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AMD FX Overclocking

meldarthx said:
Matt; LOL I'll try again :D Is Crossfire V that much better over Sabertooth board? I'm trying to decide between these two boards......Both are solid for OC; just which one will I get a little more miles out of with OC :D

as my board now is way too limited; 990X revision 1 *grumbles*
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I use a Crosshair V formula (non Z) but I will admit, I got very decent results on a rev 1. M5A99X with an 8350. Easily 4.7GHz and 4.5GHz 24/7.

So either of the Crosshair or Sabretooth will do. The CPU will be the limitation before the board due to the possible frequency available.

The M5A99X was also the board that reached 302Mhz bus clock for me.

For info, the intel Z97 chipset brings little advance on the 990FX. May be a slight improvement on the SATA chipset but I have found little difference and PCIe 3.0 is the main one. Memory frequency and bandwidth no change IMO.
 
Hmmmm.........Thanks folks; Nkata nice; my board seems to be a dud :( so time to upgrade.....haven't done it in a little while so :D

CH technically goes better with my red color theme of my case.......*looks like spending more money* LOL
 
nkata said:
I use a Crosshair V formula (non Z) but I will admit, I got very decent results on a rev 1. M5A99X with an 8350. Easily 4.7GHz and 4.5GHz 24/7.

So either of the Crosshair or Sabretooth will do. The CPU will be the limitation before the board due to the possible frequency available.

The M5A99X was also the board that reached 302Mhz bus clock for me.

For info, the intel Z97 chipset brings little advance on the 990FX. May be a slight improvement on the SATA chipset but I have found little difference and PCIe 3.0 is the main one. Memory frequency and bandwidth no change IMO.
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IMO the 99X, Saber and CHIV are all the same boards, dressed up differently.

I had a M5A97 rev 2 recently and the bios was identical (different colour mind, it was blue themed instead of red) and was only really missing a few options like CPU Level up etc, which is understandable as it doesn't have the phases the others do.

I'm not a fan of blue motherboards either though, so I went with red to match my case and everything else :)
 
meldarthx said:
Matt; LOL I'll try again :D Is Crossfire V that much better over Sabertooth board? I'm trying to decide between these two boards......Both are solid for OC; just which one will I get a little more miles out of with OC :D

as my board now is way too limited; 990X revision 1 *grumbles*
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Oops, sorry mate must have missed that one.

This is only my second AMD board, but everyone says both are top quality. I'd go for the Cross V, simply because the vrm temps are very low and you have lots of pci-e lanes spare just in case. :)
 
h.264 encoding on Realbench makes my CPU get WAY too hot, was approaching 80C on socket temps. Fans ramp'd up to full speed at 72C.

Seems to be idling quite high too.

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meldarthx said:
*sighs* does not answer my question.....or is it realative to my question Dave.......;)
...telling someone to buy intel when they specially asked about AMD motherboard is like saying mars is flat when they asked about the curvature of the earth....*it has nothing to do with the question and shouldn't of ever been brought up; specially in a sub about OCing AMD chips* ;)
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ALXAndy said:
Don't let the Intel Witnesses fool you. The 4790k costs the same as a CHIV and an 8320 so much more money. And day to day you won't notice any difference as the FX 8 are more than quick enough to get any job done. I notice absolutely no difference between my FX 8 rig and 3970x rig apart from the graphics cards.
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:cool::D
 
meldarthx said:
*sighs* does not answer my question.....or is it realative to my question Dave.......;) I don't care about power; and I want some fun OC - telling someone to buy intel when they specially asked about AMD motherboard is like saying mars is flat when they asked about the curvature of the earth....*it has nothing to do with the question and shouldn't of ever been brought up; specially in a sub about OCing AMD chips* ;)
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I gave my opinion, we're all entitled to our own after all.

