[SOLVED] AMD fx-8370 overclocking?

[vomackaondrej]

I want to overclock my CPU(fx8370), but I don't know if I have good components for that(mainly motherboard).

My computer spec.
AMD FX 8370(WITH WRAITH COOLER)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GT OC
Asrock 970 extreme3(latest beta version)
12G RAM

Stress test : https://drive.google.com/open?id=10c2WHYPJIosCXVd2EAI-1lpB6GSgl6it

Please someone help

 

[DSzymborski]

You can likely do a mild overclock -- it won't hurt to try -- but you'll be limited by the motherboard, which has a fairly anemic configuration for the voltage regulator modules. I wouldn't expect miracles, nor would I invest any money into this platform in order to make it a better overclocker.

 

[bignastyid]

4+1 VRM setup plus the fact that board technically doesn't support the 125w 8370(the cpu is not listed as supported by Asrock), you'd have be lucky if the cpu ran stable at stock clocks and voltages, but looking at your stress test image, you are not lucky. It's VRM throttling. You had 100% cpu load and the cpu was throttled to 1.4Ghz. Could be cpu thermal throttling as HW monitor is known to be inaccurate with the FX cpus. But given the board VRM throttling is the likely cause.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/#CPU

 

[vomackaondrej]

4+1 VRM setup plus the fact that board technically doesn't support the 125w 8370(the cpu is not listed as supported by Asrock), you'd have be lucky if the cpu ran stable at stock clocks and voltages, but looking at your stress test image, you are not lucky. It's VRM throttling. You had 100% cpu load and the cpu was throttled to 1.4Ghz. Could be cpu thermal throttling as HW monitor is known to be inaccurate with the FX cpus. But given the board VRM throttling is the likely cause.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/#CPU

OK, I know where are problems now . Sorry, I'm pretty new in these things🙂 And yes, HW monitor is right btw(unfortunately). Thank's

 

[vomackaondrej]

One more question... What do you think about 970 Pro3 R2.0(https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Pro3%20R2.0/#CPU)? Or is better to buy new MB and CPU?

 

[Supahos]

That board won't do much if any better.

 

[DSzymborski]

The new motherboard isn't sufficient and spending money in 2019 just to overclock a CPU on a platform that was dead by 2015 would be a poor use of resources. Any money that would have spent to upgrade such an old platform ought to be saved for something significantly better.

 

[christopherjames]

I want to overclock my CPU(fx8370), but I don't know if I have good components for that(mainly motherboard).

My computer spec.
AMD FX 8370(WITH WRAITH COOLER)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GT OC
Asrock 970 extreme3(latest beta version)
12G RAM

Stress test : https://drive.google.com/open?id=10c2WHYPJIosCXVd2EAI-1lpB6GSgl6it

Please someone help

Forget about overclocking with that poor board.