***official amd 83x0 overclocking thread***

[farmerboy-86]

here were all about the red uprising against the blue devil, whatever your weapon of choice from the 83x0 range you'll find tips on how to tweak that chip into a fire breathing dragon. We have a great community of helpful guys and we all chip in as best we can to solve the teething problems of overclocking.


below is a list off members who have helped build the community and the thread and the specs of there boards, chip, voltages and ram to give newcomers a idea of whats commonly used with these chips



Farmerboy-86

cpu - 8350 @ 4.8 stable 1.44v
board - asus m5a99x evo r2 board
Ram - patriot viper 3 1600mhz @ 1.5v 9-9-9-24
Cooling - xspc raystorm block with 240mm rad, 360 mm rad for gpu's with liquid extasy narrow line block x2, d5 laning vario pump
Fans - scythe gentle typhoons 1850 rpm
Case - Bitfenix colossus venom green
Gpu - 2 gigabyte 7970 oc edition with GHZ bios flash
Storage - 2 samsung 840 pro SSD 256GB for games, OCZ Agility 3 for windows 7 120GB
Monitor - BenQ XL2420TX 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor
Sound - Logitech 5.1 surround sound
mouse R.A.T 7
keyboard - cyborg V7
Controller - custom modded xbox controller with shotgun shell buttons and green led's


Th0nt - helped push the thread and build it up and put up with all my questions ;p

Cpu - 8320 @ 4.6 (for now)
Cooling - Corsair H100
Board - Sabertooth R2
Ram - Corsair Vengeance 8Gb
case - Corsair Carbide 540
Gpu - 2 x HD7770

teppic - helped push the thread and build it up


mxOrange

cpu - Amd FX 8320 @ 4.7Ghz
Board - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Ram - 16Gb G.Skill Ripjaws X

ALXAndy

cpu - AMD FX 8320 @ 4.5ghz @ 1.38v
Board - Gigabyte 990 FXA UD3 rev 3.0
Ram - G skill Ripjaws Z @ 1866MHz 9-10-9-28 1T 1.65V

GavinG

cpu - 8320 Black Edition @ 4.5 GHz
Board - Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX
Ram - TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB)

GinG

cpu - FX8350 @ 4.9Ghz
Board - Asus M5A97 evo r2.0
Ram - Viper Black 8GB

pandem0nium

cpu - 8350 @ 5GHz
Board - sabertooth 990fx
ram team group extreme 2133MHz 10-11-11-28 @1.5v

nkata -

CPU - FX 8350 @ 4.75 GHz, 1.44V
Board - Asus crosshair v formula - 250MHz bus x19. HT/NB 2500MHz
Ram - 16Gb ddr3 @ 2000MHz 11-11-11-28 1.65V, Patriot and Vengeance
Cooling - Phanteks PH-TC14PE, two Venom case fans.

alex_123_fra

Cpu - 8320 @ 4.8 GHz 24/7 at 1.44Vcore. Able to achieve 5.15 GHz stable at 1.53V
Cooling - Custom water with D5 pump/res, Phobya Xtreme 200mm rad and EK waterblock
Temps - max 59C package using LinX 20 cycles
Board - Crosshair V Formula Z and this doesn't throttle the CPU.

Elfmeister

Cpu - FX-8350 BE
Board - ASUS M5A97-PRO
Gpu - MSi GTX 670 PE /
Ram - 16GB Kingston HyperX
Storage - 240GB Sandisk SSD, 2 x 750 GB Seagate HDD's
Case - Corsair TX850



Also throughout the thread you will find many tips and posts of various rig setups and what works and doesn't

have fun and feel free to ask any questions and the guys and myself will be glad to help

 

[farmerboy-86]

a lot of useful info there Thanks guys as to is it a new one I brought it Christmas just gone.
It's just for gaming no encoding I want a 24/7 everyday clock is 4.8 ok for everyday use?

So from what I read use prime to get my volts and if I can game im good in theory?

