Looking to do a small safe overclock on my RX 480.

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Billcosbygrill

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So i'm a relatively inexperienced overclocker sooo, some help would be appreciated!
Just trying to do a small safe overclock.

My Specs are:

CPU: AMD FX-4300 @stock
Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
GPU: MSI RX 480 Gaming X 4G
Ram: 8gb ddr3
PSU: *OLD* Antec true power trio 650w

I will be using MSI Afterburner for this.
 
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Just mess around until you find something stable.
I have a 9400GT as stated in my signature, comes at 550Mhz Core and 400 on the memory.
The graphics card has no fan and doesn't overheat. When I bumped the memory clock too much, drivers failed, a reboot saved me, then I was messing with the memory again and I was getting artifacts(google gpu artifacts), these artifacts have no definitive shape.
I brought down the memory clock a bit until the artifacts were gone and then a bit more, to ensure stability.
I was trying to game on this GPU.

BSOD is the worst thing that can happen after a GPU overclock and that fixes itself on reboot. I've seen people recommend to just move the sliders as high as you can until you get a BSOD or similar and...
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lakimens

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First, that system is very unbalanced, FX4300 will bottleneck your RX480.
GPU overclocking is easy, download MSI AFTERBURNER and overclock it, there are limits set by the manufacturer so you don't damage your GPU. Anything happens, a restart should fix it, if it doesn't just boot into safe mode and manually reduce clock speed to stock.
 
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Billcosbygrill

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I know that my RX 480 is bottlenecked, i'm planning to fix that with an upgrade to an AMD FX-8350 sometime in the future. and as for overclocking, thanks for the info on how to fix a mess up, but for actually doing the initial overclocking, i don't quite understand what you mean. What should i increase/decrease out of all the options? Core clock, memory clock, fan speed, etc. Should i just mess around until i find something stable?
 
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lakimens

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Just mess around until you find something stable.
I have a 9400GT as stated in my signature, comes at 550Mhz Core and 400 on the memory.
The graphics card has no fan and doesn't overheat. When I bumped the memory clock too much, drivers failed, a reboot saved me, then I was messing with the memory again and I was getting artifacts(google gpu artifacts), these artifacts have no definitive shape.
I brought down the memory clock a bit until the artifacts were gone and then a bit more, to ensure stability.
I was trying to game on this GPU.

BSOD is the worst thing that can happen after a GPU overclock and that fixes itself on reboot. I've seen people recommend to just move the sliders as high as you can until you get a BSOD or similar and then bring it down to stable, I don't know if this is good or not.

EDIT: An FX-8350 will not fix the bottleneck, most likely won't change a thing, you need to move to Intel, or the new AMD(which isn't out).
 
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Billcosbygrill

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Righty then!, thank you for your time and knowledge. I will give this a go. And as for un-bottlenecking, i guess i'll wait for AMD Ryzen and see what it's got. if it doesn't suit what i need then i'll go for intel. Oh man i have a lot of saving up to do ;' ~'
 
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