AMD FX OC'ers Club

[d1nky]

Did this about two weeks ago and I have plans to do more with it when I can.
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should be able to do a lot more, heres my old one at 5.6ghz

http://hwbot.org/submission/2459555_d1nky_wprime___32m_fx_8350_5sec_875ms

 

[YautjaLord]

Decided to not bump the CPU voltage way too much for a 2nd run; upped a notch - from 1.33v default to 1.35v: BIOS reports the temp @ 36-37 degrees C, CPU-Z - check the pic:

Still validates. Let's see if the HSF (see my sys specs) can handle 4.4GHz, 4.5 & higher will only occur when i'll have the H2O-220 Elite. F**k, forgot to run WinRAR's internal benchie thing - i wanna see if the score will be in a 7000's range.

 

[m0nt3]

http://valid.x86.fr/ypbsjq

10 Hours of Prime 95 with no errors, I was expecting more voltage for 4.5, as I read some people needing upto 1.45.

 

[YautjaLord]

4.4GHz/1.36v. Pic 1:

Pic 2:

That is it, maybe HWInfo64 or wPrime? What do you all say? Serious Sam HD The 1st & 2nd Encounters type of "benchmark" sequence benefits from this OC. It's "FlyBy" sequence before you enter the main menu of game.

 

[Johan45]

FX 8350
Gigabyte 990FXA UD3 Rev. 4
Close Side Panel
2x120mm 1650rpm Top
2x120mm 2700rpm Front
*CPU - 23c Idle (FX8350 w/H80i Push Fan Only)
*GPU - 36c Idle (Asus GTX660ti DirectCUII Top)
*CPU - 48c Full Load (FX8350 w/H80i Push Fan Only)
*GPU - 74c Full Load (Asus GTX660ti DirectCUII Top)
Can I OC my PC with this current Temp. or maybe I need some cooling to do??
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You still have room temp wise to go a bit higher.

4.4GHz/1.36v. Pic 1:



Pic 2:



That is it, maybe HWInfo64 or wPrime? What do you all say? Serious Sam HD The 1st & 2nd Encounters type of "benchmark" sequence benefits from this OC. It's "FlyBy" sequence before you enter the main menu of game.

Looks good Yautja, is that P95 blend stable??

 

[YautjaLord]

Looks good Yautja, is that P95 blend stable??

Why not wPrime?

 

[Norton]

4.4GHz/1.36v. Pic 1:

Pic 2:

That is it, maybe HWInfo64 or wPrime? What do you all say? Serious Sam HD The 1st & 2nd Encounters type of "benchmark" sequence benefits from this OC. It's "FlyBy" sequence before you enter the main menu of game.

Nice overclock! Should be happy there for 24/7 or daily use

I call my rigs stable if they can crunch for WCG on all cores w/o locking up, overheating, or throwing errors for at least 24-48hrs

 

[Johan45]

Why not wPrime?

It's not quite the same. I can run WPrime 1024 at 5.6G but my rig isn't stable. I guess it depends on what you're doing with it. If you're just gaming and light use that may be enough but for something like F@H that will be running for hours/days, you would need quite a bit more. Some work is more intensive and a glitch could cause you to re-do hours of video compression because of an error.

 

[YautjaLord]

It's not quite the same. I can run WPrime 1024 at 5.6G but my rig isn't stable. I guess it depends on what you're doing with it. If you're just gaming and light use that may be enough but for something like F@H that will be running for hours/days, you would need quite a bit more. Some work is more intensive and a glitch could cause you to re-do hours of video compression because of an error.

Just gaming plus maybe Photoshop in a while & something that not requires much of OC like uploading webpages to any server with FileZilla, web design & that's it. Gaming take the top spot, yeah.

I'll do me Prime95 run for now; for how long? 20 mins, half an hour, how long?

2Norton:

That's 4.4GHz/1.36v on VenomousX & the motherf***er (8350) runs hot: when entering BIOS i 1st check the temp monitor & see it's in a 40+ degrees C range. You were right: 4.5GHz will make it omlet or some sh*t like that. Check out full list of settings:

CPU Ratio: x22
CPU frequency: 200MHz
CPU/NB freq: 2400MHz
DRAM timings/voltage/freq: 9-9-9-24-2T/1.50v/1600MHz
HT Link: 2200MHz (basically same as Auto cause that's how the BIOS reports the HT Link's freq when set to Auto)
CPU voltage: 1.36v
CPU/NB voltage: 1.20v
VDDA: 2.5000v
Rest is Auto.

Need the cash for that Swiftech's H2O-220 Elite NOW!!!!!

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Nice overclock! Should be happy there for 24/7 or daily use

I call my rigs stable if they can crunch for WCG on all cores w/o locking up, overheating, or throwing errors for at least 24-48hrs

Agree 100% And like yours mine has been crunching 24/7 for months without issues one at 4.4.

Just gaming plus maybe Photoshop in a while & something that not requires much of OC like uploading webpages to any server with FileZilla, web design & that's it. Gaming take the top spot, yeah.

I'll do me Prime95 run for now; for how long? 20 mins, half an hour, how long?

2Norton:

That's 4.4GHz/1.36v on VenomousX & the motherf***er (8350) runs hot: when entering BIOS i 1st check the temp monitor & see it's in a 40+ degrees C range. You were right: 4.5GHz will make it omlet or some sh*t like that. Check out full list of settings:

CPU Ratio: x22
CPU frequency: 200MHz
CPU/NB freq: 2400MHz
DRAM timings/voltage/freq: 9-9-9-24-2T/1.50v/1600MHz
HT Link: 2200MHz (basically same as Auto cause that's how the BIOS reports the HT Link's freq when set to Auto)
CPU voltage: 1.36v
CPU/NB voltage: 1.20v
VDDA: 2.5000v
Rest is Auto.

