FX-8350 Overclock

jamiehard1989 said:
Ok here what i think, the cooler cannot handle the 8350, could you try the stock cooler.

2nd the board is rubbish and even when you clocked it to 2ghz, tm2 still hit 47c.
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Yes i think that might be the next and last move before the hammer comes out :D

Will take the board out and put the stock cooler on it and run it at 4Ghz and see what its like.




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No not local to you guys. If this board has to go back do i

1. Just get it replaced for the same board

2. Just get the GA-970A-UD3P

3. Get another make board in the same price bracket.

4. Smash my own head in with the hammer till i forget all about overclocking




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Numbers always apply to this stuff. For example, what is a degree C per watt number for that heatsink? Then simple math defines what is relevant and what is not performing to spec. Numbers also say why thermal compound has little effect on properly machined heatsinks.

Meanwhile temperature numbers are not calibrated. That can be defective when system voltages are defective. You posted numbers that said PSU voltages are defective.

I do not understand so much fear of such low temperatures. Those low temperatures are what a CPU will operate at with minimal number of software crashes. Temperatures must be much higher to cause hardware damage. For example, all Intel processors as speced to operate without hardware damage at 100 degree C. Research has demonstrated Pentiums running up to 350 degrees F without damage or software crashes as long as other parameters were reduced.

As a CPU gets hot, then voltage and switching speed parameters change. Eventually something happens faster than something else - a software crash. Cool it down and everything is back to normal - works just fine. That maximum temperature is not about hardware damage. That temperature is a maximum that a CPU should operate without software crashes. That number is well below a temperature that might cause hardware damage.

But again, what really is your temperature? Since voltages are wrong, then temperature accuracy is unknown. A first number that always applies - a degree C per watt number must exist for every heatsink assembly.
 
 
Jamie's right. AIOs are 99% safe to use. They're sealed units unlike a custom loop you assemble yourself. But with your current run of luck...

If the stock cooler works OK, then there's something odd going on!

The 970 boards will run fine at stock, as long as the 8320 is supported. The UD3P supports the 8320 out of the box, no matter which revision you get so it should be fine.
 
Borealis said:
Jamie's right. AIOs are 99% safe to use. They're sealed units unlike a custom loop you assemble yourself. But with your current run of luck...

If the stock cooler works OK, then there's something odd going on!

The 970 boards will run fine at stock, as long as the 8320 is supported. The UD3P supports the 8320 out of the box, no matter which revision you get so it should be fine.
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There is only two revision of the ud3p and only two bios, the second bios sorted out the double boot, also he has the 8350.

With my board i had no trouble at all.
 
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