Overclocking AMD FX-8300?
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Hi,
Here's the best guide for overclocking an AMD CPU, most likely to answer any questions you'll have:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-overclock-athlon,2161.html
PS: Its important to make sure that you have a proper CPU cooler because you won't get far with the stock cooler, the motherboard and PSU are the most important parts for OC so follow the guide really close.
Enjoy!
Here's the best guide for overclocking an AMD CPU, most likely to answer any questions you'll have:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-overclock-athlon,2161.html
PS: Its important to make sure that you have a proper CPU cooler because you won't get far with the stock cooler, the motherboard and PSU are the most important parts for OC so follow the guide really close.
Enjoy!
Edit: LOl turns out the topic is from 2014... i was pretty sure i saw its from 5 days ago i dont know how.... but sill ill let my answer stay 
it may help someone
Caution: i am not a experienced overclocker and i dont want to be cursed if you f0ck something up so do it at your own risk and feel free to do your own research and tests. Also every Cpu is diferent and results may be diiferent. Whit this out of the way heres what i have to say:
I have AMD FX 8300
Gigabyte FXA 990 UD5
gigabyte GTX660 oc windforce
Kingston 2x4gb 1600mhz ddr3 RAM
PSU 500W fortron gold rated
CPU cooler Arctic cooler freezer 13
So i bought the Cpu recently and i searched for some oc results and i found this chart wich is very helpfull
its for a FX8320E but it works just fine. Overclocking doesnt get much easier then this.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8864/amd-fx-8320e-cpu-review-the-other-95w-vishera/2
scroll down abit and look at the chart
it has from 3300 mhz to 4900mhz and the voltages and power usage.
So i first tried with 3600 mhz and i add 0.1v to the column to the left so it says you need 1.125v at 3.6 ghz. I went Bios set multiplier to x18 and voltage to manual and give it abump of 0.025v which took me to 1.2125v and under full load it shows as 1.125 in monitoring software like aida and cpu id.
I tried 3.6 before the 0.025 v bumps(default auto voltage 1,1875v) and it crashed after 30 minutes.
No problem after the voltage bump all stable..
So i picked the 4100 mhz with 1.250v from the chart and set in bios the multiplier at x20.5 and voltage at 1.3625 (0.175 bump) and it was stable first try and at full load stability test 8 cores 100% 4.1 ghz aida shows 1.248v
i played some bf 4 multiplayer 64 players server conquest large on siege of shanghai and it went up to 49 C (28 C room temp) after 15 minutes so i did some benchmarks and WEI at this frequancy and went back to 3.6 ghz cuz it does just fine at 3.6... the WEI went from 7.6 on Cpu and 7.6 on RAm at 3.3 ghz stock to 7.8 on both at 4.1 ghz. Temp in bf4 after hours is max 45 C at 3.6 ghz ( i keep amd cool and quiet ON so at idle temps are 2x times lower).
How far will you go is up to your cpucooler..
For me it does the job i need it to do even at stock.. all i want it to do is play bf 4 and lesser games at Full hd medium-high setings and never go under 60 fps. and it does just this... i keep its at 3.6 ghz cuz it probably gives some single core performance advantage and the raise in watts is like non existant so why not?
I may go 4.0 ghz when Bf 1 comes out if its heavier then bf 4 (and it probably will be, but i actually average 85-90 fps in bf 4 so i might have just the right amount of reserve).
So in conclusion you can use the chart as reference and add 0.1v.. this is what worked for me.. maybe you can try without the 0.1v but i dont think its gonna work it may not even boot.
Hope i helped
and maybe someone experienced will tell me if i did something wrong myself ( didnt blow up yet for a week )
it may help someone Caution: i am not a experienced overclocker and i dont want to be cursed if you f0ck something up
so do it at your own risk and feel free to do your own research and tests. Also every Cpu is diferent and results may be diiferent. Whit this out of the way heres what i have to say:I have AMD FX 8300
Gigabyte FXA 990 UD5
gigabyte GTX660 oc windforce
Kingston 2x4gb 1600mhz ddr3 RAM
PSU 500W fortron gold rated
CPU cooler Arctic cooler freezer 13
So i bought the Cpu recently and i searched for some oc results and i found this chart wich is very helpfull
its for a FX8320E but it works just fine. Overclocking doesnt get much easier then this.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8864/amd-fx-8320e-cpu-review-the-other-95w-vishera/2
scroll down abit and look at the chart
it has from 3300 mhz to 4900mhz and the voltages and power usage.
