AMD FX Overclocking

Glacius · 21 Jan 2015 at 10:40

Just curious here before I get started and again thanks for the advice and links above,

But with a fully watercooled system and an ASUS 990FX board and the AMD Black Edition FX 9370 what's the rough sort of highest speed I could realistically get and be stable with? Or is it literally down to the individual chip?

LtMatt · 21 Jan 2015 at 10:44

nkata said:
Ouch 1.56V Not for too long I trust. Still it is a top frequency.

I normally run my 9590 at 4.85GHz and 5.15GHz turbo at 1.45V. Appears stable, could go higher if I had a better case.

Wow, you have a great chip my friend.

Glacius said:
Just curious here before I get started and again thanks for the advice and links above,

But with a fully watercooled system and an ASUS 990FX board and the AMD Black Edition FX 9370 what's the rough sort of highest speed I could realistically get and be stable with? Or is it literally down to the individual chip?

Hard to say, will depend on the chip. Thanks to water cooling though you have a much better chance of going further.

pandem0nium · 21 Jan 2015 at 13:42

AMDMatt said:
http://valid.x86.fr/7vggz6

That's my limit on the core ratio, quitting now before i break her new computer.

That's very good! and a very high frequency on the memory as well. How stable is it?

LtMatt · 21 Jan 2015 at 14:29

pandem0nium said:
That's very good! and a very high frequency on the memory as well. How stable is it?

Thanks mate.

Not sure on stability, but I'll let you know as i continue to test.

ALXAndy · 21 Jan 2015 at 14:37

Asus Realbench FTW. If you make it through the heavy multi tasking part you're golden

LtMatt · 21 Jan 2015 at 14:39

ALXAndy said:
Asus Realbench FTW. If you make it through the heavy multi tasking part you're golden

This. Spot on Andy, I've been using this to test. Realbench for an hour at maximum memory capacity is my go to tool for 24/7 stability these days. If it does not crash after an hour of that, I've yet to have a crash under general usage/heavy gaming.

ALXAndy · 21 Jan 2015 at 14:44

AMDMatt said:
This. Spot on Andy, I've been using this to test. Realbench for an hour at maximum memory capacity is my go to tool for 24/7 stability these days. If it does not crash after an hour of that, I've yet to have a crash under general usage/heavy gaming.

It's definitely the best real usage test for an FX tbh. Just making the chip get hot with Prime is no way to actually test stability.

That multi tasking test is absolute torture. My rigs can sail through the rest but once I get there I know I'm running a proper torture test. Haha, the amount of times I've sat there nervously chewing my finger nails watching the temps go up and down like a prairie dog ducking in and out of the hole

72c...71c....72c... hahahaha

LtMatt · 21 Jan 2015 at 14:50

ALXAndy said:
It's definitely the best real usage test for an FX tbh. Just making the chip get hot with Prime is no way to actually test stability.

That multi tasking test is absolute torture. My rigs can sail through the rest but once I get there I know I'm running a proper torture test. Haha, the amount of times I've sat there nervously chewing my finger nails watching the temps go up and down like a prairie dog ducking in and out of the hole

72c...71c....72c... hahahaha

Ha. Which part is that then? I just set the stress test for one hour and walk away only to check back every now and then to see if all is still running.

ALXAndy · 21 Jan 2015 at 14:53

AMDMatt said:
Ha. Which part is that then? I just set the stress test for one hour and walk away only to check back every now and then to see if all is still running.

If you run the benchmark you will generate a score dude. It does GIMP image editing on one and two cores, then runs a handbrake, then runs a high res video, then on the multi tasking test it runs everything together.

The FX chips commit atrocities in that test

it's everything they're good at.

Run the bench and post your scores dude. There's a thread around somewhere, IIRC Cat started it.

LtMatt · 21 Jan 2015 at 14:55

ALXAndy said:
If you run the benchmark you will generate a score dude. It does GIMP image editing on one and two cores, then runs a handbrake, then runs a high res video, then on the multi tasking test it runs everything together.

The FX chips commit atrocities in that test it's everything they're good at.

