FX-8350 Overclock

humax · 20 Nov 2015 at 23:07

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Na, if there was an issue with the fan the metal of the heatsink would be really hot as the fan isn't cooling it. If your CPU is getting to 70ºC but the metal is cold then it seems like poor contact.
There's not like a bit of clear plastic on the bottom of the 212+ you need to remove or something is there?

No it was used on my last PC and it worked fine,in fact its about 4 years old now

danoliver1 · 20 Nov 2015 at 23:30

Does the heatsink clear the ram ok? can it be hitting anything else making it not sit full down?

humax · 20 Nov 2015 at 23:31

Hi

No its sitting well above it mate

humax · 20 Nov 2015 at 23:56

Just to make sure i tried everything i changed the fan and Power Supply and it still overheats.

Think I'm done with this now

danoliver1 · 20 Nov 2015 at 23:57

Maybe take cpu out of the socket and reseat? does the fan actually spin have you visually looked?

This never ends well · 20 Nov 2015 at 23:59

humax said:
Just to make sure i tried everything i changed the fan and Power Supply and it still overheats.

Think I'm done with this now

Before you give up, could you try running the clocks @3.5ghz with 1.25 volts and post the temps.

Then we know if its the board or the cooler.

humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:01

Will do

humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:03

danoliver1 said:
Maybe take cpu out of the socket and reseat? does the fan actually spin have you visually looked?

Done the reseat and yes the fan is spinning like mad.

humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:16

idle temp @3.5Ghz

Full load

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Bugger me its still overheating at 3.5Ghz

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humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:17

Is there a UNDERCLOCKERS forum on here Coz I'm going to fit right in there

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This never ends well · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:20

Send the board back and have a look out for a cheap watercooler on the MM like a h80 or something.

This never ends well · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:23

humax said:
Is there a UNDERCLOCKERS forum on here Coz I'm going to fit right in there

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Nope and bet if you even tried 2ghz it still overheat with around 1.25-1.50 volts.

humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:23

going to try that now

humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:36

Full load @ 2Ghz 1.25v

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humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 00:41

Something funny is happening. i go to the bios and type the voltage setting in and then hit F10 it reboots and i run the test. When i go back to the bios that voltage setting has changed back to Auto

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jbh110tdi · 21 Nov 2015 at 02:38

something is far wrong. when I first got my 8350 I ran it at 4.4Ghz and using the air cooler running prime95 I maxed out at 66c and my cooler wasn't as good as yours

humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 04:33

I did have another play round with it. I re-seated the fan again with more paste and ran it at 4.3Ghz it took longer for the temps to go up this time.But the highest it got was 66C

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humax · 21 Nov 2015 at 04:36

QUESTION. Dose thermal compound have a shelf life ? Because the stuff i am using is years old. Have 4 or 5 tubes of it and its all different makes but its all years old.

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westom · 21 Nov 2015 at 06:07

humax said:
Could that be causing the over heating problem with the 8350 ?

Until the basic functions are defined good, then symptom (including those temperature measurements) may only be ghosts. I do not understand why so much effort focuses on temperatures that just are not that bad.

Voltage numbers clearly define a defect. Defective voltages can even cause defective temperature measurements. But again, those numbers require calibration - as explained.

jbh110tdi · 21 Nov 2015 at 11:25

try running realbench and see what temps you get. on my 8350 on the air cooler at 4.4 66c was what it went to with ITB

you could also try running a game and use msi afterburner to monitor your CPU temp on screen or even do what you would normally do program wise that will stress the cpu to the max within normal use. IBT and prime these are designed to run the CPU to the very max to get the heat in and see how stable it is.