Help with First Time Overclocking Fx-8350

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AnthonyStew

AnthonyStew

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I just received my amd fx-8350 and Hyper 212 Evo fan in the mail a few hours ago and set it all up. I have no idea what settings I am supposed to mess with to overclock in the GIGABYTE UEFI BIOS. I did try using only the multiplier and setting it to 4.8ghz (which is what Overclock I'd like to try and achieve), and my PC blue screened and shut off right afterwards. So now I am here because you all helped me a ton in the past.

Specs: CPU: AMD FX 8350 EIGHT CORE 4.0Ghz
GPU: SAPPHIRE R9 290 4GB DDR5 TRI-X OC EDITION
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
PSU: CORSAIR CX 750
HARDDRIVE: SAMSUNG EVO 250 GB SSD
CPU COOLER: HYPER 212 EVO
RAM: G.SKILL TRIDENT-X @1600 2x4GB

If you guys can help me with what setting I need to toggle/disabled/edit that would be amazing!
I do have the new UEFI BIOS so I'm not sure if it will be more difficult or easier. Everything in my BIOS is currently set to default.

This is what my bios looks like: http://
 
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It's not easy, there is no, click and make it go faster button. Well there is on some overclocking software, but it's not the best way to do it.

Also, the 8350 is a pretty maxed out chip to begin with. You went from 4-4.8, way too big of a jump. It took me probably a month of tweaking settings in those very threads and reading to hit 4.86ghz on my 8320, which is just a downclocked 8350 really, and that...
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This is kind of difficult to follow, I don't know where to start..
 
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It's not easy, there is no, click and make it go faster button. Well there is on some overclocking software, but it's not the best way to do it.

Also, the 8350 is a pretty maxed out chip to begin with. You went from 4-4.8, way too big of a jump. It took me probably a month of tweaking settings in those very threads and reading to hit 4.86ghz on my 8320, which is just a downclocked 8350 really, and that with like 5 case fans, 3 fans mounted directly on my motherboard, liquid cooler on the cpu, and lots of testing and tweaking.

You can either put in the time and read the threads and understand what the settings do and maybe hit a good overclock, or not, but there is no magic solution. Every chip is different, and some won't do that high, some need more voltage, some have less voltage off the start.

If you don't feel comfortable doing it and spending the time to learn, then don't do it. Your chip is plenty fast enough as it is.
 
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