A78-e45 with a10 6800k, can anyone tell me if there is a way to manually oc.

dadeveryday · Nov 26, 2014

A78-e45 with a10 6800k, motherboard has bios version it shipped with. (keep thinking newer bios version might fix but worried about screwing something up) I cannot seem to find any way to manually oc this APU. Any thoughts. And i have the hyper 212 evo. oc genie oc,s it to 4.22 but i dont use it becuase i have researched to much uncertainty with software oc's.

uplink-svk · Nov 26, 2014

A78-e45 - is MSi motehrboard, right? Why do You think it has custom BiOS? Do You have it in some "branded" rig? If not, it has OC Genie, that can OC Your APU.

Wisecracker · Nov 26, 2014

AMD OverDrive should work great.

I use it to 'test' settings within Windows before making permanent changes in the BIOS.

dadeveryday · Nov 26, 2014

Yes it is msi and no its a custom build. However i have tried oc genie a couple times and some times it bsods, sometimes it simply doesnt accept oc genies settings and the ine time it did work it simply clocked it to what the APU called as turbo core mhz. the results have varied to much with oc genie to trust its accuracy. I tried afterburner but the setting never seem to stick and when it did one time, i checked bios and it showed now change. cant find a way to manually oc. I would use afterburner to toy with setting but following that, i would like to change them in the bios but no bueno

Wisecracker · Nov 26, 2014

When OC'ing you should disable any Turbo functions and take manual control of your voltages.

dadeveryday · Nov 26, 2014

and i agree with you on taking manual control and just going with the multiplier but no matter what i do, the option for doing anything with the multiplier is greyed out and wont do anything. Just sits there all smug and wont let me fiddle with it lol.

Wisecracker · Nov 26, 2014

You are likely missing a setting which will open that option. I'm not familiar with that motherboard so I can't really help you.

BUT ... I bet they can help you in the MSI Forums! Try that, or AMD OverDrive.

dadeveryday · Nov 26, 2014

yeah so i tried msi forum and it says im already a member so i try to log in with my email address and it say im not a member and i need to register and continues that bs loop

dadeveryday · Nov 26, 2014

hey wisecracker, im not at the computer now but as far as turning turbocore off. i did turn it off last night but never went back to check to see if manual oc opened up. Is turning the turbo core off the key to opening up the option to oc?

Wisecracker · Nov 27, 2014

That depends on the MSI BIOS -- it may well be a requirement.

If not, there is a simple setting that we are missing. It may be something as easy as taking manual control of your voltages ...

dadeveryday · Nov 28, 2014

So i continued to mess around and still nothing, it simply will not let me have control of the settings. alot of good a 6800(K) does if not to oc. lol. I am at a loss and i have spent hours on it along with web searching and still nothing

dadeveryday · Nov 28, 2014

also Happy Thanksgiving to everyone

dadeveryday · Jan 13, 2015

I still have yet to find a way to overclock this processor. No matter what I disable or enable, the option for manual overclock never becomes available. A little annoying seeing the results others are having with oc'ing this cpu. Anyone else having this problem?

LucoTF · Jan 13, 2015

dadeveryday :

You have one of the most budget of budgetey A78 boards and you want to OC... sorry dude not gonna happen. The OC genie's 100mhz increase is probably all you would ever get on that board.

You need a good quality A88x board, at least then you would get some vrm cooling. But I would advise against spending money on a new motherboard just to get a 10-12% increase in cpu speed, probably best to make do with what you have.

LucoTF · Jan 13, 2015

To clarify, even if you had access to the right settings in BIOS you're going to hit the wall as soon as you have to push the voltages up - probably around the 4.4ghz mark on that mobo, and your A10 has a 4.3ghz turbo anyway.

I'm sorry I didn't see your thread around thanksgiving, I could have saved you a lot of time

dadeveryday · Jan 14, 2015

I appreciate the answer, and you are correct, it was a budget build, but I did go with msi for their quality. Kinda like picking the least rotten fruit to eat, it still tastes good, just not nearly as crisp as getting one off the tree.

dadeveryday · Jan 14, 2015

one question lucoTF, do you think that updating the bios to the latest could change the scenario for overclocking, ive heard people have updated the bios and had a large improvement over a large spectrum of areas

LucoTF · Jan 14, 2015

dadeveryday :

Nothing wrong with MSI boards, they had a bad rep a couple years back but they're a perfectly solid brand imo

Are you using the A10's integrated graphics? what speed is your ram? Windows 7 or Windows 8?

LucoTF · Jan 14, 2015

dadeveryday :

I've heard that the e35 version of your board is voltage-locked, so the e45 may be as well. But I thought you had tried a bios update already?

LucoTF · Jan 14, 2015

I used to own an A10-6800k and it's a neat budget chip for sure. It will even play watch dogs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbaIyPu2dxU

If you are considering a mobo upgrade then this is the boy right here

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaf2a88xmd3h

Cheapest one I could find with an 8+2 phase design. I know I said before don't upgrade but you've already got an aftermarket cooler and hey, overclocking is fun

dadeveryday · Jan 15, 2015

well the only thing is I only play bf4 and I reserve playing to once a week on Friday nights as I have a wife and kid so I make sure they come first. So as it is I am getting around 59 fps consistently on high settings so I cant really justify a new board. Oh and no on the integrated graphics, I have the MSI 750 ti oc edition. And no I haven't updated bios. As everything is working smooth as butter, I don't want to take the change on bios update.
Budget specs:
A78-e45m
A10 6800k with hyper 212 evo cooler
8gb ripjaw 2133
1x 128 gb ssd for win 7 home 64x os
1x 256 gb ssd for games
500 gb 7200 rpm for everything else
msi 750ti oc 2gb
rosewill challenger case (cut out side panel and put in plexi)
CX500 PSU
basic asus dvdrw
Acer GD235HZbid 24" 3d monitor
g500 mouse
front usb 3.0 hub installed in front. (screw the hassle of rear usb)

dadeveryday · Jan 15, 2015

I built the budge comp after selling my beast due to the fact that I was only using it once a week. I had sold my old 965 be computer for 700$ and bought a computer from a friend for 1000$ that he had just built for 3000$ (gaming beast) I love it when people are hard up for money, that's where the deals are lol, so I turned around and sold it a week later for 1800$. 800$ profit in a week aint bad. So I built my current system and banked the other 800$

dadeveryday · Jan 15, 2015

so with 59 fps constant, I really don't need to oc, but you know how it is, if I have components that are supposed to be able to be overclocked (even If I don't actually oc) I want the ability to.

LucoTF · Jan 15, 2015

dadeveryday :

Yeah I hear you

and that is a fine budget build you got there - I don't play bf4 but I'm on bf3 most weekends too

dadeveryday · Jan 15, 2015

yeah I have been a bf player since the get go so bf4 was just natural. Man has it had its issues though. Glad they have worked out most of the bugs. Its a hell of a lot of fun to play now. Once in a while ill throw on a little bf3 but primarily bf4. I did get titan fall and that was fun for like a month and then just got boring as crap. I really enjoy the levolution and dynamic weather in bf4 though

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