Monday, October 22nd 2012
AMD FX-8350 Cracks 7.443 GHz
AMD's next-generation FX series processors may be just around the corner, but OC feats around its flagship model, the FX-8350, are already beginning to take shape. Chinese overclocker Ma Yuchuan (马宇川) achieved 7.443 GHz with the FX-8350, except with just one of its four modules enabled (two cores). The clock speed of 7443 MHz was set with a base clock of 244.3 MHz, and multiplier of 30.5X. A core voltage of 1.968V was used, and the chip was cooled with liquid nitrogen. 8 GB of dual-channel DDR3-1600 MHz memory by Patriot was used, and seating it all was Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 motherboard. Find the CPUID validation here. The feat still trails Andre Yang's 8.71 GHz on FX-8150. That's not to say that the FX-8350 isn't as good a chip with overclocking, not enough enthusiasts have their hands on it, yet.
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32 Comments on AMD FX-8350 Cracks 7.443 GHz
:rolleyes:
this was just a minor improvement, AMD appears to be more focused on steamroller
now lets compare a 8350 to a 8150 at same clock speed then a 8320 to a 8150, then a 8320 to 8120
Good design poor execution.
btw didnt the Bulldozer only reach 8 GHz on a single core and not a module where as this hit 7+ with a module (contains 2 cores), I mean wouldnt that technically be faster than that Bulldozer then
FX 6 has 3 modules
FX 4 has 2 modules
High clocks are great, it shows you how much that silicon can be pushed.
As others have said, this kind of overclocking is done to show the upper limits of the process technology and to push the boundaries to the extreme. Of course nobody is going to run their system on liquid nitrogen on a regular basis - nobody here is saying anything of the kind. But these results do give us some glimpse into the overclockability of this CPU, even using more conventional cooling methods. I just bought a closed loop water cooler for the first time, and I'm very excited to see what the new Vishera chips can do on water now.