First overclock advice

Leprechaun312 · 21 Jan 2013 at 00:20

Hi, i got a new last week and am looking to overclock although i haven't done it before and was looking to see if i could overclock, heres the specs

AMD piledriver 4.0ghz 8350
Gigabyte 970A-D3
500w psu and i need according to a calculator 366 to run
aftermarket xigmatek cooler currently idle the cpu runs at 18 degrees load about 30

Leprechaun312 · 21 Jan 2013 at 00:25

would i be able to do any overclocking?

Avenged7Fold · 21 Jan 2013 at 02:31

What is the brand of PSU?

[Brand] > [a sticker with a 3 digit number and a W next to it]

any GPU?

Im sure if you would be able to clock it a little higher at least. Your temps wont be the issue in your set up. I think the biggest issue will be voltages. The motherboard you chose only has 4+1 phasing and the 8350 is a huge power drain and you can be sure that at load it will stress your VRM's. If you up the voltage on the overclock, you will see your VRM temps shoot up.

Though you don't have a heatsink on the VRM's, the air cpu cooler will help a little but im afraid you will probably find your VRM's will overheat and you will get throttling when stress testing.

You probably know this but fx temps are not actual temps, so dont push it too far 60 when OCing.

Leprechaun312 · 21 Jan 2013 at 13:33

Avenged7Fold said:
What is the brand of PSU?

[Brand] > [a sticker with a 3 digit number and a W next to it]

any GPU?

Im sure if you would be able to clock it a little higher at least. Your temps wont be the issue in your set up. I think the biggest issue will be voltages. The motherboard you chose only has 4+1 phasing and the 8350 is a huge power drain and you can be sure that at load it will stress your VRM's. If you up the voltage on the overclock, you will see your VRM temps shoot up.

Though you don't have a heatsink on the VRM's, the air cpu cooler will help a little but im afraid you will probably find your VRM's will overheat and you will get throttling when stress testing.

You probably know this but fx temps are not actual temps, so dont push it too far 60 when OCing.

yes i have an msi 7850 it takes one 6 pin and the brand is and brand its an xigmatek 500w

Leprechaun312 · 24 Jan 2013 at 20:18

So would i be able to overclock

Avenged7Fold · 24 Jan 2013 at 22:14

Maybe a little bit but your motherboard's power phasing in combo with your high power consuming CPU will hold you back a lot. i would check vrm temps under load stock before overclocking and not push the vcore very much. I put a 8350 on this motherboard, which would be very similar to yours, and the VRM's were freaking out at stock, in prime95. To be fair though, they will be a lot better off on your board since i had no air moving around the VRM's and you do.