How far can I overclock a FX 8320E on a Gigabyte 970 Gaming?

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The tittle says it all... I'm building a low budget PC and I've chosen the FX 8320E + Gigabyte 970 Gaming bundle from Microcenter. I've made a little research but nothing too conclusive, so I want to ask someone who has that combo this: how far can I overclock it? Can I reach the 4.8 GHz? And last of all, a Hyper 212 EVO cooler will be able to keep the heat down?
 
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I think you'll hit the same type of limit on either board.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gigabyte-ga-970-gaming-sli-motherboard,review-33607-2.html

Toms hit 4.5ghz on the gigabyte , the most I've seen on the MSI gaming 100% stable is the same.

I think 4.8ghz on anything less that a 180w+ rated 990fx board is expecting too much

I'd stick with the gigabyte , if you top out at 4.3/4.4ghz then its still an awful lot of performance for a sub $130 price tag.
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When it comes to overclocking processors, every CPU is different. Imperfections during fabrication cause each CPU to have different limits in terms of clock speed.

A hyper 212 evo is going to be enough, the fact I mentioned above is probably going to be the limiting factor as to how far you will OC
 
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Not going to be a fantastic OC'er actually...I was thinking of the MSI Gaming 970 board, which is a good overclocker. Your board has 4+1 VRMs (ideally, you want at least 6+2 or 8+2).

4.2 GHz might be possible. You won't hit your 4.8 target on that board.
 
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Not a problem, the MSI 970 Gaming is only 7$ more expensive

 
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The gigabyte gaming sli is a 8+2+1 vrm setup , ud argue its a better board than the 970 gaming for overclocking & its a lot better featured

The standard GB 970 gaming (non-sli) isn't though.

If this is the board you mean it's fine.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/461927/GA-970-GAMING_SLI_AM3_M2_ATX_AMD_Motherboard

Don't ever expect to just hit past 4.4ghz on any fx chip mate.
It has to be a good binned one to manage that.
& 4.3/4.4ghz is honestly where a 212 evo will top out with respectable load temps
 
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Oops, sorry, it's the 970 Gaming SLI the one that I saw. Sooo between Gigabyte 970 SLI and MSi 970 Gaming, which one should I pick?

 
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I think you'll hit the same type of limit on either board.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gigabyte-ga-970-gaming-sli-motherboard,review-33607-2.html

Toms hit 4.5ghz on the gigabyte , the most I've seen on the MSI gaming 100% stable is the same.

I think 4.8ghz on anything less that a 180w+ rated 990fx board is expecting too much

I'd stick with the gigabyte , if you top out at 4.3/4.4ghz then its still an awful lot of performance for a sub $130 price tag.
 
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