Help![AMD] Need advise and help for overclocking

YKno

YKno

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System:

CPU: AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3
RAM: HyperX 8GB 1866Mhz
GPU: Sapphire R9 290 VAPOR-X OC 4GB
PSU: Thermaltake Smart SE 630W
Cooling:Xigmatek Loki



Right, i need help with overclocking my PC i have never done this before so i want help setting it up using tested known safer overclocks.

i want to overclock gpu, cpu, ram and motherboard a full rig overclock.


Also i would like to know what cooler i should buy to run this?

Would a air cooler work?
Thin 120mm or thin 140mm rad?
Thick 120mm or thick 140mm rad?
240mm or 280mm rad?

I want to keep cost down if possible.

I know i need to upgrade my power supply so if you can also let me know what watt would be good and recommend a couple.

Thank you for all help in advance.


If you need anymore information just let me know.

More information the better please:)
 
You should be safe on that PSU. The cooler you need depends on how far you want to push it. Personally I love price/performance so I use the hyper 212+, its £25 and leagues better than stock coolers and still allows pretty hefty overclocks. Although I have an intel chip which generally uses less power than an AMD chip, although does have crappy TIM so tends to transfer heat worse.

From what I see you should manage 4.0GHz easily on the 8320 with a 212 (I don't know much about AMD overclocking sorry), try watching this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckeAmnDeTk

The VAPOR-X is one of the best coolers for the 290. Download MSI Afterburner and start playing, maybe watch a youtube video or two. An average overclock on the VAPOR-X 290 is 1100 core, 1500 memory, with +20 core voltage and +50% power limit. You can tweak from there. This is a good video for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNsMBzaysMQ
 
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Meladath said:
You should be safe on that PSU. The cooler you need depends on how far you want to push it. Personally I love price/performance so I use the 212 plus, its £25 and leagues better than stock coolers and still allows pretty hefty overclocks. Although I have an intel chip which generally uses less power than an AMD chip, although does have crappy TIM so tends to transfer heat worse.
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I been told i need 700-800w as i do want to overclock to the max eventuarly after i get more confident with it.

The CPU and GPU already consume 475W alone stock so.
 
YKno said:
I been told i need 700-800w as i do want to overclock to the max eventuarly after i get more confident with it.

The CPU and GPU already consume 475W alone stock so.
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It depends what you mean to the max really. To the max on air cooling, you should be ok with 630W. While overclocking does cause more power draw, I highly doubt any single card setup could pull more than 630W unless you are LN2 cooling or something like that.

Have you measured the 475W? because that seems incredibly high to me, even using a 290 and an 8320, I would suspect its more like 400W at a push, remember any measurements from the wall are before the efficiency of the PSU. For initial overclocking anyway, its MORE than enough, maybe if you get crazy later on maybe you will need to upgrade but I doubt it really.
 
Meladath said:
It depends what you mean to the max really. To the max on air cooling, you should be ok with 630W. While overclocking does cause more power draw, I highly doubt any single card setup could pull more than 630W unless you are LN2 cooling or something like that.

Have you measured the 475W? because that seems incredibly high to me, even using a 290 and an 8320, I would suspect its more like 400W at a push, remember any measurements from the wall are before the efficiency of the PSU. For initial overclocking anyway, its MORE than enough, maybe if you get crazy later on maybe you will need to upgrade but I doubt it really.
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Well i want to go AIO water cooler ideally just worried about leaking and i want to try to hit a overclock of 4.7 onthe cpu and overclock the rest to match that preformance increase over stock.
 
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https://uk.************.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

so I'm buying this is this more than enough?
 
You can't send competitor links there mate, but the EVGA B2 750W is a good PSU, yes. :)

However, for your uses, the EVGA GS 650W is more than enough and features a semi-fanless mode and full modularity, so I feel is good enough for you and at the same price as the B2 :)
 
Shivy011 said:
You can't send competitor links there mate, but the EVGA B2 750W is a good PSU, yes. :)

However, for your uses, the EVGA GS 650W is more than enough and features a semi-fanless mode and full modularity, so I feel is good enough for you and at the same price as the B2 :)
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if its the same price then surely i should get the 750w for expandability as im not bothered with fully modular semi modular is all i need.
 
Up to you :) I would take the GS for the semi-fan mode, but both have 5 year warranty and at least some modularity, so it's your choice at the end of the day.
 
Shivy011 said:
You can't send competitor links there mate, but the EVGA B2 750W is a good PSU, yes. :)

However, for your uses, the EVGA GS 650W is more than enough and features a semi-fanless mode and full modularity, so I feel is good enough for you and at the same price as the B2 :)
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i know u said don't post and sorry but its just where i look for parts i don't actually by through them

but is this one any good and is it better or worse than the EVGA B2

https://uk.************.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b10750vr

reason I'm looking at this one is it has all black wires over the B2

so what the differences?
 
Don't consider NEX, it may look better but being made by FSP it is inferior

The only EVGA ones to consider for your budget/uses are G2, GS, B2, P2, PS

But seriously, don't send the links - they are against forum rules. Just send the name of the PSU instead :)
 
FSP are the people that make the NEX, whereas SuperFlower make the B2. SuperFlower are a better OEM (people that make the PSU) as the B2 has better build quality, actually reaches 80+ Silver certification levels and also a single rail, which is better than the NEX.
 
Shivy011 said:
FSP are the people that make the NEX, whereas SuperFlower make the B2. SuperFlower are a better OEM (people that make the PSU) as the B2 has better build quality, actually reaches 80+ Silver certification levels and also a single rail, which is better than the NEX.
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ah okay well apart for that u don't like FPS is there any real downfall from the NEX as it is cheaper and has all black cables
 
YKno said:
ah okay well apart for that u don't like FPS is there any real downfall from the NEX as it is cheaper and has all black cables
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It is worse...

Performance is worse
Build quality is worse

It's not a great PSU
 
Why not get the 650GS or 650G2 then?

750 G2 has double the warranty of the B2, a massive 10 years
 
Shivy011 said:
Why not get the 650GS or 650G2 then?

750 G2 has double the warranty of the B2, a massive 10 years
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i change my pc every 5 years complete as i sell my old ones on lol so ye that cause ill stick with the 750b2


altho i would like a review of the nex750 as i cant see any review where people say its bad
 
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