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Cpu: 955 be
Name: mrjeff
Stepping: C3
Frequency: 4016.41
ref*multi: 251.02*16
CPU voltage: 1.416
CPU-NB: 1.1
nb frequency: 2510.2
NB volts: 1.150
RAM: 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 11-11-11-30-1T @ 1.65V, downclock to 1338 8-8-8-24 1T
Motherboard: Asus M4a88td-m
Cooling: Air cooling/Enermax ets t40
OS: 7 64-bit

http://imageshack.com/a/img33/8754/3x5t.jpg
 
i agree that using P95 or any stress testing tool for too long isnt a good idea
for my OCing I will run Intel Burn Test standard test
then I will run P95 for an hour
if it passes both of them then I use the OC as is and see how it performs in real world
if after a week or so of normal usage on my system if it doesnt BSOD or cause other errors then I call it stable.
I also do Folding at Home medical research which uses 100 percent CPU and GPU so that is a good stress test.
https://folding.stanford.edu/
 
I just put a to together I went with amd 3 socket.
my case salman r9 plus
then a 650w crossair power supply
Asrock extreme 9 fx990 motherboard
then I picked fx6350 processor
kingston hyper x 2x4gb 1600 Mhz
then 1 xfx 7970 graphic card
it runs sweet when gaming.
Think I need another 8 gb ram?
I want ti buy another xfx 7970 card.
Do think I need more power?
What di u think of my build for gaming.
 
My latest budget minded overclocking endeavor…


CPU = AMD FX 6350 ( * Lapped to copper so I don’t have the stepping anymore, sorry. But it was purchased from NewEgg March-April of 2014)
Cooler = Corsair H110 with Stock Fans
MoBo = Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P with 8+2 phase power
RAM = G.Skill DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24 1.35v Eco RAM
PSU = Rosewill Hive 650w 80+ Bronze Modular

LLC = EXTREME for all load testing, resulting in ~0.038v bump under load. MEDIUM was less jarring but allowed ~0.022v droop under load. There was no HIGH setting for this board/BIOS.

Why did I go with the FX 6350 over an FX 6300?
1) It was on sale for $20 off so the price was nearly the same
2) You usually get a better quality chip when it is released at higher stock settings. The 4.8GHz you see below on near stock voltage attests to this. I was also able to do 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 GHz on BELOW stock voltage. In fact, 4.5GHz stabilized at a puny 1.3625v. It was then that I knew I had a good pull and decided to go for it. 


Stock:

FSB - 200 @ 1.100v
CPU - x19.5 / x21 = 3.9 GHz / 4.2 GHz turbo @ 1.4125v in BIOS (* Official specs say 1.420/1.425 but this is not what I observed)
NB - x10 = 2000 @ 1.1875v
HT - x11 = 2200 @ 1.20v
RAM - x8 = 1600 @ 1.35v 9-9-9-24 2T


Insane OC:

FSB - 225 @ 1.150v
CPU – x22.5 = 5.0625 GHz @ 1.525v (* Peaked at 1.56v under load so I had to stop here)

But it was not stable. ~10-12 minutes stress test max before errors started to appear.

I slao tried...
223x22.5 = 5.0175 GHz
228x22 = 5.016 GHz
stock 200x25 = 5.0 GHz
...but nothing would stabilize.

I run at least 1 hour of AMD Overdrive stability test or OCCT, usually 4 or more once I settle on a final OC option, before I will call it ‘stable’.


MAX Stable OC:

FSB - 225 @ 1.150v
CPU – x22 = 4.950 GHz @ 1.5125v
NB - x11 = 2475 @ 1.275v
HT - x12 = 2700 @ 1.25v
RAM - x8 = 1800 @ 1.53v 9-9-9-24 1T


After much testing, I now have 3 final 24x7 OC options…

Low FSB 24x7 OC:

FSB - 225 @ 1.150v
CPU - x21.5 = 4.8375 GHz @ 1.43125v
NB - x11 = 2475 @ 1.25v
HT - x12 = 2700 @ 1.25v
RAM - x8 = 1800 @ 1.53v 9-9-9-24 1T (* Will also do 10-10-10-28 1T stable at 1.47v)


