Cant go above 3.8ghz

[cheti]

Got an fx-8120 and 990fxa-ud3.
Whenever i go above 3.8ghz (OC) at whatever vcore volts ive tried, my memory (corsair vengeance 1600mhz 2x4gb) goes unstable and causes random bsods.


Any suggestions ? Id want to reach 4.2ghz or so.

 

[mesab66]

Sorry, cheti, it looks like you may be reaching the max overclock for your particular cpu - even amongst identical processor model numbers, not every cpu overclocks the same.

However, have you done the usual googling using your cpu + motherboard model numbers?......chances are that others will give you more ideas for settings that might improve your overclock. Be very carefull in doing this - you don't want to fry your cpu!

A quick google (just overclocking your cpu and suggests you might get higher):-

http://www.overclock.net/t/1281342/fx-8120-overclock-help
http://www.overclock.net/t/1226595/need-help-fx-8120-overclocking
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/269874-11-fx8120-overclocking

 

[Guest]

You must lower your memory multiplier having in mind that

fsb x multiplier = value that is in the range of your memory can run.

For example you can run the fsb in 800 and if the multiplier is 2 your memory will run at 1600 is in the range.

Then you set your cpu host x value that you can handle the heat and the voltage.

If your motherboard doesn’t support lower value for the multiplier you can’t solve the problem easy.

 

[cheti]

yeah, my memory is 1600mhz which is achieved by 8x multiplier, my fsb is 200 (auto) and my cpu multiplier is 19.

But whenever i go above 3.8ghz, my memory gets unstable and i get random bsods.