gigabyte ga-78lmt-usb3 (rev. 6.0) am3+ motherboard

[ThePatrioticRussianSeal]

Hi I was wondering was this motherboard good for overclocking my CPU as I have gotten conflicting answers whether its good or not

 

[Deleted member 217926]

4 +1 phase power and a 760G chipset says it's probably not a very good overclocker. It is a Gigabyte UD series board though so it might surprise you and work better than the specs would imply.

 

[ThePatrioticRussianSeal]

Ah okay thanks as I have 8320 black edition I was going to try and overclock. I was only going to try and get 4.0 or 4.2ghz not a heavy overclock. I have good airflow in my case and a deep cool after market cpu cooler do you think these will help keep the overclock stable?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The only way to know for sure is to try.

Just keep an eye on your temps, you don't want to go much over 60c with an 8 core FX. Here's a great place to start reading.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-bulldozer-and-piledriver-overclocking-guide-asus-motherboard

Actually this guide uses a Gigabyte board and might help you more.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1434322/amd-multiplier-overclocking-guide-vishera-bulldozer-phenom-more-ga-990fxa-ud5-rev1-1-non-uefi-bios-example

It's not identical to yours but the BIOS will be very similar.

 

[ThePatrioticRussianSeal]

Thanks for help

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Sure thing. Good luck.