Medium FSB 24x7 OC:

FSB - 232 @ 1.150v
CPU - x20.5 = 4.756 GHz @ 1.4125v
NB - x11 = 2552 @ 1.30v
HT - x11 = 2552 @ 1.25v
RAM - x8 = 1856 @ 1.50v 10-10-10-28 2T (* Anything over 1800 would not stabilize at CAS 9 1T on this RAM)


High FSB 24x7 OC:

FSB - 240 @ 1.150v
CPU - x20 = 4.800 GHz @ 1.425v
NB - x11 = 2640@ 1.30v
HT - x11 = 2880@ 1.25v
RAM - x8 = 1920 @ 1.55v 10-10-10-28 2T


The final OC with the 240 MHz FSB seems to be the best. Even with the HT @ a fantastic 2880 the CPU did not need much of a voltage bump going from 4.756 to 4.8, and temps are still low and very stable.

The Corsair H110 on SILENT mode is still very capable of keeping temperatures sane without a lot of noise. At 4.8GHz, peak was 109F with the fans at a measly 1150 RPM...also MUCH quieter than my H100i and yet matches its performance.

RAM performance between the 1800 1T settings and the 1920 2T settings is nearly a dead on match. And I have to say, the low voltage ECO RAM was a random lucky pick for me. Who would have thought it had such great potential. I'm guessing the low stock voltage for already tight timings helped with this a great deal.
 
Can anyone give me some advice...?

Right now my FX-6300 runs @ 4.4GHz 1.475V, with lower V one thread fails in Prime95 blend.
My mobo is GA-990FXA-UD5 rev 1.0 and i cant seem to find LLC in bios?
My question is that when i set Vcore to 1.475V in bios, then on desktop it's 1.408 and under load it's 1.328V.
So i would like to know how high i can set my Vcore in bios when on desktop it's much lower? Should i still stick to 1.5V in bios?
 


I would move this to a support question thread. But LLC is sometimes under voltage control or CPU features. Depends on the board/BIOS.

You may need to try different settings to find a good match, but some fluctuation is going to happen.

On my GA-970a-UD3P I could set it to medium and it would be 0.1v higher idle in windows but 0.10v-0.15v lower. Setting it to extreme would put it at .005v-.010v higher at idle and .040v-.045v higher at load. There was no high setting, which would likely have been ideal for me.
 
Case: LianLi Aluminum Body Segregated Power Supply
CPU Model: AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
CPU Frequency: 3442 MHz
CPU vCore: 1.32V
CPU Multiplier: 13.5x (Locked)
CPU Turbo: Disabled
CPU NB Speed: 2550 MHz
HT Ref Speed: 255 MHz
RAM Speed: DDR3-1360
RAM Timings: 7-7-7-20-1T
RAM Configuration: 8 GB (4 x 2 GB)
RAM vDIMM: 1.5V
Motherboard: ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 Deluxe
Chipset/Socket: AM3, 880G/SB710
Cooling: Air (CoolMaster Hyper 212 Evo)
Temps: 36.5C Idle / 52C Load
Operating System: Windows 7 SP1
32/64-Bit: 64
Stable/Suicide/Untested: Stable 8Hr Prime95 Stress Test
 
Motherboard M3A770DE
AMD Phenom II X4 (955)
CPU Frequency 3.8GHZ
V Core Locked cant change
Ram 10GB 1333MHZ
Hyper Threading Stock/AUTO i forgot lol )
Northbridge 2400MHZ (Nice 400MHZ upgrade Here 🙂
1050 watt Powercool PSU 80+
Heatsink Hyper 212+ Evo
59.C on maximum load 29.C on idle
CPU Volts 1.4500

