How Far Can I overclock the FX 8350

TheFaceOff · May 3, 2014

I have the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128627 mobo (gigabyte GA-970A-D3P) and wondering if I should get an 8320 and get an h100i and overclock it to 5 ghz or so, or really if I can, does anyone know the powerphase, and if it's good enough? Thanks! (I'm a PC building noob)

PsychSC2 · May 3, 2014

For an FX-8320. Here's your answer:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1361558/overclocking-amd-fx8320-5ghz

A stable 5ghz for FX-8359 is not that easy on the 8350 (I mean really stable). I would not advice anyone to go up to 5GHz, it would just crash or shorten the lifespan of your processor.

civers1 · May 3, 2014

The highest that I could get my 8350 to was 4.5 on air

ingtar33 · May 3, 2014

that motherboard is a 4+1 design... so no... i would not advise aggressive overclocking with it.

As to max overclocks... that depends, chip to chip... and how robust your cooling solution is. with an h100i you'll need a little luck on the draw with the cpu. That said, with a good motherboard, solid motherboard, and a decent psu, you should be able to get a 8 cored fx up to 4.7ghz at least.

past that point it will be all luck. if you're lucky you'll get to 5.0ghz... but some chips just won't do it without a more robust cooling solution (like a DIY custom water cooling system). My 8320 hit 5.0ghz on a Asus m5a99x Evo motherboard, with a h100, and XFX Pro 750W psu. But by most respects, that's a golden chip; I got a little lucky.

Anyway, hope this fills in a few blank spots. here is a list of motherboards. you'll want a 8+2 power phase design PLUS heatsinks on the vrms... the lone exception is with an Asus motherboard... the 990 chipset asus boards all use digivrm, which are extremely high quality, those are good enough with a 6+2 setup.

Generally you'll want to avoid asrock and msi motherboards as they use crappy vrms, which tend to blow up under serious overclocking loads (this is for AMD motherboards, both companies make solid intel boards)

Dark Lord of Tech · May 3, 2014

envy14tpe · May 3, 2014

I agree with ingtar33. The mobo isn't the best for overclocking due to its 4+1 power phase design. I'd suggest saving some money and getting a H80i instead or go for a good air cooler and shoot for 4.5GHz.

btw, get the fx-8320, not the 8350. They overclock almost exactly the same. Only real difference is at stock, where 8350 is faster.

ingtar33 · May 3, 2014

speaking of golden chips... could you actually bench it with that type of voltage? generally its impossible to stabilize 8 core fx cpus over 5ghz with less then 1.5v on the vcore.

Dark Lord of Tech · May 3, 2014

FX8350 \ Asrock Extreme 9

Over 5 ghz. at 1.384 volts.

ingtar33 · May 4, 2014

validating is a little different from stable... i mean i can get my 8320 validated at 5ghz on 1.4V... but it's not stable. to stabilize i need to get the voltage up to 1.5V... that 5.3ghz is certainly not stable at 1.55V... it will load into windows and validate... but it won't do anything else. I need a better cpu cooler... and probably a better motherboard to stabilize it at 5.3ghz; though i suspect it might take as much as 1.65V to do it.

dacquesta1 · May 4, 2014

Hey SR-71, have you done bus overclocking with your chip? I have mine at 4930(273.92x18) @1.476v in hwmonitor under P95 blend mode. I needed 1.5v using a 200fsb and using the multiplier for the same frequency. Handbrake seems to be noticeably faster for me using the bus overclocking and lower temperatures as well.

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