AMD overclocking 8350, advice please. seems to want more and more voltage?

Jerdope

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Total noob to overclocking. you can see the bus speed and multiplier in the picture. my temperatures are fine here my cpu doesn't rise too high, ( i notice the tpmin1 is high apparently on the msi 970 its the voltage and nb regulator.) But anyways to get this to run stable at a measly 4.6 ghz (4.0 stock). I have had to bump voltage way up to 1.55v ive read this is the max i should take it to. A lot of forums say people can bump it .5 Ghz on 1.4 V. what am i doing wrong? ive manually set HT and NB frequency to 2400.

In short my temps are fine but prime95 has a failed core after about 20 minutes. I have also tried using straight multiplier without adjusting frequency, same thing.



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Every chip is different mate
Also 4.4ghz tends to be the turning point where you need excess voltage to go any higher.

Personally id never go above 1.5v but ive never had to as mine did 4.7ghz at 1.43v

I'd set base voltage lower ,1.43/1.44 & up llc setting to the max personally.
You may just have a crappy binned chip.

The gaming 970 isnt that good an overclocking board at the end of the day though irregardless of the sterling reviews its always recieved
 
How high you can overclock your cpu is up to the quality of the silicon in the chip.
You could try to push it further with more volts if the temps are okay but remember that more volts = shorter life span on the cpu.
I do feel like you probably shouldn't push it further if you plan on keeping it for a while.
 
is over 1.55 v bad? i have heat controlled with 240mm water cooler (corsair) is it voltage that hurts cpus or heat?
Also i cant control llc on my board apparently. There isnt much options available in my uefi bios. Can i update the bios and potentially have more options?
 


It's the heat that kills cpus, too high voltage will create more heat than what can be dissipated until the chip get fried.