So i first tried with 3600 mhz and i add 0.1v to the column to the left so it says you need 1.125v at 3.6 ghz. I went Bios set multiplier to x18 and voltage to manual and give it abump of 0.025v which took me to 1.2125v and under full load it shows as 1.125 in monitoring software like aida and cpu id.
I tried 3.6 before the 0.025 v bumps(default auto voltage 1,1875v) and it crashed after 30 minutes.
No problem after the voltage bump all stable..
So i picked the 4100 mhz with 1.250v from the chart and set in bios the multiplier at x20.5 and voltage at 1.3625 (0.175 bump) and it was stable first try and at full load stability test 8 cores 100% 4.1 ghz aida shows 1.248v
i played some bf 4 multiplayer 64 players server conquest large on siege of shanghai and it went up to 49 C (28 C room temp) after 15 minutes so i did some benchmarks and WEI at this frequancy and went back to 3.6 ghz cuz it does just fine at 3.6... the WEI went from 7.6 on Cpu and 7.6 on RAm at 3.3 ghz stock to 7.8 on both at 4.1 ghz. Temp in bf4 after hours is max 45 C at 3.6 ghz ( i keep amd cool and quiet ON so at idle temps are 2x times lower).
How far will you go is up to your cpucooler..
For me it does the job i need it to do even at stock.. all i want it to do is play bf 4 and lesser games at Full hd medium-high setings and never go under 60 fps. and it does just this... i keep its at 3.6 ghz cuz it probably gives some single core performance advantage and the raise in watts is like non existant so why not?
I may go 4.0 ghz when Bf 1 comes out if its heavier then bf 4 (and it probably will be, but i actually average 85-90 fps in bf 4 so i might have just the right amount of reserve).
So in conclusion you can use the chart as reference and add 0.1v.. this is what worked for me.. maybe you can try without the 0.1v but i dont think its gonna work it may not even boot.
Hope i helped
and maybe someone experienced will tell me if i did something wrong myself ( didnt blow up yet for a week )Don't know if this is still acutal but I might help you. I managed to get my Fx-8300 stable on 4.5Ghz(on Air cooler EVO 212) but it was in dangerous numbers at that frequency. I run stable 4.2Ghz on all cores. All I did was increasing voltage on Ram a bit to 1.5V and increasing Voltage on processor by +0.19V. So now voltage on processor is 1.1375V (CPU VID).
Also once you manage overclock it it is good to run AMD Overdrive. There, in Loggin you can read teperatures on cores. Its shows actuall thermal margin, not actual teperature. It means if you hit thermal margin to 0 degree C, then you need lower either voltage on core or frequency on mutliplier. Usuually you can run that loggin status on that program in background and play CPU intense game or do stress test on processor to see how much will thermal margin drop. My drops while all fans on 100% to 11 degree. Means that i still could increase frequency a bit but I rather keep my processor more safe.
When you try overlclock, also find in bios CPU FEATURES option and disable powerstates.
Also once you manage overclock it it is good to run AMD Overdrive. There, in Loggin you can read teperatures on cores. Its shows actuall thermal margin, not actual teperature. It means if you hit thermal margin to 0 degree C, then you need lower either voltage on core or frequency on mutliplier. Usuually you can run that loggin status on that program in background and play CPU intense game or do stress test on processor to see how much will thermal margin drop. My drops while all fans on 100% to 11 degree. Means that i still could increase frequency a bit but I rather keep my processor more safe.
When you try overlclock, also find in bios CPU FEATURES option and disable powerstates.
wth do mean by
So i picked the 4100 mhz with 1.250v from the chart and set in bios the multiplier at x20.5 and voltage at 1.3625 (0.175 bump)
you set vcore to 1.250 and then voltage to 1.3625?
vcore is the same as voltage
Please enlighten me
What are your other settings.....stock?
So i picked the 4100 mhz with 1.250v from the chart and set in bios the multiplier at x20.5 and voltage at 1.3625 (0.175 bump)
you set vcore to 1.250 and then voltage to 1.3625?
vcore is the same as voltage
Please enlighten me
What are your other settings.....stock?
did you ask tdipower or me?