I stand by it - IMO anyone buying a FX CPU and a AM3+ motherboard today, from new, is a fool. There are far more powerful and more up to date offerings available from Intel that actually have an upgrade path (Broadwell will be compatible with Z97 motherboards).

Compare the feature set on Z97 to the AM3+ boards - it's simply a bad choice to buy a AM3+ motherboard from new today.

Of course if you choose the ignore the most reputable hardware review site's benchmarks and choose to buy a dead end AM3+ board with no upgrade path from new today, then enjoy it I guess.

Oh, FYI, Z97 motherboards also offer overclocking potential. Overclocking isn't exclusive to AMD.

One last thing - for anyone else considering an AMD FX CPU/motherboard from new today, go check the latest AMD financial results (posted on most major hardware sites/forums). AMD had their worst sales in the last 10 years in 2014. That should show you that the vast majority are not investing into the ancient AM3+ architecture, and rightly so.
 
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No need for thar kind of chat in an AMD overclocking thread Dave. Plenty of other threads out there to add a more confrontational tone to on intel over AMD. I don't think anyone is suggesting These are better performing chips

Folks are genuinely having a fun time overclocking AMD CPUs and chatting about it.


Great thread lads.... I have a 8350 that I've only tweaked the multi on... 4.6 giving a 69k score in real bench. I'll be taking some notes and seeing if I can squeeze some more out of her
 
And the difference between fans of Intel and AMD is that the AMD fans stay out of the Intel threads and don't go in them spouting vitriol.

Intel Witnesses eh? Gotta love em.
 
Dave2150 said:
I gave my opinion, we're all entitled to our own after all.

I stand by it - IMO anyone buying a FX CPU and a AM3+ motherboard today, from new, is a fool.
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Apart from the very negative slant there, some of us bought this equipment a long time ago! I was a late upgrader from a C2D intel but due to redundancy had a tiny budget to stick to. This was 15 months ago (in case you skim read that means over a year), others have been on this hardware longer than me - so not many 'fools'.

Most have a happy experience and genuinely see little difference. I have built countless systems for clients and family circles, most recently I pieced together a system for my nephew - built a cheap gaming rig this Christmas with an i5. Have played on it, he was using my old GPU and monitor - guess what? No difference.

Andy__C said:
No need for thar kind of chat in an AMD overclocking thread Dave. Plenty of other threads out there to add a more confrontational tone to on intel over AMD. I don't think anyone is suggesting These are better performing chips

Folks are genuinely having a fun time overclocking AMD CPUs and chatting about it.
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Unfortunately you will see the same faces in these threads Andy. If you were buying new and had the cash to cover the intel components (typically about £50-100 extra) then of course you would play safe going blue.

Spouting on this forum that the FX are crud, dead technology is far from the truth and generally down to lack of understanding, self-righteousness or brand snobbery.

Of these folk, you will find a very small proportion have actually USED the FX setups and those which did switch to intel after are leaning to the placebo effect as they want to believe it is 'so much better'. A handful of this community have been honest and acknowledge little difference. I have only seen two guys come back on here and claimed to have got way better experiences from the switch.

I have always maintained the only upgrade from the FX range is to a far more expensive i7, you would only in certain gaming circumstances benefit from better minimums from the i5's in poorly threaded/developed titles or archaic MMO's. :)
 
Th0nt said:
Apart from the very negative slant there, some of us bought this equipment a long time ago! I was a late upgrader from a C2D intel but due to redundancy had a tiny budget to stick to. This was 15 months ago (in case you skim read that means over a year), others have been on this hardware longer than me - so not many 'fools'.

Most have a happy experience and genuinely see little difference. I have built countless systems for clients and family circles, most recently I pieced together a system for my nephew - built a cheap gaming rig this Christmas with an i5. Have played on it, he was using my old GPU and monitor - guess what? No difference.



Unfortunately you will see the same faces in these threads Andy. If you were buying new and had the cash to cover the intel components (typically about £50-100 extra) then of course you would play safe going blue.

