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Help getting past 4.3 on my FX4100 with all-in-one liquid

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Hello, im looking to push my Fx4100 past 4.34 ghz. current OC is stable and prime95 tested. I have all power related settings turned off (except CPU LLC) and disabled turbo core. cannot seem to get any higher clock or memory speed. Fairly new to overclocking (this will be my second system) but i know this processor can handle more. Is my motherboard the only thing holding me back? can i go any higher without upgrading? My hardware is :
Asus M5a97 (not R2 or EVO model)
AMD Fx4100
corsair GS600
4GB G.Skill ripjaws 1600Mhz (CL9 1.5v)
XfX DD HD 7850 2GB
antec Kuhler H20 620

Current Stable Values:
4.34Ghz (222 x 19.5)
Vcore 1.36(in BIOS) 1.416 (actual) i believe i have LLC enabled to compensate for intense Vdroop.
Memory : 1484 (in BIOS) 742 (CPUz) at 1.55v
NB: 2227
HTT: 2675
temps:
core: 31 Idle 51 Prime95
Socket: 10-12 Idle 38 Prime95

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Your motherboard isn't the best one for overclock, but also is almost impossible that you can get above those 4.3GHz stable, even with that cooler. AMD can overclock very good, but also have a limit, and that OC that you got from that CPU is very good.
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update: 4.5 hours of prime95 at 4.5, no crash yet :) 
Current Stable Values:
4.34Ghz (238 x 19)
Vcore 1.44(in BIOS) 1.476 (actual)
Memory : 1584 (in BIOS) 792 (CPUz) at 1.55v
NB: 2140
HTT: 2615
temps:
core: 35 Idle, 61 Prime95

Bumping up VDDA from 2.5 to 2.55 in bios seemed to stabilize it... IDK why

As a previous FX owner I have some advice. Take that ~ $200 for a board, and ~ $200 for a CPU and put it into an i5-3570K and a Z77 board. I did and have seen amazing gains. The FX doesn't touch an i5 setup. At stock, it completely destroys an overclocked FX.

But if you are willing to spend ~$200 on a board, just save it. Then when you were planning on buying the 8350 you will have enough from the saved $200 from the board. Spending money on a new board to get 400mhz more on that chip is a waste of money, trust me, I did it.

But besides that. Put your NB and HTT back to stock clocks. Then only use the CPU multiplier to bump up the frequencies. Don't bother with the FSB. Then leave your RAM at it's stock 1600mhz. I found messing with the NB, HTT, and RAM speeds just created tons of instability issues.
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