I have other settings on stock on my MSI 970 gaming board, just multiplier set so i get to 4.2+ GHz and increase voltage on processor and also ram set to 1.5V. Some CPU features are off for sure powerstates. I might take photo and upload it if anyone interested.
TDIPOWER :
Edit: LOl turns out the topic is from 2014... i was pretty sure i saw its from 5 days ago i dont know how.... but sill ill let my answer stay it may help someone
Caution: i am not a experienced overclocker and i dont want to be cursed if you f0ck something up so do it at your own risk and feel free to do your own research and tests. Also every Cpu is diferent and results may be diiferent. Whit this out of the way heres what i have to say:
I have AMD FX 8300
Gigabyte FXA 990 UD5
gigabyte GTX660 oc windforce
Kingston 2x4gb 1600mhz ddr3 RAM
PSU 500W fortron gold rated
CPU cooler Arctic cooler freezer 13
So i bought the Cpu recently and i searched for some oc results and i found this chart wich is very helpfull
its for a FX8320E but it works just fine. Overclocking doesnt get much easier then this.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8864/amd-fx-8320e-cpu-review-the-other-95w-vishera/2
scroll down abit and look at the chart
it has from 3300 mhz to 4900mhz and the voltages and power usage.
So i first tried with 3600 mhz and i add 0.1v to the column to the left so it says you need 1.125v at 3.6 ghz. I went Bios set multiplier to x18 and voltage to manual and give it abump of 0.025v which took me to 1.2125v and under full load it shows as 1.125 in monitoring software like aida and cpu id.
I tried 3.6 before the 0.025 v bumps(default auto voltage 1,1875v) and it crashed after 30 minutes.
No problem after the voltage bump all stable..
So i picked the 4100 mhz with 1.250v from the chart and set in bios the multiplier at x20.5 and voltage at 1.3625 (0.175 bump) and it was stable first try and at full load stability test 8 cores 100% 4.1 ghz aida shows 1.248v
i played some bf 4 multiplayer 64 players server conquest large on siege of shanghai and it went up to 49 C (28 C room temp) after 15 minutes so i did some benchmarks and WEI at this frequancy and went back to 3.6 ghz cuz it does just fine at 3.6... the WEI went from 7.6 on Cpu and 7.6 on RAm at 3.3 ghz stock to 7.8 on both at 4.1 ghz. Temp in bf4 after hours is max 45 C at 3.6 ghz ( i keep amd cool and quiet ON so at idle temps are 2x times lower).
How far will you go is up to your cpucooler..
For me it does the job i need it to do even at stock.. all i want it to do is play bf 4 and lesser games at Full hd medium-high setings and never go under 60 fps. and it does just this... i keep its at 3.6 ghz cuz it probably gives some single core performance advantage and the raise in watts is like non existant so why not?
I may go 4.0 ghz when Bf 1 comes out if its heavier then bf 4 (and it probably will be, but i actually average 85-90 fps in bf 4 so i might have just the right amount of reserve).
So in conclusion you can use the chart as reference and add 0.1v.. this is what worked for me.. maybe you can try without the 0.1v but i dont think its gonna work it may not even boot.
Hope i helped and maybe someone experienced will tell me if i did something wrong myself ( didnt blow up yet for a week )
it may help someone Caution: i am not a experienced overclocker and i dont want to be cursed if you f0ck something up
so do it at your own risk and feel free to do your own research and tests. Also every Cpu is diferent and results may be diiferent. Whit this out of the way heres what i have to say:I have AMD FX 8300
Gigabyte FXA 990 UD5
gigabyte GTX660 oc windforce
Kingston 2x4gb 1600mhz ddr3 RAM
PSU 500W fortron gold rated
CPU cooler Arctic cooler freezer 13
So i bought the Cpu recently and i searched for some oc results and i found this chart wich is very helpfull
its for a FX8320E but it works just fine. Overclocking doesnt get much easier then this.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8864/amd-fx-8320e-cpu-review-the-other-95w-vishera/2
scroll down abit and look at the chart
it has from 3300 mhz to 4900mhz and the voltages and power usage.
So i first tried with 3600 mhz and i add 0.1v to the column to the left so it says you need 1.125v at 3.6 ghz. I went Bios set multiplier to x18 and voltage to manual and give it abump of 0.025v which took me to 1.2125v and under full load it shows as 1.125 in monitoring software like aida and cpu id.
I tried 3.6 before the 0.025 v bumps(default auto voltage 1,1875v) and it crashed after 30 minutes.
