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Not really sure what to make of this. OC'd my new FX 8320E to 3.8 w/ 4.3 turbo, windows would crash (BSOD) soon after booting. Given that I've heard of people overclocking up to 4.6 with this processor, I thought I was being fairly tame. Cooling definitely isn't a problem, given that with hour long stress tests @ 3.6 w/ 4.1 turbo it never got above 50°C using my push/pull Hyper 212 Evo.

Dropped it slightly after the crashes and windows booted fine, but then crashed when gaming. So I dropped it more, runs fine.

There something I'm not getting here? Should be well within reasonable parameters still.
 
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Overclocking is a trial and error process. Not every chip is the same. Just because someone is able to get to a higher clock doesn't mean you'll be able to do the same. However, typically similar clocks can be achieved.

So there are two things, you could have found just an unstable clock. If lower is fine what about just a little higher? Have you raised the voltage a little?
 
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Because I'm broke and it was cheap.
And I bought it specifically because it's only 95W. Assumed that'd give me a lot of room to push it considering it's the same processor they make the 125W fx 8350 out of. Also bought it because it was an upgrade, not a new build. Replacing my old Phenom II 965.

My assumptions aside...
No, haven't raised voltages yet.
Running on a ASRock 990FX Extreme3. Crashes cold, never because of overheating, which is why I'm so confused. Thought that's what held overclocking back. Those first crashes on system boot were basically right after my computer had been off for a while, definitely not warm. And again, Hyper 212 Evo with 2 decent fans.
 
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So there are a couple things. The ASRock 990FX Extreme3 has a 4+1 power phase design. High clocks, more power phases help with a cooler and more stable overclock. It's not impossible to get a high clock on a 4+1 but it's a lot more work than a 8+2. The lower power design should actually help in this case. Because of the lower power, the chip should be a little cooler from a standard 8320.

I found a thread from earlier in the month with a person asking how to overclock a 8320e. The OP in this thread does have a better motherboard but I think you'll be able to use some of the information there.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2339764/amd-8320e-overclocking.html
 
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Problem solved, for now. Was voltage. I get very intimidated by raising voltages up at all and thought that a click or two would do it, and when it wouldn't thought I had a defunct processor.
Other people are testing at 1.4-1.45v, mine was at 1.18 or so. Tried 1.3v (about 20 clicks down on the list, very intimidating) and everything worked fine. IntelBurnTest 2 success. Will proceed to play with this over the next few days, will update if needed.
 
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