keep an eye on temp as that is the no.1 CPU Killer. Avoid going over 85c is a good rule of thumb.
 
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even if the tj max is 70? i use cpu temp, it measures the diode temp which i believe is what the tj max is based off of and it doesnt really have a lot of extra shit with it so it strictly does cpu temp only
 
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I thought voltage was the no. 1 killer. The CPU can thermal throttle, but there is no built in countermeasure to voltage as far as I know.
 
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well increased voltage increases heat so its essentially the same thing, except heat doesnt increase voltage only voltage increases heat but they go hand in hand..

also i just thought what would be the benefit of increasing the CPU Frequency over the CPU Frequency Multiplier? does it make a difference if i pump up a few mhz vs adding a multiplier?
 
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Your board has no heatsink on the vrms and was designed for the 125w 8xxx not the 220w 9xxx. The advice here is don't even try.

The oft spoken refrain is the 990fx boards like the sabretooth were designed for the 220w 9xxx series. They are also still expensive. Though you have a good cooler and 8+2 power phases I wouldn't overclock the 9590 on the 970A-G/3.1. You have stumbled across the perfect storm, a beginner overclocking with the worst possible combination of hardware. The board will die.

 
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Has a heatsink and does claim up to 220w https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970A-G3.1/
 
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/142650218816?chn=ps

oh my search threw up a g43

still, overclocking it will increase the wattage a lot maybe 300watts and it might not have as many failsafes as the sabretooth. My board will switch off if it gets too hot on warm days, only a problem in high summer. The 990fxs were designed for the 9xxx cpus.

220w is enough margin to handle an overclocked 4xxx 6xxx or 8xxx cpu.

the dude owns the property and it's his to dice with. overclocking the north bridge won't do anything except put the board at more risk by increasing volts and temps. unnecessarily, there would be more to gain by simply installing ddr3 2400 memory (also still pricey) than overclocking.

The 9xxx are the most extreme fx's to overclock with so nobody here will advise.
 
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