Fx8350 questions of OC

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Hello, this is Javier.
I have already ordered it and tomorrow and my new Fx8350 is going to replace my AMD Phenom X4 965 Black Edition.
A little background info:
I have a ASUSM5A97 R2.0 Motherboard
My cooling supply is a COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
I have a few questions

1) I will later be upgrading to a better MOBO that supports SLI and is am3plus. Any suggestions for the motherboard?(Asus gtx660 OC)
2)With my current mobo and cpu and 212 plus :What is a nice OC I can achieve with my resources ?
3) I will upgrade the cooling as well a few weeks from now. Any suggestions on the cooling ? I was thinking on the corsair H100i, but I have a CM storm scout 2 advanced case. I hear it's a tight fit.
4) What is good software to use to see if an OC is stable ?

Any help with that and I would be very appreciative..
Hope to hear from you all soon.
 
any 990fx board will run better, that board is a 4 phase design and the 8350 will kheat those things up like crazy when overclocking.

just make sure to grab a board with a 8 phase vrm design or higher and you will be fine, also i dotn care for msi boards never had much luck

overclocking wise with them.

as far as stability download prime 95 and occt and run some tests, watch your temps and download something like hwinfo and watch your vrm temps, anything over 70c is bad


try these clocks, 4.4@ 1.36-1.38v