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overclocking with vcore set to auto

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September 30, 2014 11:20:27 AM

Hey,

Im a self confessed oc'ing noob.

I oced my cpu by upping the multipilier. All is good and well under stress testing.

Only thing is, I read some posts that said that ocing with vcore set to auto is dangerous. Is that so?

I oced an 8320 from 3.5 to 4 ghz on a m5a99fx pro r2, with a Hyper TX-3 EVO and a Corsair VS650 psu.

Cheers,

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September 30, 2014 11:32:09 AM

Hi Cherev,

Its not actually dangerous. Its just Over Clocking at auto mode is not that much in control. It would be better if we provide the voltage that is required rather than your system. If your CPU is under-powered then it will not show any improvement or will shut down (Depends on your Mother Board). The automatic adjusting is not so promising. :) 

Anyways since you're stable , Nice...
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September 30, 2014 12:13:30 PM

Auto Vcore with overclocking is only (really) dangerous when the voltage starts to get too high for that family of CPU's.

I can't give an exact voltage because 1) I don't know them all by heart and 2) the higher the voltage the more risk of failure/early burnout of the CPU.

My suggestion - try to find some guides as to what is a safe long term voltage for that family of CPU's and with some monitoring software (CPUID or similar) see what the voltage is to the CPU (under load). If the auto is less than the long term limit - you are good. If it is well above (0.05v is a big number for cpu voltages) then I would either manually set the voltage to the limit (and check for stability) or lower the multiplier until the load voltage stays under the limit.
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