Overclock My FX8320+ M5A97 R2.0

suhail09 · Jul 13, 2013

Guys I have a new upgrade on my PC wid the following specs:
AMD FX8320
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
4 GB ZEON 1600
COOLMASTER THUNDER 500W PSU
ASUS RADEON HD5450

cAN ANYBODY TELL ME how to overclock it..
also feel free to comment on my GPU...its an entry level i just got it cos the board dont have a inbuilt video out..
and i have a atx normal cabinet..wit only 1 chassis fan.. shuld i add anther or two..??

Kamen_BG · Jul 13, 2013

Your graphics card is... umm.
The HD 7750 is the slowest gaming card from AMD and the GTX 650 is the slowest nvidia gaming card. (From this generation)
These are entry level gaming graphics cards.
Your card is 10 times slower than them.
Even if you put another one in, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

If you're going to overclockm don't increase the voltage.
Keep the power consumption low as your power supply is not known for its high quality and you don't want it to fail.

Overclock by increasing the multiplier. Multiplier * reference clock = clock speed. At stock, ref clock = 200mhz and your multiplier is set to 17.5.
Set it to 20 and your CPU will be running at 4GHZ.

Also, since your case has poor ventilation, don't overclock as your CPU and motherboard might overheat.

But if it's gaming performance you're after, your CPU is not the thing holding you back.
It's pretty much the best component in your system.

If you want to be able to play games smoothly you'll need to have a decent graphics card.
The HD 7750 is an entry level gaming graphicscard. It can run every game out there, but not always smoothly even at low settings.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150612&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

If you can spend a bit more however, a GTX 650 Ti Boost will give you a much better gaming experiance. It's around twice faster than the HD 7750.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CBQNFJE/?tag=pcpapi-20

suhail09 · Jul 16, 2013

Kamen_BG :

Your graphics card is... umm.
The HD 7750 is the slowest gaming card from AMD and the GTX 650 is the slowest nvidia gaming card. (From this generation)
These are entry level gaming graphics cards.
Your card is 10 times slower than them.
Even if you put another one in, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

If you're going to overclockm don't increase the voltage.
Keep the power consumption low as your power supply is not known for its high quality and you don't want it to fail.

Overclock by increasing the multiplier. Multiplier * reference clock = clock speed. At stock, ref clock = 200mhz and your multiplier is set to 17.5.
Set it to 20 and your CPU will be running at 4GHZ.

Also, since your case has poor ventilation, don't overclock as your CPU and motherboard might overheat.

But if it's gaming performance you're after, your CPU is not the thing holding you back.
It's pretty much the best component in your system.

If you want to be able to play games smoothly you'll need to have a decent graphics card.
The HD 7750 is an entry level gaming graphicscard. It can run every game out there, but not always smoothly even at low settings.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150612&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

If you can spend a bit more however, a GTX 650 Ti Boost will give you a much better gaming experiance. It's around twice faster than the HD 7750.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CBQNFJE/?tag=pcpapi-20

Dude How do u rate the Radeon hd 6670 ??

Chris Droste · Jul 16, 2013

if you want to game and only want AMD, don't bother with anything less than a 7790...i think even these days that's about the equivalent to a 6850 which cost DOUBLE what a 7790 ran back when it came out. 7870s are plentiful and powerful and no matter what you do to OC the crap out of your current CPU + GPU you will not even come close to the gaming boost you'd get from simply swapping in a better single-proc graphics card.

are you OCing for the fun of overclocking or you seriously want more gaming capability?

Kamen_BG · Jul 18, 2013

The HD 7750 is 50% faster than the HD 6670.
These aren't really gaming cards.

For example my card is a HD 5770. It's as fast as a slightly overclocked HD 7750.
90% of my gaming consists of League of Legends with the other being Grid 2.
If you play casual games like League of Legends or Dota, you'll max them out using the HD 7750.
Games like Grid 2 and Skyrim also run great.
If you get into more graphicly intense games like Far Cry 3 or Crysis (ALL of them) you'll have to balance the settings out between low and medium in order to get a good gaming experiance.

suhail09 · Jul 18, 2013

Kamen_BG :

Your graphics card is... umm.
The HD 7750 is the slowest gaming card from AMD and the GTX 650 is the slowest nvidia gaming card. (From this generation)
These are entry level gaming graphics cards.
Your card is 10 times slower than them.
Even if you put another one in, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

If you're going to overclockm don't increase the voltage.
Keep the power consumption low as your power supply is not known for its high quality and you don't want it to fail.

Overclock by increasing the multiplier. Multiplier * reference clock = clock speed. At stock, ref clock = 200mhz and your multiplier is set to 17.5.
Set it to 20 and your CPU will be running at 4GHZ.

Also, since your case has poor ventilation, don't overclock as your CPU and motherboard might overheat.

But if it's gaming performance you're after, your CPU is not the thing holding you back.
It's pretty much the best component in your system.

If you want to be able to play games smoothly you'll need to have a decent graphics card.
The HD 7750 is an entry level gaming graphicscard. It can run every game out there, but not always smoothly even at low settings.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150612&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

If you can spend a bit more however, a GTX 650 Ti Boost will give you a much better gaming experiance. It's around twice faster than the HD 7750.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CBQNFJE/?tag=pcpapi-20

I recently noticed due to my CPUs poor ventilation the inside temperature is climbing...So I switched out the rear fan with a bigger one and put another one in the front behind the floppy slots..I removed the covers tehre and put a cloth like material to keep dust out..Thoughts?

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