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I'm not looking to get massive results from changing my specifications. I'm just trying to take advantage of the potential in each of my components.

I need to start off by saying I have never done anything like overclocking in the past. I've just bought a new rig and want to get my monies worth out of it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q2t3NG

I'd love any help and advice that can be given. Including but not limited to software and step by step directions on how to go about speeding/overclocking things up.

Thanks!
 
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you dont need to crossfire the r9 270x for 1440p resolution just get a r9 290 .......crossfire comes with lot of baggage more noise, more power consumption, micro shutter and not all games support crossfire...so unless u are using triple monitor setup u don't need a crossfire a strong single card is always better than 2 x mid range cards.....unless u already own a r9 270x and want more performance...and 16 gb ram is too much for gaming if u are not using it for animation and rendering work......the psu u have selected is not up to the mark if u want to crossfire then get a seasonic or xfx psu...http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss750km
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you dont need to crossfire the r9 270x for 1440p resolution just get a r9 290 .......crossfire comes with lot of baggage more noise, more power consumption, micro shutter and not all games support crossfire...so unless u are using triple monitor setup u don't need a crossfire a strong single card is always better than 2 x mid range cards.....unless u already own a r9 270x and want more performance...and 16 gb ram is too much for gaming if u are not using it for animation and rendering work......the psu u have selected is not up to the mark if u want to crossfire then get a seasonic or xfx psu...http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss750km
 
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I already owned an R9 270x prior to my purchases.

As far as the PSU I had been told by many people that 850 was plenty of single rail power to support my cards? Should I be concerned that they might be wrong?
 
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Awesome! I'll read up!
 
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Unless it is paramount to adjust my hardware, everything is already assembled and I've been using it for about a week now. Most parts are even past the 30 day mark since they have arrived. So unless it is important enough to swap parts that I should take the current recently purchased parts at a total loss I'd rather not replace anything.

I'm was looking for information about internal tweaking/overclocking/setting voltages etc.

I really appreciate the information though. It helps to know that when users like myself who know relatively little about computers ask for help here that knowledgeable members can guide us!
 
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TT uses at least 3 different OEMs to assemble the Smart Power PSUs (that's a red flag already). Yours is unfortunately one of the Channel Well produced ones. IF you start running into problems like artifacting, instabilites, and overheating, this would be the place to look. Just keep that in mind for now since you already have everything assembled. You might not have any PSU related problems for the life of the unit, hopefully. But anyways study up on your vocabulary and we will get started when you feel ready.
 
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no no i am not telling your pc will not work with that psu i was suggesting that the seasonic or xfx one would have been better :) .....but still i think the 16 gb ram is a overkill for gaming i have never used more than 6 gb of ram while gaming believe me ....
 
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Thats very important information to know. I wish I had known this prior to the purchase. I'll have to keep in mind that when I make my next round of upgrades.



I think my rational was " 16>8, and 8 = good" then "16 = great". I think looking back now with what little more I have learned about RAM I may have been better served by buying 8gbs of higher clocked RAM.

Sadly one of the pratfalls of building your own pc for the first time is the lack of advanced knowledge.
 
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Ok, I read through every page of that PDF. I also did some internet browsing on Overclocking just to see if there was a less tech-speak way to understand it. To be honest, most of it looks like greek. Way to many numbers thrown at me at once. I'm going to keep at it till I feel a bit better.
 
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The UD3 is a decent board but it won't give you the clean power you need to get a heavy overclock out of the 8320. For that your best bet is a Sabertooth R2.
 
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I was reading where the article here seemed to say it was decent enough to be competitive?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/990fx-motherboard-review-amd-fx,3464-18.html

I don't pretend to know enough to debate things like this, all I have to go on is articles and user advice. At any rate changing motherboards is likely not practical.
 
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Don't worry the UD3 is a good overlclocking board. There were problems with early versions of the board but it has been revised.

Ok first thing is to download AMD Overdrive so you can use it to monitor your thermal margin. It's a great all-in-one program for stress testing, monitoring, and making changes on the fly.

http://www.amd.com/en-us/markets/game/downloads

We are going to start with finding your maximum CPU frequency that your cooling solution can handle, then tune the memory controller, then the RAM.

As a precaution, you should familiarize how to reset your motherboard for when things go a little too far and it won't boot.





 
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Amd Overdrive is installed. If you don't want to skype or call I'll log on my wifes laptop so that I don't have to wait for things to resolve before I can post again. I think I remember some things needing to be done via BIOS.
 
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One more thing though, Solid State Drives don't like crashes/resets/loss of power. If you can run from a HDD while you tune it would be much safer. When it's done you can run off the SSDs again. I say this because I have finally learned my lesson after killing about 4 SSDs through hard resets (manufacturers always were cool and sent me a replacement though).
 
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Ok, I'm on another pc now. I've got a Hdd from my previous build? Should I disconnect my SSDs and connect the HDD? If so I need to install AMD overdrive on that disk. Also I don't have any drivers for the current devices on that Disk.

 
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