FX4100 OC Advice

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Tophertk

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Hello all,

First off let me post my system specs

AMD FX 4100 - 3.6GHz with a Titan Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ CPU Cooler (so not the stock cooler)
Nvidia GTX 550Ti
4GB DDR3 RAM(8GB as of tomorrow)
x2 500 GB HDD's
ASUS M5A78L-M
Corsair CX600M PSU

Thats the basics of it.

Under heavy load whilst gaming my CPU reaches around 40-44c, 44c is the highest I have ever seen it reach. Basically i am new to OC'ing, I am curious as to what people would recommend a good setting is to OC the 4100 to is something like 4.0 - 4.4GHz? maybe.

So once I set the multiplier in AMD Overdrive what would be an ideal voltage to set for the 4.0 - 4.4Ghz range?

Also what sort of temps would you expect to hit with it OC'd?

Cheers for any help :)!
 
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BulletsMayReign

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I can't tell you what my old voltage was when I overclocked that processor because it was over a year ago now, but the temps should stay around 65-72C full load if you have sufficient cooling and good voltage. I had mine overclocked to 4.3GHz with fairly low voltage. It's a small overclock, but it was my first. Start by just switching the voltage to auto, and see what it is with something like CPU-Z (CPU-ID). Lower it very slowly in small increments until you get to a point where there are issues. To test for issues, either play a game that you don't mind being DC'd from or running a stress test. Stress tests are optimal for this because they use as much CPU power as possible while games can stop at a certain point, but playing games makes the process go by quicker. Even when my CPU got to 70C, it had no issues with shutting my computer down or anything of the sort. As long as you don't manually set your voltage too high, you should be fine to lower as much as possible. Anyways, once you get a stable voltage to be consistent in a stress test (like Prime95) and games, it should be rather safe to say that it wouldn't crash during a taxing moment of gaming. If it ever does, raise it. If you keep your voltage on auto, it can lower the life expectancy of your processor, but it makes the whole thing a bit easier. I have never used AMD Overdrive, but it could be beneficial to disable certain power saving options in your BIOS if your motherboard came with them. Also, I had raised the LLC in mine to High instead of medium just to be sure it wasn't stopped before its full potential.
 
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