overclocking fx 8320

[Elie Abou Issa]

How to overclock a cpu? And how far can go the fx 8320 on stock voltage? My cooler is a cooler master hyper 212 evo and my MoBo is a crosshair V formula-Z.

 

[Alec Mowat]

Those chips get seriously hot when you start to overclock them.

You can over clock from the motherboard. Just increase the multiplier, and leave everything else at default. Move it up .5 at a time.

 

[Elie Abou Issa]

If I increase fsb and the multplier it will be faster than increasing multiplier only?

 

[JOOK-D]

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

Raising fsb is unnecessary at least for a regular overclock since your CPU multiplier is unlocked. FSB will affect other things, such as your RAM speed.

 

[Elie Abou Issa]

Ok without raising voltage can I reach 4.5 GHz? If not how much do I raise voltage?

 

[Alec Mowat]

If I increase fsb and the multplier it will be faster than increasing multiplier only?

Don't touch the FSB for now, and you need to have pretty decent RAM to play with the FSB

 

[tankNZ]

If I increase fsb and the multplier it will be faster than increasing multiplier only?

Don't touch the FSB for now, and you need to have pretty decent RAM to play with the FSB

I agree!

 

[Hello man]

How to overclock a cpu? And how far can go the fx 8320 on stock voltage? My cooler is a cooler master hyper 212 evo and my MoBo is a crosshair V formula-Z.

You can over clock in the BIOS by changing the multiplier. Also, AMD overdrive can do it. I would recommend the BIOS.

 

[Alec Mowat]

Ok without raising voltage can I reach 4.5 GHz? If not how much do I raise voltage?

Depends on the chip, they are all a little different.

You'll need some tools, like Prime 95 and something to monitor the CPU temp.

Increase the multiplier first, by 1. Run Prime95 stress test and monitor the temperature, you want it under 70. The FX chips rarely use all 8 cores at once, so 70 is safe for Prime95.

Keep increasing by one until Prime95 fails, or you can't boot, or you bluescreen.

At that point, drop the multiplier down, and move the Voltage up a small amount, the lowest interval the motherboard will allow it to go (usually just push =/+ key) and keep trying from there.

The FX chips get hot, so I don't imagine you'll get to far on that heatsink before the temp starts hitting 70. On the FX8350, I had to switch from the Noctua NH12 to the H100 to get it from 4.4 to 4.8.