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So, it's been years, like probably 10-15 since I bother OC'ing my CPU. Now I built a new rig and need some help on the best way to overclock as things have changed in 10 years. lol.
8320 CPU
16GB (2x8GB) Gskill 1866 RAM
Asus M5A97 R2.0 MB
Bitfenix Ghost Case
Cooler Master Seidon 240xl cooler
7970 Saphire GPU
bunch of case fans
So in playing with the Asus overclock program in windows just to play around and not sure what I was doing, I can hit 4.2ghz and run prime or intel burn in and hit about 51c peak temps with fans on a fairly quiet profile. This was just by increasing the multiplier.
There seems to be a lot of info and this and that, but no real step by step guide for the AMD's that I can find that doesn't end in arguments or fighting.
Is the best way to start with the multipler first and get the highest multiplier and then go for FSB and voltage? Every time I mess with the FSB though, then my RAM doesn't stay at 1866 from the D.O.C. in the BIOS. Should I focus on FSB bus? then I see all these NB/hypertransport OC's that people do. Is that needed to overclock all that stuff too?
I know I will have to set all this in the bios, and using the Asus AI suite isn't the best way, it was just to give me some rough ideas on what to do.
So how should i attempt this to keep my ram running at 1866 and get the best performance out the chip?
8320 CPU
16GB (2x8GB) Gskill 1866 RAM
Asus M5A97 R2.0 MB
Bitfenix Ghost Case
Cooler Master Seidon 240xl cooler
7970 Saphire GPU
bunch of case fans
So in playing with the Asus overclock program in windows just to play around and not sure what I was doing, I can hit 4.2ghz and run prime or intel burn in and hit about 51c peak temps with fans on a fairly quiet profile. This was just by increasing the multiplier.
There seems to be a lot of info and this and that, but no real step by step guide for the AMD's that I can find that doesn't end in arguments or fighting.
Is the best way to start with the multipler first and get the highest multiplier and then go for FSB and voltage? Every time I mess with the FSB though, then my RAM doesn't stay at 1866 from the D.O.C. in the BIOS. Should I focus on FSB bus? then I see all these NB/hypertransport OC's that people do. Is that needed to overclock all that stuff too?
I know I will have to set all this in the bios, and using the Asus AI suite isn't the best way, it was just to give me some rough ideas on what to do.
So how should i attempt this to keep my ram running at 1866 and get the best performance out the chip?
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