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So, i have an AMD fx 8320 cpu, my Mobo is asrock 970 pro 3 r2.0(4+1phase), i replaced the stock cooler with my new noctual cooler, recently i overclocked my cpu to 4.0GHz (motherboard can barely keep it stable) i have stick with 4.0Ghz for a month and haven't had any crash or any problem, it run stable and cool ,the temp is quite good (36C idle, 60 full load), i was just wondering, can the motherboard get damaged if i keep the cpu clock at 4.0ghz? (i use this pc to play some games and sometimes editing video), should i just run the cpu at stock clock?
i have stick with 4.0Ghz for a month and haven't had any crash, it run stable and cool
i'm new to overclocking and so confused about the information people given in other thread :??:
 
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Your main concern is that there are no heat sinks on the VRMs. They will get very hot as you run the OC'ed CPU. If you OC'ed by just raising the multiplier, you may get away with it. But if you increased the core voltage, the VRMs may not last w/o some cooling. Be sure you turned off turbo mode.
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Your main concern is that there are no heat sinks on the VRMs. They will get very hot as you run the OC'ed CPU. If you OC'ed by just raising the multiplier, you may get away with it. But if you increased the core voltage, the VRMs may not last w/o some cooling. Be sure you turned off turbo mode.
 
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So the raising the core voltage will affect the temp of the VRMs, correct?
hmm, just one more quenstion: by raising the multiplier you will get higher clock speed at the cost of your cpu temp, but the so called "auto OC mode" in the bios will not guarantee you that the cpu will run stable without raising the core voltage ?
 
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I never use any of the automatic OC functions provided by the board manufacturer. So I can't speak to what functions are used by the firmware. I only OC manually.

Increasing the CPU clock multiplier increases freq. and will also cause the VRMs to produce more heat. But adding more core voltage for stability also increases the temp of the VRMs. That's why I suggested just increasing the multi alone with that board.
 
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