Run the bench and post your scores dude. There's a thread around somewhere, IIRC Cat started it.

Cool, will see if i can dig it up later.

thebennyboy · 21 Jan 2015 at 17:20

Here is mine, quite chuffed that i seem to have got a pretty good chip:

http://valid.x86.fr/xebgt5

gpuerrilla · 21 Jan 2015 at 23:09

benny give Realbench a go and post back with your scores!

Here's one of my runs a while back when I was tinkering with the fx8320 and not your higher rated silicon!

:

Sgt Bilko · 22 Jan 2015 at 06:26

ALXAndy said:
If you run the benchmark you will generate a score dude. It does GIMP image editing on one and two cores, then runs a handbrake, then runs a high res video, then on the multi tasking test it runs everything together.

The FX chips commit atrocities in that test it's everything they're good at.

Run the bench and post your scores dude. There's a thread around somewhere, IIRC Cat started it.

Love Realbench, stresses the chip quite nicely imo

FX-8350:

FX-9590: http://rog.asus.com/realbench/show_comment.php?id=4973

Never took a screencap of the 9590's score but i'll see what i can do over the weekend, working my way back up from stock now trying something else

LtMatt · 22 Jan 2015 at 07:12

thebennyboy said:
Here is mine, quite chuffed that i seem to have got a pretty good chip:

http://valid.x86.fr/xebgt5

Nice.

Th0nt said:
benny give Realbench a go and post back with your scores!

Here's one of my runs a while back when I was tinkering with the fx8320 and not your higher rated silicon! :

Also nice.

Sgt Bilko said:
Love Realbench, stresses the chip quite nicely imo

FX-8350:

FX-9590: http://rog.asus.com/realbench/show_comment.php?id=4973

Never took a screencap of the 9590's score but i'll see what i can do over the weekend, working my way back up from stock now trying something else

Curiously nice.

What else are you trying?

setter · 22 Jan 2015 at 07:22

Gotta agree with Andy about real bench, its the only stress test program I can use as temps don't get crazy high compared to ibt, p95 etc. 5 runs of the benchmark and my setup has been rock solid for months now. If I use prime at stock the CPU is into the 90's. 81c max under real bench at 4.7 on 1.300. Could maybe get lower voltage but been too lazy to try.

Sgt Bilko · 22 Jan 2015 at 08:01

AMDMatt said:
Curiously nice.

What else are you trying?

RangerJr actually has inspired me to try out 300fsb and see what i can do with that, I haven't tried pumping the fsb that high on this chip yet but i did do it a week ago for a bit of fun with a Sempron 145

http://valid.x86.fr/kt10mn

meldarthx · 22 Jan 2015 at 12:17

Matt; LOL I'll try again

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

as my board now is way too limited; 990X revision 1 *grumbles*

Dave2150 · 22 Jan 2015 at 12:49

meldarthx said:
Matt; LOL I'll try again 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

as my board now is way too limited; 990X revision 1 *grumbles*

If your buying new - bear in mind this platform is what 3 years old? Many of the technologies on the motherboard are outdated etc.

Would recommend a z97 board/intel cpu instead, or waiting for Broadwell in a few months.

meldarthx · 22 Jan 2015 at 14:06

Dave2150 said:
If your buying new - bear in mind this platform is what 3 years old? Many of the technologies on the motherboard are outdated etc.

Would recommend a z97 board/intel cpu instead, or waiting for Broadwell in a few months.

*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*

ALXAndy · 22 Jan 2015 at 14:11

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*

I'll answer it.

The CHIV is basically exactly the same as the Saber, even down to the bios. There are extras on the Crosshair though, such as an extra 4 pin connector and two extra phases for the memory as well as a few other more frivolous things.

IIRC the CH has a better sound chip too, as well as ROG connect allowing you to connect the PC to a laptop via a USB cable supplied.

Is it worth the extra money? depends. Firstly there's looks. I've never been a fan of the Saber because of the colours but had I picked up one cheaply enough I could have lived with it. The Crosshair is gorgeous though, proper ROG board IMO.

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.