Over clocking the 8320 power question

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Omerom12

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I have the 8320 cpu and i want to overclock.

The power rating it has before the OC is 125w, how much should i expect for an overclock from 3.5ghz to about 4.2-4.4ghz?

MB: asus M5A99x r2.0 evo
 
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lol i wouldn't take the 125w to seriously. I own an fx-6300 and under full load 264 encode i get power draw of 148w at stock clocks! that can increase to around 180w or more at 4.4ghz. AMD is notorious for underquoting power draw.

http://techreport.com/review/24954/amd-a10-6800k-and-a10-6700-richland-apus-reviewed/3
Here is some power draw figures form amd cpu's.

notice the stock fx-8350 pulling 170ish watts. The FX-9370 is just an overclocked 8350 and its rated at 225w! And it draws that much. Seriously. So an overclocked 8350 at 4.3-4.5 will pull the same power as an FX-9370.

My m5a-97 is only rated for 125w but it's holding up fine so it isn't a deal breaker, bt be aware you will be chewing up into mid 200's with that beast!
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The 125 watts is the TDP. It normally does not draw this much power. Not sure where to find power-OC curves. One way to determine this is to use a "Kill-a-watt" meter. This will tell you the total power consumption. Check values before and after.
 
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lol i wouldn't take the 125w to seriously. I own an fx-6300 and under full load 264 encode i get power draw of 148w at stock clocks! that can increase to around 180w or more at 4.4ghz. AMD is notorious for underquoting power draw.

http://techreport.com/review/24954/amd-a10-6800k-and-a10-6700-richland-apus-reviewed/3
Here is some power draw figures form amd cpu's.

notice the stock fx-8350 pulling 170ish watts. The FX-9370 is just an overclocked 8350 and its rated at 225w! And it draws that much. Seriously. So an overclocked 8350 at 4.3-4.5 will pull the same power as an FX-9370.

My m5a-97 is only rated for 125w but it's holding up fine so it isn't a deal breaker, bt be aware you will be chewing up into mid 200's with that beast!
 
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