Overclocking Settings on AMD A10-6800K

[Josh Fazio]

Hi! I'm pretty new to overclocking as I've been running stock settings for 2 years now on my A10, and I've started to see a performance drop that is expected of a computer this age. I was just wondering if I could overclock it to push it a bit further before I build a new one.
Specs:

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  AMD A10-6800K @ 4.1 GHz
  Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H
  2 Sticks of 4GB G-Skil Ares Ram (DDR3 @ 844MHz)
  Stock Fans and everything, just cleaned it so it runs pretty cool

I'd like to not have to replace anything, although I understand the fan will most likely have to be replaced if I want to overclock it.

 

[clutchc]

OC'ing will help some. And yes, you'll have to invest in an aftermarket cooler. But for the best performance increase, just get a discrete gfx card.

 

[joesavy86]

Just remember overclocking you CPU will shorten the life, especially on substandard cooling.
An SSD will give the most notable overall performance bump.
Things which would require the Hard drive to spin (load time) are accessed almost instantly with any SSD.
Just my opinion.

 

[Josh Fazio]

OC'ing will help some. And yes, you'll have to invest in an aftermarket cooler. But for the best performance increase, just get a discrete gfx card.

Yeah, the next computer I'm going to build is going to have an aftermarket cooler and discrete card, but when I built this I was on quite a budget. I'm just looking for a small boost in performance.

Just remember overclocking you CPU will shorten the life, especially on substandard cooling.
An SSD will give the most notable overall performance bump.
Things which would require the Hard drive to spin (load time) are accessed almost instantly with any SSD.
Just my opinion.

I have 2 (older) HDDs in Raid 0 as storage and then another (old) HDD as my boot drive, but I do think that would help quite a bit. If I were to OC the CPU/APU, could I have it so that it wouldn't shorten the life? I'm not that worried, but if there ways to do it (not OCing it that much) that won't increase temps too much then I'd like to do that,.

 

[joesavy86]

The SSD will help ALOTT.
Raid 0 does not even compare in terms of speed.


Raising the APU temperature will invariably shorten its lifespan.
But a small OC shouldn't do too much.
Start with very small increases and work your way up.

 

[clutchc]

Yeah, the next computer I'm going to build is going to have an aftermarket cooler and discrete card, but when I built this I was on quite a budget. I'm just looking for a small boost in performance.



Small boost? What performance is lacking? Gaming? Drive access speed?
If gaming, the discrete card is the only way to go.
If drive access time, then you need a SSD.
Or, you may just have a bloatware, adware, computer full of registry errors, junk files, and software conflicts. Try running CCleaner and do the Clean and Registry portions both. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

 

[Josh Fazio]

Yeah, the next computer I'm going to build is going to have an aftermarket cooler and discrete card, but when I built this I was on quite a budget. I'm just looking for a small boost in performance.



Small boost? What performance is lacking? Gaming? Drive access speed?
If gaming, the discrete card is the only way to go.
If drive access time, then you need a SSD.
Or, you may just have a bloatware, adware, computer full of registry errors, junk files, and software conflicts. Try running CCleaner and do the Clean and Registry portions both. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Mostly drive access time I think. I've been using Unity3D and Blender a lot recently and compared to the performance I saw months ago it seems a lot slower, but it might just be me.

 

[clutchc]

If you are a graphic artist or design games, you will need a faster processor AND a discrete card. Since I am spending your money, I may as well suggest a SSD as well. ;-)

 

[Josh Fazio]

If you are a graphic artist or design games, you will need a faster processor AND a discrete card. Since I am spending your money, I may as well suggest a SSD as well. ;-)

Yeah... I'm not ready to get a new computer yet, but the next one I build is going to have a discrete card and ssd's for days.