Overclocking an AMD Athalon x4 860k problems?

cooldude8530 · Dec 16, 2016

I'm new to overclocking and was gonna give it a try so naturally i watched a couple YouTube vids on the subject and decided to go and take it from a clock speed of 4700 to 4800. But instantly it gives a black screen and my k70 keyboard gives itself the spaz attack of a lifetime. SO i have to restart it and try again, so i bumped the voltage up and that still didn't work the only change was that the screen flashed up once then disappeared to the black nothingness again so im kinda confused and stuck now, any help?

clutchc · Dec 16, 2016

Set everything back to the default settings. Then list your specs; board, PSU, etc.

cooldude8530 · Dec 16, 2016

Ok Here
CPU - AMD Athalon x4 860k - set at 3700mhz (but it runs at a maz of 3950 when video rendering)
GPU - Nividia GT 740 OC edition
MoBo - Gigabiyte A78M-E45 V2
Ram - 8GB Crucial Balistics
Storage - Crucial 240gb and a couple 1TB HDD's
PSU - EVGA 450W

clutchc · Dec 16, 2016

cooldude8530 :

Are you sure that isn't an MSI motherboard? https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/A78M-E45-V2.html#hero-overview

Your PSU may be the weak link for OC'ing. So don't expect much while using it. Also, I don't see a CPU cooler listed. If you are using the stock cooler, you won't get very far.

Start by increasing the CPU clock multiplier one increment in BIOS. Save and boot to Win. Run a stress test using something like IBT at the default settings: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/intelburntest.html
Keep an eye on core temps. If all is good repeat...
Eventually, you will reach either the temp limit or an unstable IBT result. If temps are OK, go back into BIOS and increase the vcore by as small am amount as allowed. Test again. Vcore can safely go up to 1.5v.

delaro · Dec 16, 2016

clutchc :

1. A78M-E45 V2 "MSI" Has no voltage options for O.C He will have to use Overdrive to control the voltage through Windows. It's possible to reach 1.55V this way he should hit 4.4GHz @ 1.3625V. This board does have a VRM cooler though you lack Voltage control in the Bios.

2. GA-F2A78M-HD2 "Gigabyte " Has no heat sink on the VRMs so I wouldn't even expect anything more than 4ghz being stable unless you point a fan directly at the VRM, 4.2ghz might be feasible with added cooling. The Bios does allow nearly full O.C control.

3. Power Supply.. I doubt this is a issue even with a heavy O.C with the rest of his hardware he will be lucky to pull 50% load.

cooldude8530 · Dec 19, 2016

delaro :

clutchc :

1. A78M-E45 V2 "MSI" Has no voltage options for O.C He will have to use Overdrive to control the voltage through Windows. It's possible to reach 1.55V this way he should hit 4.4GHz @ 1.3625V. This board does have a VRM cooler though you lack Voltage control in the Bios.

2. GA-F2A78M-HD2 "Gigabyte " Has no heat sink on the VRMs so I wouldn't even expect anything more than 4ghz being stable unless you point a fan directly at the VRM, 4.2ghz might be feasible with added cooling. The Bios does allow nearly full O.C control.

3. Power Supply.. I doubt this is a issue even with a heavy O.C with the rest of his hardware he will be lucky to pull 50% load.

Yeah it is msi sorry look at the wrong box, although about voltage my amd overdrive was at 1. 425 default unlike what you mentioned bellow and it still dosen't help with the problem of it just gives me a black screen with whatever voltage going up 100 hrz

clutchc · Dec 19, 2016

How far can you get just raising the CPU multiplier (CPU Ratio in your BIOS) alone?

@ Delaro
The OP says he was boosting the voltage. The BIOS must have a setting somewhere for it.

delaro · Dec 24, 2016

clutchc :

1. A78M-E45 V2 "MSI" Has no voltage options for O.C He will have to use Overdrive

1. Adjust the Multiplier in BIOS to the highest stable setting. "4.4ghz is probably going to be your Stable limit.
2. Using Overdrive tweak the CPU voltage UP or DOWN to find the highest Stable CPU Freq "This gets unstable very easy"
3. Tweak RAM Timing and Voltages to the highest stable Freq "Overdrive"... I prefer starting with 2133mhz RAM so I don't have to mess with this.
4. Refer to 2.
5. Refer to 3
So on.. and so on

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