Runs fine 2 hours in prime 95 no crashing or stopped workers i noticed noticible boot and programme speed ups once i finished
i cannot get anymore juice out of my chip no matter how much voltage or northbridge volts/frequency anything my ultiimate goal was 4GHZ but a 600MHZ Increase and 400MHZ in northbridge is a nice overclock in itself happy with the overclock the blue screens will haunt me forever XD
 
how to overclock amd fx 8320 in ecs a990 fxm-a board???
My specs is :---
amd fx 8320
motherboard:--ecs a990fxm-a v-1.1
cooler master thunder 500w psu
ram:- g.skill 2*4gb 2133mhz
cm tpc 812 cooler fan


 
I would like to go for list number 2, *unstable*

Cpu: FX-8350
Name: RALPH-PC
Stepping: C0
Frequency: 5428
ref*multi: 271*20
CPU voltage: 1.572
CPU-NB: 1.39375
nb frequency: 2439Mhz
NB volts: 1.24
RAM: 16GB 1447Mhz 11-11-11-24-1T (actual DIMMS are 1600Mhz)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Cooling: AIO Thermaltake 2.0 Pro
OS: 7 64-bit

OC LinkCPU-Z http://valid.x86.fr/1izwdb

Current 24/7 Setup - http://valid.x86.fr/l2qxuu

Notes - I did this in the winter, live in Eastern EU so outside it was -20c, waited indoors tucked deeply under my covers in winter jacket till ambient room temp reached +1c, said my pryers, hit F10 and started collecting the change under the bed for a new computer, alas it booted up and I was able to validate and even open up a few program, I did NOT want to run OCCT, Linx, or any other 100 Loader, my extinguisher is ever so small 🙁 (serious). My first post, apologize if I made any mistake, but I wanted to get this out into the world to give some inspiration to people who can't afford top of the line water cooling setups. Any questions are welcome. I hope I did not break any rules with this post.
 


Could you please post some temps if you don't mind :) for the following:

"FX-6300 runs @ 4.4GHz 1.475V" - temp @ idle / 50~ load / 100 load for 25 minutes, if you have Aida64, I want to see the VRM temps especially, if not, do you have a thermocouple and a unit-t to measure manually. Your issue has been getting a lot of coverege especially for the fx-8xxx procs, but you are pushing it almost 1ghz. I would start with reseating your VRM/Mosfet heatsink and perhaps investing about 10 dollars plus shipping in Antec Spot Cool System Cooler, and point that sucker right at your VRMs, after you reseat of course. In case you do not know what reseating means, it means that you take out your motherboard, unscrew your entire NB/VRM heatsink, CAREFULLY remove it, wipe it clean the remains of the thermal pad and you put a new thermal pad, I am unsure of your thermal pad size requirements, but usually they come in sizes of 0.5mm 1.0mm and such, and are very easy to mess up if done wrong, so you stick to motherboard first, then undue the other side and stick the heatsink on. It is just a matter of knowing which size you need. I also do not know how experienced you are in this area, so if this is above your head, I dearly apologize, BUT I have given you a starting point where to begin. And for now, NO, please don't push your Vcore any higher, those Vdroops aren't the only problem, FX series chips are known to jump up 200-300Mhz sometimes, and BSOD if not enough juice is applied. You do NOT want to fry your VRM, TRUST ME ( speaking from experience ) I am sorry for writing an essay, but I don't want you to fry your board and CPU and possibly other components since it's all connected. My friend told me just now (literally, that the 1.1 revision of your board added LLC, which would mean, yours is lacking in that area. I am VERY sorry, if that is the case.

*My question is that when i set Vcore to 1.475V in bios, then on desktop it's 1.408 and under load it's 1.328V* Sounds like a Vdroop to me.
 


looks like YOLO concept 😉

i mean 1.4v is toooooo high for cpu-NB, it will fry your pc
for nb frequency of 2.4ghz, you will only need 1.20 to 1.225v

and use cpu multiplier to overclock, using reference above 250mhz makes pc unstable
 


*YOLO* I had to google, I am a bit older. I did not fry anything, it was just a run to see if I could do it, I do not remember exact CPU-NB but it was in the purple zone?( they change colors as you go up), and I am guessing it was that high, I kept spiking it up, it may have been lower. Like I said, this was not a stable OC, but rather one that I could see if I can accomplish. If you don't agree with it, that is cool, but I did get it to validate and I was happy :) As for CPU Voltage I set it way higher than 1.572 which is shown in the validation in my bios, it was in the red color or purple I believe *over 1.6* with extreme LLC. It does not matter if you believe me or not, but the validation is there, and I did not make it up :) I already got kicked from one forum over the fact that I got such a high validation without having to spend over 5k on really advanced water loops and Icore setups. I guess I am starting to feel I should just keep my overclocks to myself. What is point if all I get is people antagonizing me over my results.
 
