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Overclocking Help (athlon 760K)

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September 20, 2014 2:28:04 AM

i want to try to overclock for quite a bit to 4.1 or 4.2 , however how much can i tune before the stock cooler cant handle it anymore ?
i just dont want it to overload
system spec if it would help
athlon X4 760K
stock cooler
msi A88XM-E35
8 Gb DDR3 1600 V-Gen ram
D.A R7 260X 2GB ddr5 OC
450W psu

whats the max limit for me ? :D 

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September 20, 2014 2:52:30 AM

NEVER overclock with a stock cooler, they are poor. No way of knowing what your limit would be because all setups are perform differently.
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September 20, 2014 3:58:27 AM

Chances are you can't go very far with the stock cooler. You can try raising the multiplier by .5, reboot, do stress test while monitoring temps for about 30 min, reboot and try again.

You will do one of two things. 1. hit a thermal limit - I don't remember what the max temp for that cpu is, but I think it is around 62c. or 2. you will get to an unstable point - fails stress test, BSOD, etc.

you then drop to the last stable oc, stress test for minimum 5 hours. If it still passes the stress test you are good to go. If not, drop again and retry.

The big thing with using a stock cooler is you can't really raise the voltage because the higher voltage drastically raises temps well past what the stock cooler can handle. Some chips can handle a lot more mhz at stock voltage than others. I have personally never been so lucky, but sometimes you can be.

Good luck, and remember, dont raise voltage, stress and monitor temps while increasing overclock slowly!
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September 20, 2014 8:07:17 AM

CptBarbossa said:
Chances are you can't go very far with the stock cooler. You can try raising the multiplier by .5, reboot, do stress test while monitoring temps for about 30 min, reboot and try again.

You will do one of two things. 1. hit a thermal limit - I don't remember what the max temp for that cpu is, but I think it is around 62c. or 2. you will get to an unstable point - fails stress test, BSOD, etc.

you then drop to the last stable oc, stress test for minimum 5 hours. If it still passes the stress test you are good to go. If not, drop again and retry.

The big thing with using a stock cooler is you can't really raise the voltage because the higher voltage drastically raises temps well past what the stock cooler can handle. Some chips can handle a lot more mhz at stock voltage than others. I have personally never been so lucky, but sometimes you can be.

Good luck, and remember, dont raise voltage, stress and monitor temps while increasing overclock slowly!

is there a software for me to increase cpu fan speed , seems like bios fan speed i set didnt worked , i tried speedfan , only control GPU fan speed
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September 20, 2014 9:55:46 AM

There should be a way, in the BIOS, to disable the fan speed control, so that it runs at maximum all the time. It might drive you nuts, but, hey, it may work.

But, as others have said, you'll want an aftermarket cooler before really testing an overclock.
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September 20, 2014 11:08:50 AM

Calculatron said:
There should be a way, in the BIOS, to disable the fan speed control, so that it runs at maximum all the time. It might drive you nuts, but, hey, it may work.

But, as others have said, you'll want an aftermarket cooler before really testing an overclock.

disabled it still not maxed... am i missing something ?
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a c 79 K Overclocking
September 20, 2014 12:35:32 PM

Not sure what to say at this point, since I am not overly familiar with the MSI BIOS. :( 
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