Help overclocking 8350 on msi 970a-g45

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I need help overclocking my amd fx 8350 to either 4.8ghz or 5ghz.
I'm stuck @ 4.4 overclocked by the multiplier.


My system specs:
MSI 970a-g45 mobo
Amd FX 8350
Corsair H100 closed loop cpu liquid cooler
4x2 8gigs G-skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600MHz
EVGA GTX 550ti superclocked 2gigs
 
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good I think & no I haven't I just used the multiplier since I'm still a newbee @ overclocking.
 
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I have been playing with it for about a year now, so fairly new. Its fun though. Overclocking is great lol.

Anyways first things first, check the temps. Get OpenHardware Monitor or COREtemp and see what your temps are at. Its not smart to go further without knowing.

Also what are you using to stress test? Prime 95?
 
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Was typing and didn't see this till I already posted. Anyways your temps are excellent then. Look in your BIOS and see if you can find the CPU Offset feature. This is the absolute best way to increase voltage.
 
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The 8th core failed the prime 95 test. now what? Temp 1 41 degrees celcius, temp 2 49 degrees celcius, and temp 3 34 degrees celcius.
 
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Alright well if it failed the Prime 95 test then its not stable at your current 4.4Ghz, but again your temps are excellent so all you really need is to increase voltage.

Go into BIOS and look for the voltage controls. You should find CPU Offset, which is the best way to do it and you can slowly increase it.

Other than CPU Offset your only other option for increasing power is to dictate a constant CPU power which will cause it to consume full amount of power even at idle which is really not preferable.
 
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I think I'll wait to do that till I either get a sabertooth or formula z
 
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