No problem after the voltage bump all stable..
So i picked the 4100 mhz with 1.250v from the chart and set in bios the multiplier at x20.5 and voltage at 1.3625 (0.175 bump) and it was stable first try and at full load stability test 8 cores 100% 4.1 ghz aida shows 1.248v
i played some bf 4 multiplayer 64 players server conquest large on siege of shanghai and it went up to 49 C (28 C room temp) after 15 minutes so i did some benchmarks and WEI at this frequancy and went back to 3.6 ghz cuz it does just fine at 3.6... the WEI went from 7.6 on Cpu and 7.6 on RAm at 3.3 ghz stock to 7.8 on both at 4.1 ghz. Temp in bf4 after hours is max 45 C at 3.6 ghz ( i keep amd cool and quiet ON so at idle temps are 2x times lower).
How far will you go is up to your cpucooler..
For me it does the job i need it to do even at stock.. all i want it to do is play bf 4 and lesser games at Full hd medium-high setings and never go under 60 fps. and it does just this... i keep its at 3.6 ghz cuz it probably gives some single core performance advantage and the raise in watts is like non existant so why not?
I may go 4.0 ghz when Bf 1 comes out if its heavier then bf 4 (and it probably will be, but i actually average 85-90 fps in bf 4 so i might have just the right amount of reserve).
So in conclusion you can use the chart as reference and add 0.1v.. this is what worked for me.. maybe you can try without the 0.1v but i dont think its gonna work it may not even boot.
Hope i helped
and maybe someone experienced will tell me if i did something wrong myself ( didnt blow up yet for a week )
oh because every chip is different. Means someone with better chip can have voltage lower than it is refered on tthat link. But also someone can have chip bit worse and needs to icrease voltage higher than on that link to make processor stable. Ofc there is limit which should not be passed or you can frie the chip
Im at 4.4-4.5 voltage but only at 4.2ghz
I want to have some settings i can use instaed of just vcore that isnt right for a fx 8300 (mine and the one tidipower has) and only cpu llc that really doesn't matter since it's all the samme except for stock speed
I want to have som settings so i don't have to guess what is to high and therefore is giving me, more heat than nessesary,shure i can just try which i have done but that can take a looong time
It's okay if 1.275 at 4.2 ghz is a bit low or to high, but for me with the settings i have it's way to low cpu llc, cpu power response contol and cpu/nbd power respomnse control all at medium with cpu power phase control optimized
Mb Asus pro 970 gaming/aura
I want to have some settings i can use instaed of just vcore that isnt right for a fx 8300 (mine and the one tidipower has) and only cpu llc that really doesn't matter since it's all the samme except for stock speed
I want to have som settings so i don't have to guess what is to high and therefore is giving me, more heat than nessesary,shure i can just try which i have done but that can take a looong time
It's okay if 1.275 at 4.2 ghz is a bit low or to high, but for me with the settings i have it's way to low cpu llc, cpu power response contol and cpu/nbd power respomnse control all at medium with cpu power phase control optimized
Mb Asus pro 970 gaming/aura
Im at 4.4-4.5 voltage but only at 4.2ghz
I want to have some settings i can use instaed of just vcore that isnt right for a fx 8300 (mine and the one tidipower has) and only cpu llc that really doesn't matter since it's all the samme except for stock speed
I want to have som settings so i don't have to guess what is to high and therefore is giving me, more heat than nessesary,shure i can just try which i have done but that can take a looong time
It's okay if 1.275 at 4.2 ghz is a bit low or to high, but for me with the settings i have it's way to low cpu llc, cpu power response contol and cpu/nbd power respomnse control all at medium with cpu power phase control optimized
Mb Asus pro 970 gaming/aura
If it's not to much to ask for
I want to have some settings i can use instaed of just vcore that isnt right for a fx 8300 (mine and the one tidipower has) and only cpu llc that really doesn't matter since it's all the samme except for stock speed
I want to have som settings so i don't have to guess what is to high and therefore is giving me, more heat than nessesary,shure i can just try which i have done but that can take a looong time
It's okay if 1.275 at 4.2 ghz is a bit low or to high, but for me with the settings i have it's way to low cpu llc, cpu power response contol and cpu/nbd power respomnse control all at medium with cpu power phase control optimized
Mb Asus pro 970 gaming/aura
If it's not to much to ask for
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