CPUTIN throttling help!

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davidticknor

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Im running and ASROCK 990fx extreme3 MOBO.
Corsair H60i watercooler
and an AMD 8320.

I started my overclock today on this setup and got it to 4.2 when i noticed thermal throttling. I was running prime95 and i looked at it after 10 minuets and it was all still running fine with no fails.
The one thing i noticed was the on CPU-Z my multiplier was going down from 21 to 7. (so 4.2ghz to about 1.4)
On HW monitor whenever my CPUTIN gets over 50degrees Celsius it throttles. My question is what is CPUTIN and is there anything i could maybe do or tweak to fix my problem? I would like 4.2 ghz but If there isn't a fix then i guess i will just turn it down again.

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I have no idea about CPUTIN. But I noticed one thing that your MOBO has low VRM count of just 5. For getting a high CPU overclock you actually need larger number of VRM to provide more juice to the overclocked CPU. The problem you are now facing is probably VRM overheating that causes the mobo to throttle down the CPU clock to protect the VRM circuitry.

You can try placing a fan onto the top of VRM heatsink that may boost your overclock headroom. AMD FX series processors already have a TDP of 125w and that Wattage may already pushing the limits of that limited number of VRM controllers and further overclocking headroom may be already limited.
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I have no idea about CPUTIN. But I noticed one thing that your MOBO has low VRM count of just 5. For getting a high CPU overclock you actually need larger number of VRM to provide more juice to the overclocked CPU. The problem you are now facing is probably VRM overheating that causes the mobo to throttle down the CPU clock to protect the VRM circuitry.

You can try placing a fan onto the top of VRM heatsink that may boost your overclock headroom. AMD FX series processors already have a TDP of 125w and that Wattage may already pushing the limits of that limited number of VRM controllers and further overclocking headroom may be already limited.
 
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davidticknor

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Oh i see what you are saying. So i guess my board inst really proper for a good overclocking board? I did kinda cheap out on it when i bought my parts.
 
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