Spouting on this forum that the FX are crud, dead technology is far from the truth and generally down to lack of understanding, self-righteousness or brand snobbery.

Of these folk, you will find a very small proportion have actually USED the FX setups and those which did switch to intel after are leaning to the placebo effect as they want to believe it is 'so much better'. A handful of this community have been honest and acknowledge little difference. I have only seen two guys come back on here and claimed to have got way better experiences from the switch.

I have always maintained the only upgrade from the FX range is to a far more expensive i7, you would only in certain gaming circumstances benefit from better minimums from the i5's in poorly threaded/developed titles or archaic MMO's. :)
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Ignore him, it's not worth arguing.
 
Th0nt said:
Apart from the very negative slant there, some of us bought this equipment a long time ago! I was a late upgrader from a C2D intel but due to redundancy had a tiny budget to stick to. This was 15 months ago (in case you skim read that means over a year), others have been on this hardware longer than me - so not many 'fools'.

Most have a happy experience and genuinely see little difference. I have built countless systems for clients and family circles, most recently I pieced together a system for my nephew - built a cheap gaming rig this Christmas with an i5. Have played on it, he was using my old GPU and monitor - guess what? No difference.



Unfortunately you will see the same faces in these threads Andy. If you were buying new and had the cash to cover the intel components (typically about £50-100 extra) then of course you would play safe going blue.

Spouting on this forum that the FX are crud, dead technology is far from the truth and generally down to lack of understanding, self-righteousness or brand snobbery.

Of these folk, you will find a very small proportion have actually USED the FX setups and those which did switch to intel after are leaning to the placebo effect as they want to believe it is 'so much better'. A handful of this community have been honest and acknowledge little difference. I have only seen two guys come back on here and claimed to have got way better experiences from the switch.

I have always maintained the only upgrade from the FX range is to a far more expensive i7, you would only in certain gaming circumstances benefit from better minimums from the i5's in poorly threaded/developed titles or archaic MMO's. :)
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I suggest you read my post more carefully next time.

My comments were to " anyone buying a FX CPU and a AM3+ motherboard today, from new".

As you bought yours 15 months ago, your clearly not referred to in my post... Not sure how to be clearer about this.
 
Andy__C said:
No need for thar kind of chat in an AMD overclocking thread Dave. Plenty of other threads out there to add a more confrontational tone to on intel over AMD. I don't think anyone is suggesting These are better performing chips

Folks are genuinely having a fun time overclocking AMD CPUs and chatting about it.


Great thread lads.... I have a 8350 that I've only tweaked the multi on... 4.6 giving a 69k score in real bench. I'll be taking some notes and seeing if I can squeeze some more out of her
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Got no issues at all with owners of FX CPU's having fun overclocking them.

I simply offer advise when I see someone considering buying into the AM3+ platform today, considering it's a completely dead end platform etc.
 
Just built a new rig with an 8350 - I've used AMD since the XP2000 days.
Did a quick bit of overclocking and got 4.5 totally stable for an hour on prime95 with stock volts.
Will download RealBench tomorrow and have a look over the weekend.

Rich
 
Dave2150 said:
Got no issues at all with owners of FX CPU's having fun overclocking them.

I simply offer advise when I see someone considering buying into the AM3+ platform today, considering it's a completely dead end platform etc.
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I suggest you obtain the facts Dave. From what I understand the OP did not pay for some of the components (AMDMatt can you confirm this?) which would make the 'buying' argument somewhat incorrect "advise" for this person, posting here just to stir. :o

The 15 months ago input was just to highlight that even back then there were the same interjections from pro intel champions. I am not debating it being a dead end platform, as far as I am aware the thread was intended to talk about overclocking the FX which from what I can see you have had no input.

If you look at the dedicated thread in here somewhere I have contributed in there. Strange argumentative take on things you have, but as a couple of others have mentioned above I think your posts are just irritating rather than being of any use...
 
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