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So i'm overclocking my 8320e so it doesnt bottleneck my 1060 that bad, and i think i did a good job overall, here are my stress test temps:

https://imgur.com/RkYUIzu

So my idle temps are about 25 °C and my stress temps are about 54°C, considering AMDs max recommended temp is 61 °C i think this looks great, my main question is, how much can i expect my cpu temps to go up during the summer? my room is really hot during this season, i do not know how hot but im betting the temperature goes up by 10-15 °C, how much can i expect my CPU temps to go up taking this into consideration?
 
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AIDA64 will test your stability and stress your CPU far more than any games.

Notice how reducing Core voltage has reduced core temp so you still have some overhead left.

Not sure of the thermal margin before MB shuts down and I suppose that depends on your MB revision.
It is the NB (Northbridge) temperatures to keep your eye on.
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Hi Angel :)

Temperatures will vary ofc depending on ambient room temperature.
Ideal temperatures are 10-15C at idle and 60-65C under load.

How high temperatures will go up if you Overclock further will depend on the Cooler you are using, case and fans and it would be best to list your full system specs for better advice. Also the MB GA-890GPA-UD3H your using is not meant for Overclocking really. The VRMs will get hot and shut your MB down.

ATM your AIDA64 stress test at 4.2Ghz and temps max at 54C indicates you have headroom.

FX CPUs do get hot and you may need to have separate OC profiles for Summer and Winter.

If you can achieve 4.6-4.8GH OC, it would hardly be a bottleneck with your 1060.

I also see your Core voltage set to 1.4V+ which is high for a 4.2GHz OC.

I can offer better OC advice once I know your system specs.

 
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Hi thanks for the answer, my specs are

AMD FX 8320e
GA 970a UD3P
CPU Cooler: Cooler master Hyper 212 LED
Case: Aerocool Project 7 C1 pro
Fans: Aerocool P7-F12 (x3 intake) and Amztronics Fans (x3 out)
GTX 1060 3GB
EVGA 500W PSU
HyperX 16 GB ram 1600 Mhz
Sandisk SSD 480 GB

Those are my specs

Now i have another issue, after i tried rebooting my PC i got a screen that said that the system couldnt boot due to an incorrect bios configuration, if i select the exact same OC setting and select save and exit the PC boots normally, but i have to do the same thing every time i reboot and that cannot be right. This stopped happening after i selected the optimized settings in the options but after checking the core speed and multiplier in the CPU-Z program, its showing varying core and multiplier speeds (1400 MHz, 2200 Mhz, 3500 MHz), idk what to do now

 
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I am not familiar with the Bios of your MB however specs indicate the MB has limited capability and really not meant for Overclocking. You may get an extra 200MHz OC however trial and error will eventually get your MAX OC.
Stability is key rather than chasing Frequency and atm you're not fully stable if the system is bringing you back to Bios.
A fixed Core multiplier and no turbo mode. No "Cool and Quiet" if available should remedy varying frequency.
 
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Well, according to several sources my motherboard is good for overclocking Amd FX processors, i followed the guide on this very same page when i origininally bought it actually, so im sure is good for at the very least 4.2 ghz. but let me keep trying OCing this thing i see what i can do. What is the voltage you recommendo for 4.2 ghz?
 
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Yes i'm sure you have read what you want to hear as many do.

It varies between CPUs. VID is much the same with same specimens, Core voltage is set manually and at 4.2GHz you should require no more than 1.26-1.35V MAX. The best way is to obtain your max frequency then reduce Core Voltage in .05V steps till unstable then increase back up till stable.

Each step raised in voltage has an exponential increase in core temperature and should be stress tested at each phase of the OC.

Good Luck and don't try to go to 4.2GHz in one hit or whatever your target frequency is. Take your time.
 
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Hahaha well when i bought this rig about two years ago (sans the SSD or the 1060) i followed this thread to pick my mobo

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384024/motherboard-tier-list-970-chipset.html

According to it, my motherboard should be able to handle OCing my FX 8320 just fine, idk how trusty that thread is but eh, whats done is done.

Anyway, kept messing around with the settings and followed some tutorials in Youtube and my rig now seems to be stable,
https://imgur.com/TR5ASb3

Tried Street fighter V and League of legends and they worked fine, granted they are far from being the most demanding games of the bunch but i dont have any other games installed right now, will try some more intense games later on.

Thanks for the help
 
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AIDA64 will test your stability and stress your CPU far more than any games.

Notice how reducing Core voltage has reduced core temp so you still have some overhead left.

Not sure of the thermal margin before MB shuts down and I suppose that depends on your MB revision.
It is the NB (Northbridge) temperatures to keep your eye on.
 
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