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October 14, 2013 7:13:26 PM

HELP. I'm doing my first overclock and I am using an AMD FX 6350 black edition with an ASUS M5A97 R2.0 motherboard and I'm having problems. I got it up to 4.6 ghz with 1.49 volts stable (kinda) and I raised it up to 4.7 ghz with 1.50 volts and I am stable up until I run prime95 (sounds funny I know but let me get to that). Looking at cpuz, I have 1.5 volts on idle, but whenever I run cpuz I get 1.39 volts MAX. I don't know what to do please help. I think I have every energy perserver turned off but feel free to let me know if you think that's the problem. HELP. If you think that's too high of an overclock maybe but I do know some guys over yonder got it to 5 ghz with 1.52 volts or something so I feel like a failure. Help. I have fallen and cannot get up.

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October 14, 2013 7:16:56 PM

not every overclock will be reproducable as every environment is unique
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October 14, 2013 7:25:14 PM

Better yet, how do I overclock?
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October 14, 2013 8:30:30 PM

This guy has a guide on how he does his - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQrgbgWs08U

Learn your CPU's limit's through forums, best to search forums and not start new topics unless you cannot find what you need, and how well your motherboard can handle overclocking and work from there. I don't know much on those CPUs, I'm poor and broke on my Phenom II X6 1090T
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October 15, 2013 12:43:49 AM

Hi,

You need to read some guides so you can understand what you need to do.

What you're experiencing is called Vdroop (the difference between idle and load voltage), increasing the LLC (Load line Calibration) value should resolve that issue.
Keep an eye on your temps under load with a program like HWMonitor (http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html)
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