Core is safe to 60 and socket 70 I believe

So my 750 w psu is ok for 4.8

Sorry for all questions still new only got overclocking bug last few months and full time game on pc now so still learning thanks for all your input guys will have a go and post results for you

 

[farmerboy-86]

hi guys tried it im at 4.8 on 1.43 volts ran aida64 for hr no problems temps were fine socket 46 core high 30's i forget exact temp but nothing to worry about i set llc higher i was on air before but now have new loop put llc up and i seem to be stable enough to game at least so im happy thanks for all input will try to push more just to see what she can do ;p

only issue i have is voltage is jumping up to 1.44 and then back down on idle ideas??

 

[farmerboy-86]

no its not under load its on idle just sat on desktop doing nothing jumps from 1.43 up to 1.440 or is this also normal yeah im really glad people say they have really high temps on 8350 but i think i have a good one low voltage and low temps my rig helps have a bitfenix colossus with 7 gentle typhoons 1850 rpm and custom cpu fan i cut into door myself to help socket get some air great flow through case removed hdd cage for no restrictions on flow

 

[farmerboy-86]

yeah my friend has an older one and his temps are high and he has a good air flow case and his voltage at same clock is 1.5 ish maybe tad under so im happy

so u think its normal to jump up on voltage on idle then

and yeah its a defo wind tunnel, only when benching to kepp temps down when im gaming i sacrifice higher temps for a slightly quieter system as i game with surround sound so noise is an issue but typhoons aren't as loud as i was led to believe when reading reviews before purchase

 

[farmerboy-86]

benches as in what sorry im a complete novice with overclocking only been taking it serious last couple of months

tell me what u require and i will post for you no probs

 

[farmerboy-86]

just done a cinebench test 7.20

3d mark physics score (which i think is cpu) i got 9463

is this the kinda thing u wanna see?

 

[farmerboy-86]

i have a small fan near vrms and i plan to get crosshair formula soon i brought small rig last year to try pc gaming fell in love lol then built new rig last crimbo and have been addicted since i couldn't afford that mobo at the time (had baby) but this board does me for now my next investment is a new 7970 as made a noob mistake not knowing there voltage locked and being non reference i cant put it under water which annoys me as when i brought loop i brought 2 240 rads and cpu water block to find my card isn't reference grrr

we live and learn!

 

[farmerboy-86]

A popular title that favours the CPU and a title that utilises many cores to see the grunt.

such as and how to i post them as i cant post attachments for some reason

 

[farmerboy-86]

This is Cinebench for the 8320/50/9590 at 5GHz:



Some other multithreaded apps do better on AMD, e.g. rendering and encoding, but Cinebench is a typical one to test multithreading.

so my 7.20 is on par with 17 i see sweet

 

[farmerboy-86]

Yours might be a different version - but if you're at 4.8GHz you should be a little bit higher

Here's the full benchmark for reference:

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/CPU/FX-9590/FX-9590-43.jpg

silly me i was downloading on steam when i ran it shut all programs
8.16 i would post pic if i knew how but thats much better

 

[farmerboy-86]

which is better than that 9590 u just posted in benchmark pic

 

[farmerboy-86]

thanks once again all who pointed me in right direction for overclock i have found out fast there is a lot to learn here but enjoying it

 

[farmerboy-86]

thanks
do u know how i can add pics like u guys or do i need minimum post before i am able?

im happy with that i have apretty good gaming rig now

 

[farmerboy-86]

so run a bench mark in crysis or bf3 u mean i will have to re download then tonight and i will post tomorrow for you dude!

add me up on steam always on Kill3rs ELITE

how do i add my steam sig like yours please?

 

[farmerboy-86]

thats me

 

[farmerboy-86]

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8.21 after closing all my background programs

 

[farmerboy-86]

i will resize didnt know bout that sorry guys

 

[farmerboy-86]

So fsb overclocking would be better in this case? Will try tomorrow and post results

 

[farmerboy-86]

I have tried upping ram before with epic fail my patriot viper doesnt like 1866mhz I loosened timings upped voltage and still no success I think Samsung green worth investment if ram helps pd will test a mixture of fsb and multi tonight anf let you know how I fair.

What would be good for ht mhz 2600 as standard or lower
And cpu/nb 2200 or up if poss?