FX 8320 Overclocking to 4.5GHz

[Victor0317]

so i want to overclock it and idk how to do that in bios... i know how to access bios, but what settings do i have to change? please give me a specific numbers of the settings so i can easily overclock it. i'm using Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 motherboard. thanks in advance

 

[Shaun o]

An 8320 has a default clock speed of 3.5Ghz as I am sure you know.
Depending on how well the Silicone substrate the Cpu was built up on and manufactured can vary from cpu to cpu when overclocking.
On what you can overclock each FX based cpu to in running frequency.
For the basics the FX 8320 cpu is multiplier unlocked like most FX based cpu`s from AMD.
Most FX based cpu`s will on average overclock by an extra 800Mhz on the core speed.

In your bios, first turn off cool and quiet, and also the turbo core feature.

Go to the settings for the Cpu.

In there you will see the multiplier value set, at stock it should be 200 Mhz memory speed and 17.5 on the multiplier value set in the bios section or page dealing with thew cpu settings. You want to set the mode to manual, and not auto.

200Mhz x 17.5 = 3.5Ghx maximum cpu speed.

Simply increase the multiplier value . For example : 200Mhz x 21- 4.2Ghz cpu speed.

Your FX 8320 cpu should be able to reach 4.4Ghz with no problems at all.

200Mhz x 22 to reach 4.4Ghz clock speed.

The voltage on the cpu core should be set to 1.35v @ 200Mhz x 22.

Make sure you have a good after market cpu cooler on the cpu, and you are not using the Amd stock cooler that came with the cpu in the box provided.

Temps at Idle should be about 40c + and when under stress or load within the 56 to 58c range.
If the cpu has problems loading into windows, or it fails to load.
Or the system freezes or locks up.

Restart the system and add a 0.250mv voltage increase to your cpu core.

Or reduce the multiplier value by half a increment eg : 22 x 200Mhz to 21.5 x 200Mhz for the memory bus or ram modules settings.

Do not set the core voltage of the CPU in any circumstance to above 1.6v, unless you have a water cooling loop and lots of case fans in your system, for adequate heat dissipation of the overclocked cpu.

4.4Ghz to 4.5Ghz is what you can reasonably expect from a system with a good after market air cooler on your cpu.

 

[komrade]

I have the same cpu and motherboard and just to test it when I first got the system it goes to 4.4ghz easily without touching any voltage settings.

But before doing any kind of overclocking throw away your stock cooler as 1st it cant handle the heat as it does poor job even on normal speeds 2nd its noisy as hell and will drive you crazy. Buy a good cpu cooler most 30+ E/$ will do a very good work and will let you overclock the cpu as much as reasonably possible. I personally got a coolermaster hyper 412s and does great job at keeping low temperatures on 4.4ghz and no noise at all.

 

[Victor0317]

An 8320 has a default clock speed of 3.5Ghz as I am sure you know.
Depending on how well the Silicone substrate the Cpu was built up on and manufactured can vary from cpu to cpu when overclocking.
On what you can overclock each FX based cpu to in running frequency.
For the basics the FX 8320 cpu is multiplier unlocked like most FX based cpu`s from AMD.
Most FX based cpu`s will on average overclock by an extra 800Mhz on the core speed.

In your bios, first turn off cool and quiet, and also the turbo core feature.

Go to the settings for the Cpu.

In there you will see the multiplier value set, at stock it should be 200 Mhz memory speed and 17.5 on the multiplier value set in the bios section or page dealing with thew cpu settings. You want to set the mode to manual, and not auto.

200Mhz x 17.5 = 3.5Ghx maximum cpu speed.

Simply increase the multiplier value . For example : 200Mhz x 21- 4.2Ghz cpu speed.

Your FX 8320 cpu should be able to reach 4.4Ghz with no problems at all.

200Mhz x 22 to reach 4.4Ghz clock speed.

The voltage on the cpu core should be set to 1.35v @ 200Mhz x 22.

Make sure you have a good after market cpu cooler on the cpu, and you are not using the Amd stock cooler that came with the cpu in the box provided.

Temps at Idle should be about 40c + and when under stress or load within the 56 to 58c range.
If the cpu has problems loading into windows, or it fails to load.
Or the system freezes or locks up.

Restart the system and add a 0.250mv voltage increase to your cpu core.

Or reduce the multiplier value by half a increment eg : 22 x 200Mhz to 21.5 x 200Mhz for the memory bus or ram modules settings.

Do not set the core voltage of the CPU in any circumstance to above 1.6v, unless you have a water cooling loop and lots of case fans in your system, for adequate heat dissipation of the overclocked cpu.

4.4Ghz to 4.5Ghz is what you can reasonably expect from a system with a good after market air cooler on your cpu.

thanks for your reply

 

[Victor0317]

I have the same cpu and motherboard and just to test it when I first got the system it goes to 4.4ghz easily without touching any voltage settings.

But before doing any kind of overclocking throw away your stock cooler as 1st it cant handle the heat as it does poor job even on normal speeds 2nd its noisy as hell and will drive you crazy. Buy a good cpu cooler most 30+ E/$ will do a very good work and will let you overclock the cpu as much as reasonably possible. I personally got a coolermaster hyper 412s and does great job at keeping low temperatures on 4.4ghz and no noise at all.

Yeah i know that, i'm gonna sell my ps4 and get a corsair H80i GT to cool it down, since i got FX 8320 overclocked and a GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0, i don't need any console anymore, and G2A sells games way cheaper than Gamestop. So why not choose pc?

 

[komrade]

Well then of course you are good to go, the last console that I bought was the psx anyway.

As for overclocking the 8320 I tried it a little more yesterday and yes it goes to 4.5Ghz with a temperature raging from 55-62 degrees.
At 4.6Ghz without touching voltages it freezes and needs a restart. Well it can go even higher by raising the voltage so I guess you can overclock it as far as your cpu temperatures will allow it. With the H80i GT you can get it much higher than I can with my aircooler so if you are interested you can push it to its limits I bet.

Have fun overclocking 😉