fx8350 on asus sabertooth

[pstroy]

Basically I have an fx8350 on Asus sabertooth r2.0 with a thermal take silver arrow CPU cooler. New to over clocking so as much detail and help can be given will be much appreciated. Target is 4.5ghz stable. Thanks in advance

 

[Fullmetalalkami]

Great in depth guide on OCing AMD hardware here
http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-bulldozer-and-piledriver-overclocking-guide-asus-motherboard

 

[Fullmetalalkami]

Or check out this jayztwocentz youtube video, enjoy!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MckeAmnDeTk

 

[datguy20]

Just used the same combo for a friend, as we got them at a great deal on Ebay. Using a Noctua NH-D14 I was able to get the 8350 to 4.6Ghz before I hit a thermal wall (testing done in my 20C room). If I recall correctly I reduced it to 4.5Ghz because his room can get very hot (around 25-30C) and I didn't want him having problems.

The settings, if I recall correctly (this is by memory though), were...
D.O.C.P for setting factory RAM speed (used 1866 G.Skill 2x8GB Ripjaws X)
1.405 voltage
130% VRM power

I know I changed other things, but I can't remember the details. My memory is garbage sometimes, sorry.

 

[pstroy]

Please try to remember more lol

 

[toolmaker_03]

the AMD CPU is a crap shoot with over clocks i have got my 8350 to 4.7Ghz stable but that is not the norm 4.5Ghz should be stable with good memory and a solid GPU. When over clocking even jist the CPU, it will effect everything on the system, i use 580"s for my GPU, and corsair plat memory, i have found that the more stable the system is at stock, the higher the clocks can go.

 

[pstroy]

the AMD CPU is a crap shoot with over clocks i have got my 8350 to 4.7Ghz stable but that is not the norm 4.5Ghz should be stable with good memory and a solid GPU. When over clocking even jist the CPU, it will effect everything on the system, i use 580"s for my GPU, and corsair plat memory, i have found that the more stable the system is at stock, the higher the clocks can go.

Yeah i've heard of the "silicon lottery" lol. I feel my system is pretty stable got a sapphire r9 290 tri-x oc and 16 gb of ram. Ram is only 1333mhz team though so prob weakest part but have a friend who works with computers and says its good and i got it nice and cheap (£30) . Watched the jays 2 cents video and followed his settings as close as i could ( different motherboard to one he's using) but temps seems to sky rocket when i ran prime 95... what should temps be? Dunno why but i keep getting a serious brainfreeze every time i try to understand this stuff lol

 

[datguy20]

Max core/cpu temp = 62C
Max socket temp = 75C

I'd suggest using IntelBurnTest over Prime95. From my experience it's just better.

 

[pstroy]

Max core/cpu temp = 62C
Max socket temp = 75C

I'd suggest using IntelBurnTest over Prime95. From my experience it's just better.

how long do you run intelburntest for? i've read when happy with overclock you should run prime 95 for 24HR! to me just seems extreme but what do I know lol

 

[datguy20]

IntelBurnTest is more a Pass/Fail test. It has multiple stress levels, with "Standard" taking only a couple minutes. I usually OC until it doesn't pass standard, take it down, then if it passes on high it's good to go. I never bother with the number of passes, as the default of 10 seems to do just fine. 24 hours is just obnoxious, but I guess you could turn up the passes and max the stress level if you want to be anal.

Never had a single problem with a PC that has passed IntelBurnTest on at least high. Used it for OCing an FX-6300, FX-8350, and an i7 3770k with great results.