FX8320 core disabling

[kurtis.itouch]

amd fx 8320

8192 A-Data PC3-12800 (800 MHz)

gtx 950

400w psu

GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0 780g chipset

I have a 4+1 mobo, would it be advisable to use only 6 of 8 cores by turning them off in bios to attempt to get a higher clock speed on the other cores?
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last month i used amd overdrive to try overclocking, and then i picked up an SSD, and didn't do a completely fresh install. now in my bios the minimum voltages that i can tune in are way higher than earlier, i used to be able to dial in 1.31 but now it only lets me dial in 1.4 or more, giving me a danger zone towards 1.5, reinstalling amd overdrive did not seem to do anything, could this be a corrupted bios? for the majority i've left voltages under 1.4 for all (from my knowledge) for the past 3 years up til this month

 

[Rogue Leader]

I cannot stress enough, do not overclock on that motherboard. Turning off cores isn't going to help you. That board barely runs that chip well on stock settings.

 

[WildCard999]

Even if you could overclock the "improvement" is minimal, save up for a Ryzen upgrade.

 

[kurtis.itouch]

I cannot stress enough, do not overclock on that motherboard. Turning off cores isn't going to help you. That board barely runs that chip well on stock settings.

thanks for the reply. I also have been having this issue where changing bios settings does not seem to do much... i changed the cpu clock multiplier to 20 but it does not clock that high but my turbo overclock does go to the 4.1ghz, should i reset cmos?

 

[Rogue Leader]

I cannot stress enough, do not overclock on that motherboard. Turning off cores isn't going to help you. That board barely runs that chip well on stock settings.

thanks for the reply. I also have been having this issue where changing bios settings does not seem to do much... i changed the cpu clock multiplier to 20 but it does not clock that high but my turbo overclock does go to the 4.1ghz, should i reset cmos?

Reset the CMOS and leave it stock. The VRMs are weak, unless you have a downdraft cooler (stock style) they have no cooling on them. I've literally seen someone set a better board than that on fire with a 9590 (heavily overclocked 8350) trying to overclock on it.

here we go

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