help with overclocking and cooling please!! thanks!

[miguel0817]

Specs first!

MOBO: Asus Sabertooth 990fx
CPU: FX-8320 (clocked at 4.0)
COOLER: Corsair H55 water cooler
GPU: EVGA GTX 760 2gb (SC)
PSU: Corsair 750watt gold
OS: Windows 7 Primium
CASE FANS: 5

Ok here I go! Please if you don’t know what you are talking about don’t give me advice no hard feelings i just really want to get advice from a PRO! This way i learn something =)

My first question: I want to over clock to 4.6 or more if possible at some point and I was wondering if my cooler can handle the over clocking.

Second question: I did a small over clock last night and my CPU was HOT! I stress tested with prim95 and my temps were at like 65c-68c never hit 70c I’m new to over clocking and got the voltages and all from a YouTube video with my same set up.. Do you guys think it has something to do with the voltages being toooooo high that would cause the overheating? The over clock was only 4.2mhz....

3ed: this other forum told me to leave all the voltages on automatic and just change the cpu ratio and let the MOBO choose the voltages yes or no? Like is said guys I’m a noob and really want to know what I’m doing =) thanks in advance for all the help you guys will provide!

AND MY LAST QUESTION!! to get a steady over clock what would you recommend i set my voltages and cpu ratio to? fx 8320 i want to get a steady 4.2


I know its alot but please help!

 

[Coryjacko]

Right, what is the stock voltage of the 8320? When you overclocked it what was the voltage increased to? Yes more voltage equals more heat! No, don't do that. On my 4170 it was clocked at 4.8ghz and using the motherboards automatic voltage it was at 1.5v, I managed to take it down manually to 1.35. As far as the cooling goes I believe it will be sufficient and you need to remember that nothing will ever put as much strain on your system as prime95.

 

[miguel0817]

Right, what is the stock voltage of the 8320? When you overclocked it what was the voltage increased to? Yes more voltage equals more heat! No, don't do that. On my 4170 it was clocked at 4.8ghz and using the motherboards automatic voltage it was at 1.5v, I managed to take it down manually to 1.35. As far as the cooling goes I believe it will be sufficient and you need to remember that nothing will ever put as much strain on your system as prime95.

Thank you for the reply. I think stock its 1.4v last night i ran an overclock at 4.2mhz with 1.25v ran prime95 no crash no nothing! but my temps got to like 65c+ after 10-15min.. i think i can safely lower the volts more but wont undervolting make me loose performance? Every time i lower the volts it sheds off like 5c so runs cooler.. Also being that im new at this! they only thing i should be messing with is the multipliers and the voltage right?? or wrong?

 

[Coryjacko]

Right, what is the stock voltage of the 8320? When you overclocked it what was the voltage increased to? Yes more voltage equals more heat! No, don't do that. On my 4170 it was clocked at 4.8ghz and using the motherboards automatic voltage it was at 1.5v, I managed to take it down manually to 1.35. As far as the cooling goes I believe it will be sufficient and you need to remember that nothing will ever put as much strain on your system as prime95.

Thank you for the reply. I think stock its 1.4v last night i ran an overclock at 4.2mhz with 1.25v ran prime95 no crash no nothing! but my temps got to like 65c+ after 10-15min.. i think i can safely lower the volts more but wont undervolting make me loose performance? Every time i lower the volts it sheds off like 5c so runs cooler.. Also being that im new at this! they only thing i should be messing with is the multipliers and the voltage right?? or wrong?

Yeah I've looked and the stock voltage is 1.4. Hang on so you've overclocked to 4.2 and lowered the voltage to 1.2v? No lowering the voltage will not lower performance if the overclock is stable. What increments are you increasing and decreasing in? Incorrect, ram also has a bit to do with overclocking. Can you give me the specification of your ram please?

 

[Coryjacko]

Right, what is the stock voltage of the 8320? When you overclocked it what was the voltage increased to? Yes more voltage equals more heat! No, don't do that. On my 4170 it was clocked at 4.8ghz and using the motherboards automatic voltage it was at 1.5v, I managed to take it down manually to 1.35. As far as the cooling goes I believe it will be sufficient and you need to remember that nothing will ever put as much strain on your system as prime95.

Thank you for the reply. I think stock its 1.4v last night i ran an overclock at 4.2mhz with 1.25v ran prime95 no crash no nothing! but my temps got to like 65c+ after 10-15min.. i think i can safely lower the volts more but wont undervolting make me loose performance? Every time i lower the volts it sheds off like 5c so runs cooler.. Also being that im new at this! they only thing i should be messing with is the multipliers and the voltage right?? or wrong?

Yeah I've looked and the stock voltage is 1.4. Hang on so you've overclocked to 4.2 and lowered the voltage to 1.2v? No lowering the voltage will not lower performance if the overclock is stable. What increments are you increasing and decreasing in? Incorrect, ram also has a bit to do with overclocking. Can you give me the specification of your ram please?

 

[miguel0817]

Right, what is the stock voltage of the 8320? When you overclocked it what was the voltage increased to? Yes more voltage equals more heat! No, don't do that. On my 4170 it was clocked at 4.8ghz and using the motherboards automatic voltage it was at 1.5v, I managed to take it down manually to 1.35. As far as the cooling goes I believe it will be sufficient and you need to remember that nothing will ever put as much strain on your system as prime95.

Thank you for the reply. I think stock its 1.4v last night i ran an overclock at 4.2mhz with 1.25v ran prime95 no crash no nothing! but my temps got to like 65c+ after 10-15min.. i think i can safely lower the volts more but wont undervolting make me loose performance? Every time i lower the volts it sheds off like 5c so runs cooler.. Also being that im new at this! they only thing i should be messing with is the multipliers and the voltage right?? or wrong?

Yeah I've looked and the stock voltage is 1.4. Hang on so you've overclocked to 4.2 and lowered the voltage to 1.2v? No lowering the voltage will not lower performance if the overclock is stable. What increments are you increasing and decreasing in? Incorrect, ram also has a bit to do with overclocking. Can you give me the specification of your ram please?

oh so its a good thing that my cpu is running at 1.2v at 4.2?? the only thing im messing with is the CPU multiplier and the voltages everything else is set to stock! maybe thats why i have heat issues.. what else should i be tampering with? other then ram? I'v disabled amd turbo core and all power saving stuff. so im at 4.20000 and 1.2568v evrything else stock!