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Corsair H80i / Overclocking FX-8320

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June 26, 2014 8:51:22 PM

Greetings -

About how far would I be able to push an FX-8320 with the Corsair H80i watercooler? For motherboard specifics, I'm using an Asus M5A78L/USB3 motherboard w/ 760G chipset. Some say that the cooler will hold up, but the motherboard won't. Any ideas?

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June 26, 2014 9:07:59 PM

It's different from chip to chip, so you will have to figure out that one.
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June 26, 2014 9:10:44 PM

Overclocking with that board is a bad idea.
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June 26, 2014 9:24:06 PM

No amount of cooling will help you overclock on that board it has a poor power and thermal design,, overclocking on that board may lead to damage of other components.
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June 26, 2014 10:18:14 PM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
No amount of cooling will help you overclock on that board it has a poor power and thermal design,, overclocking on that board may lead to damage of other components.


Well, I've got a Hyper 212 at the moment and I can run a steady 4.4GHz with no issues at all - stress tested with prime95 for 8 hours...

EDIT: While stress testing at 4.4GHz with prime95 the highest any of my cores has gotten is 54°C, socket reached 55°C. I researched a lot and found out the maximum 'safe' temperature advised by most overclockers and on AMD's support site is 62°C. Any ideas how I'm doing this?
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June 27, 2014 7:58:50 AM

nhannon9 said:
SR-71 Blackbird said:
No amount of cooling will help you overclock on that board it has a poor power and thermal design,, overclocking on that board may lead to damage of other components.


Well, I've got a Hyper 212 at the moment and I can run a steady 4.4GHz with no issues at all - stress tested with prime95 for 8 hours...

EDIT: While stress testing at 4.4GHz with prime95 the highest any of my cores has gotten is 54°C, socket reached 55°C. I researched a lot and found out the maximum 'safe' temperature advised by most overclockers and on AMD's support site is 62°C. Any ideas how I'm doing this?


It's not the CPU you need to worry about. As Blackbird said, that motherboard has terrible power and thermal design. You will fry that motherboard before your CPU will give out.

I imagine the VRMs are overheating or very close to it, it's only a matter of time before they fail. When they do, there is a good chance that other components will fail also (CPU, RAM, etc..).

If it were safe to overclock on a cheap motherboard like that, it would be harder to convince people to buy a $200+ motherboard.

I would recommend reading this article, it will help explain to you why that motherboard is a horrible choice for overclocking - http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1229-anatomy-of-a-mot...
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