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

mx0range said:
im somewhat surprised to see this thread still going but its good to see it is! :D

iv more or less completely given up on pc gaming / gaming in general, the pc is rarely even turned on these days so i might pick up where i left and aim for the magic 5ghz again \o/ if it breaks, so be it.. i wont miss it :)
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how come dude? your clocking was going well

new ram is in guys (2400mhz team group vulcan) i know that my mobo dont support that high but @ £53 compared to £70 for 2133mhz no brainer underclocked it and tightened timmings all running sweet.

5ghz is still stable touch wood :/
 
its just become less and less of a priority, not enough time in the day. i use my phone far more than the pc / ps3 for games.. pick up and play, dont have to devote time to ranking up etc :D
 
farmerboy-86 said:
new ram is in guys (2400mhz team group vulcan) i know that my mobo dont support that high but @ £53 compared to £70 for 2133mhz no brainer underclocked it and tightened timmings all running sweet.
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Have you tried running it at 2400 or near? I definitely notice an improvement in my rig going from 2000 => 2200, maybe worth trying running it higher?

mx0range said:
its just become less and less of a priority, not enough time in the day. i use my phone far more than the pc / ps3 for games.. pick up and play, dont have to devote time to ranking up etc :D
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Sadtimes. Ive come from a 360 back to pc gaming and loving it! Shocked at the increase in graphical capability even over next gen consoles
 
Time for me to revisit my clocking attempts and see if I can get stability nailed. Managed to get up to 5GHz for benches but was limited by temps, gaming at 4.7/8GHz would eventually crash.

Going to go right back to the start running all benches at standard then reduce the multiplier and see how high I can get the FSB, think my problem last time was I didnt pay enough attention to NB/HT/RAM speeds. Probably just bump it up a little each day so I've got enough time to actually game and test long term stability.
 
Well I seem to be doing better stability wise this time. Instead of doing all the settings myself I've just used the "enable extreme overclocking" feature on my crosshair z. So Im not sure if my problems from stability were from me missing something out last time. This is all on stock voltage, so far no crashing during gaming getting a healthy increase of around 10fps in Arma3.

Stock Speeds
Temp: 33
Firestrike:10236
Cinebench:632
Asus RealBench:445

Bus 210, Multi 200, CPU 4.2
Temp 46
Firestrike 10575
Cinebench 667
RealBench 479

Bus 220, Multi 200, Cpu 4.4
Temp 56 max (51 settled)
Firestrike 10700
Cinebench 692
Realbench 493

Bus 225, Multi 200, CPU 4.5
Temp 55 max (51 settled)
Firestrike 10880
Cinebench 711
Realbench 498

Current NB/HT speeds are 2420MHz
 
The extreme overclocking feature turns of all extraneous things doesnt it? To try to reduce other stress on the board. What graphics card are you using to get 10k on firestrike? Im stuck at just below 10k, really wanting to crack it :D
 
Just a quick question. Got my 8320 today and just checking what the ht link speed is supposed to be.

Board (990fx sabertooth), sets it to 2600, but once I set timing control on memory to manual it drops to 2200. So I've manually set it back to 2600. Just checking that's correct, looking online, it would seem to be, but just want to make sure.

Thanks.
 
I would start off by overclocking the CPU before touching the HT speed, as changing the fsb will change pretty much everything else and may make it difficult to get stable with the same settings.

Its setting it back down to 2200 probably because your nb freq is lower than 2600. I am pretty sure you cant set the HT higher than the NB freq. I always aim to set the nb freq about 3 times the speed of my RAM and not much higher for stability sake. If my RAM is 1600Mhz DDR3, i keep the nb freq at 2400Mhz (DDR=Double Data Rate, so consider the RAM speed at 800Mhz).

Like i said, fsb will affect all these numbers, so its probably best to play with HT speed and NB freq after you find the CPU clock you want.
 
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Not overclocking yet, leaving all stock for a few days. Just wanting to know what stock ht link should be.

Looking around since, it appears it should be 2600 on FX series. 2.2 on nb and 2.6 on ht link. Which is what load defaults sets it to on the sabertooth, just soon as you touch timing control (memory timings are wrong on default), it sticks it to 2.2 until you change it back, which just seemed a little odd.
 
Just ordered a Corsair H105 to replace the stock cooler on my FX-8350, and I'm looking forward to getting some more performance out of the old girl. Although I have to admit I'm a total noob when it comes to Overclocking, so will be replying on information from this thread and various other websites on exactly what I need to do.
I've started to read this thread and am about 8 pages in so far, there's a whole host of information that hopefully I can use, I'm also running a Crosshair V Formula-Z (like many people in this thread) and I'd really like to aim for a 24/7 4.8ghz overclocked, which I understand to be achievable but I guess time will tell.
If anyone has any pointers or key points I should take note of, or any guides etc I should read, It'd all be very much appreciated in my quest for extra AMD Horsepower :-) Go TEAM RED :-)
Don't worry I'll keep you all update with my results. . .
 
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8320 down to £103.00. Best price I have ever seen.

Do I finally bite the bullet and upgrade my Phenom 965BE? :D

If I do, should I look for more cooling power? My cooler is good (Thermolab Baram) but I am only running one fan on it.

Seen these for a good price for some possible push / pull action.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-073-AK

I've got an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (Rev 1) with the 1604 BIOS.
 
I've found the biggest problem is keeping the socket temperatures down rather than the CPU temperature. Those fans are pretty good though, they have high static pressure so make good pull fans for heatsink.
 
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