I need some quick advice / explanation, because I have difficulties understanding what is going on with my system when I overclock it. My config is pretty simple, Athlon II X4 620, paired with AsRock 960GC-GS (http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/960GC-GS%20FX/), and 2 x 2 DDR2 @ 800. (The mainboard can also handle DDR3 @ 1866 which is great for upgrading later.

Here's my situation:

1. At stock settings everything runs fine. NB Speed = 2000, HT Link = 2000, DDR = 800

2. When I push bus speed to 210, NB Speed = 2100, HT Link = 2100

3. When I push the bus speed further to 220, NB Speed = 2200, but HT Link speed drops to 880. This happens whenever I push the bus speed over 220. The HT multiplier in bios settings simply does not work and its stuck at x4. Even when manually adjusting it to x5 - x10.

Is this a MB issue or a CPU issue? I've updated the bios but the issue still persists.

My current OC settings are:

Bus Speed: 250
CPU: 3250
NB Speed: 2000 (x8 Multiplier)
HT Link: 1000 (bios settting is set at x8 Multiplier and speed needs to be 2000)

Any advice would be great!



 
I am lost on some steps. I run the prime95 and I don't get the same thing you get(maybe I didn't run it long enough). Also, the cpu-z one? I'm more of a jack of all trades computer guy. I can get through all the beginner and most intermediate stuff just by imitating or logical assumptions but now I can't follow with out explicit instructions. Little extra help please.
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Now how do I add the other list with all the break down of comp?
 
I AM running my FX 8320 in 5Ghz......at 50-52 degreeC at full load...
My specs:-

Bought Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z and RMA'ED FX8150 with Stock heatsink of AMD FX 6100 and got FX 8320 and now using with AMD OEM ASETEK Liquid Cooling as its performance is like ANTEC H2O 920 and running at 5Ghz at 50-52 degree C.....
MY SPECS..
♥ AMD FX 8350 @ 4.8 Ghz with OEM Liquid Cooling ♥ ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z ♥ GTX Titan Graphics Card ♥ Kingston HyperX 4GB X2 1600Mhz Cl9 ♥ Corsair Force GT 60GB SSD ♥ Seagate Barracudda 2TB X4 + Western Digital Caviar Blue 500gb x2 + Samsung 80gb + Seagate Expansion 500 gb ♥ HP DVD Writer ♥ AOC 3D LED 27 inch Monitor ♥ Corsair TX750 V2 watt SMPS ♥ CM Elite 310 Red Cabby with Transparent Side Window with DIY LED RED AMD Theme ♥ Corsair SP2500 ♥ Cooler Master Sickle flow 120 mm Led Fan x6 ♥ Deepcool Xfan 5 Pci Slot Fan ♥


Note:- I got AMD OEM LIQUID COOLING with FX 8150 so i RMA'ED FX8150 with AMD STOCK HEATSINK FAN not AMD OEM LIQUID COOLER and i got FX 8320 so using it with the AMD OEM LIQUID COOLER and the performance is truely great
:bounce:....I LOVE IT.....I LUV AMD......:bounce:
 
CPU: a10 6800k
Name: Richland
Freq: 103
Mult: 47
Clock: 4.829
Volt: 1.4875
Mobo: AsRock fm2a75m-pro4+
Cooling: Corsair H80i push pull

I dont remember what the ram and nb are set at, but right now both are underclocked to make sure all was stable with the higher base freq. Thermal limits never get below 10c in prime 95 run for over an hour. I will post screenshots when I get back in town. This is a STABLE overclock. I was trying to hit 5 ghz but couldn't get there stable and still keep thermal limits in check.
 
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