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Can I oc My fx 8320 to 4.0 ghz with Deep Cool Ice Edge mini FS CPU cooler

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That's not enough information. Thermaltake makes plenty of PSUs, some are pretty good, others are about as useful as a potato. What is the model?



Typo? Is this your board: http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-USB3-rev-41#ov

A 4+1 phase power delivery system will not deliver steady, stable power to your CPU at OC speeds. This is not an overclocking board.
 
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It's an older design that wasn't really that good when it was newer. Overclocking could cause a malfunction. If this unit fails, it may take your motherboard and/or graphics card with it. Please do not overclock on this power supply.



It'll do a good job overclocking low wattage Phenom II chips, but not FX chips.

Long story short, your system is not ready for overclocking. A 100-150MHz OC shouldn't cause much issues, but please don't go any farther that that.

Whatever you do, do not increase voltage. Your power delivery systems are not capable of delivering steady OC voltage.

There are two ways that VRMs can fail:
1) They become a closed circuit (known as a dead short). This means that teh 12V from the power supply will go straight to the CPU, killing the chip immediately. This type of failure usually occurs when VRMs become overheated and/or overloaded.
2) They become an open circuit (known as an incomplete circuit). This means that no voltage can pass through. No power will reach the CPU, there is no risk of CPU damage. This type of failure usually occurs with VRMs contain defects from factory. They don't usually fail this way during OC.
 
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Yes



Not on your current motherboard. Not more than 100-150MHz.

Anyways, an Intel switch is a good idea, seeing as even the i3 6100 runs circles around the FX 8350 when it comes to games, but AMD Ryzen 7 just launched. Let's wait for Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3. Just to be clear, this is supposed to mirror Intel's i7, i5 and i3 scheme. Ryzen 7 is the most powerful and the most expensive with Ryzen 3 being more budget oriented and Ryzen 5 being somewhere in the middle.
 
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You already had Windows 10? Why did you buy another one?

Transferring activation from one machine to another is rather simple. You don't need a separate copy for each machine as long as you're only using one.

Basically, you can transfer your activation from the old one to the new one (when you're done putting it together). The result is that the old machine will be deactivated.

You don't need to buy Windows 10 to have the install media either. That can be downloaded. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/
 
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