Need the cash for that Swiftech's H2O-220 Elite NOW!!!!!

Is that 40's + under load?

 

[Johan45]

@YautjaLord

When I set my machine up for F@H I will run P95 Blend with Unigine Heaven bench in a loop for 2 Hrs. Once it passes I give it one more bump of V_Core and have never had trouble running F@H. That's why I give it the extra bump. Using the 2 programs simultaneously really heats things up. CPU full out plus 2 GFX cards IF you don't have the airflow through your case you'll find out fairly quickly.

 

[YautjaLord]

Started the P95 Blend test @ 18:39 (local time Israel), now it's 20:17; should it stop by now or do i stop it myself? I'll stop it @ 20:40 if it's not stopping by itself plus take a pic of it: what errors/info am i looking for? So far no BSOD or any other sh*t like that; will see 8350's temp @ BIOS, though.

2ThE_MaD_ShOt:

40+ degrees C after the AvP 3 D3D11 benchmark (full run), small (5, maybe 10 mins) run of same game (Alien SP campaign), Serious Sam HD The 1st & 2nd Encounters full FlyBy "benchmarking" sequences & full run of C:R's CountrySlide Freeplay level.

*EDIT*

Finished! Here's the pic:

2 hours 11 mins actually. Now the only thing left is to check the CPU's temp in BIOS. So far, so good. Happy now?

P.S. 2+ hours for all "Workers", cores.

 

[Johan45]

Yep that looks good Yautja, I use HWMonitor free version to monitor temps. By the time you get to bios it has cooled off. Best to do it with P95 running so you see it under load.

 

[YautjaLord]

Probably in a 50's range, or some sh*t like that. Next up - same run but @ 5.0GHz/1.4+v & cooled by H2O-220 Elite. I'll stick for now with this OC (4.4GHz), til 5.0GHz have been reached.

P.S. Deleted P95 til i get to 5.0GHz. lol Cheers, keep headbangin'.

P.P.S. Where's the dreadded "5.0GHz Club" thread here? lol

 

[m0nt3]

I would like to see some temps as well, to compare them with mine. I know I am getting border lined at 4.5.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

40's under load is great. Mine crunching it's ass off 100% load at 4.4 is running 46c.

 

[eidairaman1]

Cant Wait to get the rest of my Parts for Mine so i can start building

 

[Johan45]

Probably in a 50's range, or some sh*t like that. Next up - same run but @ 5.0GHz/1.4+v & cooled by H2O-220 Elite. I'll stick for now with this OC (4.4GHz), til 5.0GHz have been reached.

P.S. Deleted P95 til i get to 5.0GHz. lol Cheers, keep headbangin'.

P.P.S. Where's the dreadded "5.0GHz Club" thread here? lol

5.0 is a big stretch even for the swiftec. It'll all come down to your CPU in the end. With my 8350 even at 4.9 for P95 stability I was at 1.58v http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7484325&postcount=1

Where on the other hand the 9370 can run 5.0 with just over 1.5v. and I've seen and 8320 that'll run the same. They come off the same line so you can see there's a very wide variance in the CPU characteristics. It's all the luck of the draw

 

[YautjaLord]

5.0 is a big stretch even for the swiftec. It'll all come down to your CPU in the end. With my 8350 even at 4.9 for P95 stability I was at 1.58v http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7484325&postcount=1

Where on the other hand the 9370 can run 5.0 with just over 1.5v. and I've seen and 8320 that'll run the same. They come off the same line so you can see there's a very wide variance in the CPU characteristics. It's all the luck of the draw

We'll see. One thing is certain though: it still cost way too f***in' much!!!!! lol Time to sell some stuff @ eBay to earn those 240$ (price of 220 Elite @ SideWinderComputers).

 

[Johan45]

We'll see. One thing is certain though: it still cost way too f***in' much!!!!! lol Time to sell some stuff @ eBay to earn those 240$ (price of 220 Elite @ SideWinderComputers).

Wow that is pricey for that AIO. Have you looked at any of the water cooling starter kits.

 

[YautjaLord]

Corsair's H110 & H90, plus some of Antec's - won't do job of reaching 5.0GHz stable & from what i gathered from reviews/forums/etc... Swiftech is the one.

 

[Johan45]

Corsair's H110 & H90, plus some of Antec's - won't do job of reaching 5.0GHz stable & from what i gathered from reviews/forums/etc... Swiftech is the one.

I was more leaning toward domething like this not necessarily this one but a real kit.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2...cluded_w_Free_Dead-Water.html?tl=g59c683s2175
I have no idea what it may cost you but you're already at $200

 

[YautjaLord]

159$ @ SideWinderComputers, 40$ less than in the link you just gave. Will it do it's job of cooling down the 5.0GHz 8350?

 

[Johan45]

It should have a better pump and more rad, I can't see why it wouldn't. There are other kits as well that one was the minimum and less expensive . I like the alphacools( 50mm+) my self but you need to check clearance in your box. It says the 932 will hold a 3x120 rad in the top but make sure you have room for fans etc. before you order anything.

 

[m0nt3]

5 hours so far Prime95 with FX 8320@ 4.5Ghz 1.35V in BIOS 1.332V reported under load with LLC @ high. CPU/NB @ 2600MHz 1.275V LLC @ high HTlink at 2600MHz as well, default voltage. Load TEMP at CPU is around 51C average and a peak of 53C socket temp report by mobo average around 63-64C with peak at 68C. I'll post some pics at the end of my workday, which should put it over 8 hours of Prime95, hopefully no errors.

Also, been thinking about lapping to help with temps, any FX owners have any experience to share? Thanks.