AMD fx 8350 problems

[Kahonese]

Hey all,
Recently I tried to overclock my AMD 8350, as I have a capable cooler (Corsair H110i) and have friends who have successfully done overclocks of their own. After settling at a 4.8Ghz clock with 1.4v (stock came with 4.0Ghz, 1.375v) and running Prime95 for about 2 hours, I decided my clock was stable and left it at that.

A few days after this however, I opened overwatch and was met with a straight gray screen, with background sounds repeating in my headphones. I shrugged it off as a random crash and reset my computer. However, I was then met with absolutely no POST, with the computer running and the CPU_LED solid red on my Sabertooth 990fx r9 2.0 mobo. I've spent a few days sifting through countless forums, doing all the troubleshooting possible but to no avail. Is there any hope for my CPU, or do I just have to suck it up and dig into my wallet for a fresh one?

Thank you very much for your input in advance, any response is greatly appreciated.

Specs:
AMD fx 8350 - CPU
Sabertooth 990fx r9 2.0 - mobo
Corsair cx750 - psu
Corsair GTX H110i - cooler
WD 1tb black - HDD
Corsair XMS3 1333Mhz DDR3 - RAM (8gb)
EVGA GTX 960 4gb SSC Edition

 

[Ecky]

I'm more inclined to think your motherboard died, or possibly your power supply. There's no way to know for certain without parts to swap though.

 

[maxwellmelon]

well he has friends with similar builds I wonder how much of a friend they would be to let him test his cpu in there computer. but I agree with above. most likely at them settings your motherboard failed.

just as a question have you unplugged the computer and pulled the cmos battery out for 10 min? just to force all default bios settings

 

[jaytechgaming]

can you tell us exactly what you've done so far? Saying that you've already done troubleshooting without giving any info doesn't tell give us much room to give advice. If you've truly done everything then something is broken and the only real way to do that is start swapping parts. Honestly with a red cpu light it's either the CPU, Motherboard, or Power supply.

Red light means CPU isn't getting powered so it is either.
Not seated or has bent pins.
The motherboard is broke.
The PSU isn't sending the right voltages.

You can check these by:
Swapping the CPU into a working board narrows it down to the CPU or Board depending on whether or not it works.
Swapping out the PSU narrows it down to that. As an alternative you can try testing it with a voltmeter by tripping it on with a paperclip.

Also, if you haven't already, humor me by pulling out the ram and removing the bios battery and attempting to boot.