How am I doing? (8350 OC) ~

[Guest]

I'm either mid-way, or at an end to my first ever overclock.

Using the Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 and Corsair H80i cooler. 8 case fans (6 Corsair SP120 Quiets and 2 AF140 Quiets, full speed) and a small amount of AS5 that may take another week or more to cure.
Using the recommended BIOS settings from this thread here:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-bulldozer-and-piledriver-overclocking-guide-asus-motherboard

Here's how things look so far:

4.4GHz achieved and stable on stock voltages. (That'll be 1.3625v).
Stable as of a 20 minute stress test. No stutters elsewhere either.

Max die-temp reached around the 56c - 57c mark. Mostly stuck around 56.
Thermal margin in AMD Overdrive reflects these figures.
Socket temp remained around 62c.

... Is it just me or is this a little high at stock voltages? My aim was 4.6GHz and to do that I'll most likely have to bump up 'said voltage. I'm not particularly sure that I want to since I'm only about 6-8c off the limit for the 8350.

I raised the multiplier gradually, stress tested at stock, 4.2 and now 4.4. With each adjacent bump in multiplier I gained around 4 degrees.


I suppose I can live with 4.4GHz, an extra 400MHz for free ain't to be snuffed at. Still, little disappointed.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Every chip is different , some overclock well , others hardly at all , I got lucky with mine.

 

[Guest]

Every chip is different , some overclock well , others hardly at all , I got lucky with mine.

I guess silicon has never heard of beginners luck.


Well I guess that's my limit then. I'm not too unhappy, I mean, I didn't need to increase the voltage at all, so it really is essentially free performance. No extra power consumption or die degradation.

In theory I could probably manage 4.5 at stock voltage with just a little increase in temps, but for the sake of even numbers and OCD on that front, I'll keep it where it is.
As a little update, I did manage to shave 4c off by switching the CPU LLC to High from Ultra High, with no stability issues. I'm left with a good 10c of headroom for when the summer gets toasty.

I guess I'll reserve any future overclocking to Intel chips. You know, the ones that aren't a-gazillion volts right out of the box.
Thanks for your help.
Final step is to gradually turn the power saving stuff back on. One at a time =/