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

OvEr_KiLL said:
right as you know i cant oc my 8350 with the mobo and the xigmatek aegir cooler i have, it just wont do anything!
im thinking of buying a new case and mobo, the m5a97 EVO 2.0 and using the same cooler i have which is nice, 2 fans in push pull configuration :D, but by just changing the multiplier in the bios what speed stable 24/7 gaming will i be looking at without changing voltages...il leave it up to you guys, see what you say
thanx
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forgot to mention it now idles at 27-30c
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Without voltage changes a decent stable system will get to around 4.5 before requiring any other tweaking (IMO).
 
OvEr_KiLL said:
is it worth spending £80 on a new mobo to be able to get that?
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From the experience I've had it all depends. For the most part a FX 8 at 4.2ghz (which should be doable on any old board) would seem enough for a reasonable mid ranged GPU like for example the 7870. You only seem to need the very high clock speeds (4.7ghz and beyond) to help with a multiple GPU system to try and prevent bottlenecking as much as possible.

So it all sort of works out. The cheaper boards work out well with the cheaper GPU systems and so on.
 
Holy *** going from the stock cooler to the TRUE with MX-4 paste dropped my temps from 65 to 35 under prime.

Glad I got a new bracket for the TRUE. :)

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Done a cheeky 4.6 at 1.4 volts, 120% current and "high" line load correction.

I do need to sort out the CPU fan though, it seems to run at 100% (~2000 rpm) all the time and it's bloody noisy.

ASUS Fan Expert doesn't seem to do anything for the CPU header now. The case fan controls still work though. Hmm.
 
Pants said:
Done a cheeky 4.6 at 1.4 volts, 120% current and "high" line load correction.

I do need to sort out the CPU fan though, it seems to run at 100% (~2000 rpm) all the time and it's bloody noisy.

ASUS Fan Expert doesn't seem to do anything for the CPU header now. The case fan controls still work though. Hmm.
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I find fan expert totally pants. I only use fan controllers rather then mb headers. So much more quiet and flexible.
 
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