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OC'ING 8320

Cpute

Cpute

Cpute

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So my new 8320 turned up today and I want to get straight in and overclock this bad boy.
I have a GA 970A DS3 rev 1 Mobo and antec 620 closed loop cooler and 500w psu.
So I was wondering if 4.7Ghz at 1.450 volts sounds achievable with what I have?
Also do i need to change anything else except those 2 things?
 
Cpute said:
So my new 8320 turned up today and I want to get straight in and overclock this bad boy.
I have a GA 970A DS3 rev 1 Mobo and antec 620 closed loop cooler and 500w psu.
So I was wondering if 4.7Ghz at 1.450 volts sounds achievable with what I have?
Also do i need to change anything else except those 2 things?
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You'll be lucky to hold stock clocks on that board. 4+1 with no VRM cooling is just asking for a 1.7ghz throttle.

If you had a board that didn't throttle that 620 would net you 4ghz if you were lucky. Single rad AIO on 8320 are not really any better than the stock cooler.
 
Look for a refurb H80 and your cooling is sorted. Then look for the cheapest 8+2 Asus board.
 
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im running a h80i as its fine, got two SP120 quiet edition fans fixed at 1200RPM and i have my 8320 at 4.6 normally idle at around 18-25deg and 55-65 at load :)
 
Forget MSI and Asrock 8+2 boards, they have a bad rep when it comes to am3+ VRMs. Grab a decent gigabyte board with 8+2 power phasing or an Asus board with at least 6+2. The Asrock fatal1ty may have 12+2 but components are lower quality than on other top end boards and so is simply not worth the premium that comes with it.
 
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