Overclocking AMD A10-5700

[ghZZ]

Hello people of Tom's Hardware,

I need some help regarding overclocking my AMD A10-5700. So recently, I've been gaming alright until recently when I made the decision to step it up and get myself an R9 380. I am a little wary about some bottle-necking from my APU so I think overclocking it would take most of it out. Unfortunately, it's not a processor with an unlocked multiplier so I know it will be more difficult and probably more risky, but I want to know what my options are. So if there is anyone out there who has successfully achieved an overclock on the APU, please give me a detailed guide on how to do it and if it is worth the risk.

Thanks community!

 

[popatim]

Even overclocked your APU would bottleneck a 380 IMO. Which CPU cooler did you get or are planning to get?

 

[ghZZ]

Even overclocked your APU would bottleneck a 380 IMO. Which CPU cooler did you get or are planning to get?

I could get something like a GTX H100i or whatever as long as under $150-ish, BTW, I had a discussion about the bottleneck elsewhere and people claimed how an Athlon x4 860k didn't even bottleneck it. I'm avoiding building a new PC, but if it's my only choice....

 

[madmatt30]

Spending $150 on a 100i would be an absolute waste of money.
For that you could get a new board (if yours isn't fm2+) ,an 860k AND a decent tower cooler.

You only really need a decent 92mm cooler to overclock 95w and chips .

Overclocking a locked chip is totally reliant innupping the fsb ratio - you may drag 2-300mhz it so but that's likely the limit - this will also be at the expense of lowering ram speeds slightly.
Any kind of reliability will be reliant on the quality of your motherboard which you haven't mentioned.

 

[ghZZ]

Spending $150 on a 100i would be an absolute waste of money.
For that you could get a new board (if yours isn't fm2+) ,an 860k AND a decent tower cooler.

You only really need a decent 92mm cooler to overclock 95w and chips .

Overclocking a locked chip is totally reliant innupping the fsb ratio - you may drag 2-300mhz it so but that's likely the limit - this will also be at the expense of lowering ram speeds slightly.
Any kind of reliability will be reliant on the quality of your motherboard which you haven't mentioned.

Alright, understood, but I think I'll just save a bit and spring for this build. PCPartPicker Link (Will be borrowing the RAM and storage from old rig)

Thanks Community!