AMD FX OC'ers Club

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Yeah man the on die temp gauges are crap at the lower end, I get the same here.
Its about right at 50+ though.

 

[YautjaLord]

At 4.1GHz/same settings, BUT - cooled down by non others than AS5 & 2xNF-F12s. Prime95 + CPU-Z screenie coming in about half an hour. Do the 4.2GHz after it?

*EDIT*

Incoming!

Power saving options - Off, HPC - On, C'n'Q - Always Disabled, RAM Timings - all @ Auto. Fans speed - Standard.

*EDIT*

Testing 4.2GHz right now, 5 more mins will finish it. So far no issues. Attachment coming shortly.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Yeah man the on die temp gauges are cheap at the lower end, same here.
Its about right at 50+ though.

Thanks thought so. Ok so that means I should go roughly off the mobo sensor for idle which is ~31C, core sensors show ~55C.

 

[JrRacinFan]

@YautjaLord

This one's for you ....

http://valid.x86.fr/azxeve

 

[YautjaLord]

Gonna test 4.3GHz today, Jr. Same settings. P95 1h torture. Let's see if AS5 & 2xNF-F12s can handle this stuff properly. lol

 

[JrRacinFan]

Gonna test 4.3GHz today, Jr. Same settings. P95 1h torture. Let's see if AS5 & 2xNF-F12s can handle this stuff properly. lol

Im going to be working on my voltages some. Probably pull down to 1866 CL7, maybe even attempt for 2Ghz cl8 dram through a bclk overclock.

So far...

CPU-NB @ 1.25v

 

[YautjaLord]

I can only dream of going for 1866MHz, let alone 2GHz RAM frequency. Sits @ 1600MHz on all seasons. lol 4.3GHz screenie tortured by P95 Blend test & CPU-Z coming in about 50 mins.

*EDIT*

Sh*t happens! lol

Fans got lil louder though. Same setting as with 4.1 & 4.2GHz. This Wednesday or Thursday do the same but with 4.4GHz.

*EDIT #2*

Just played C:R's MP mode (F'n'H, Fox n Hounds) with this OC - no torture whatsoever.

 

[grifstar]

Hi there. I got a fx-6100 3.3ghz 6 core with a aftermarket TR2 cooler. and a Msi edition amd r9 280x 3bg video card. I wanna do a safe over clock. What would you guys suggest with 16 gigs of ram at 1600mhz

 

[JrRacinFan]

Try mine above. 20x200 bclk @ 1.3v, turbo disabled with Cool n Quiet. Leave CPU-NB & dram speed/voltages alone. See what happens.

 

[grifstar]

Okay how hot should it run?

 

[JrRacinFan]

Okay how hot should it run?

60C cores is max for the CPU. Your cooler should be doing roughly 50.

 

[YautjaLord]

Two hours thirteen f*ckin minutes!!!!! 4.4GHz tortured by Prime95, CPU-Z & SpeedFan:

Sixty nine degrees C, ffs!!!!!!! I'll probably keep it 4.4GHz til next weekend.

P.S. It's now back @ 37 degrees C & gets lower, but it's idle. Probably get lil higher @ load but i bet not higher than 50. (C:R, Heaven 4.0, Avp3 D3D11 Bench, etc.....)

 

[grifstar]

Try mine above. 20x200 bclk @ 1.3v, turbo disabled with Cool n Quiet. Leave CPU-NB & dram speed/voltages alone. See what happens.

What's the 200 after the 20x and bclk @ 1.3v?

 

[YautjaLord]

What's the 200 after the 20x and bclk @ 1.3v?

CPU frequency. It should look like this:

CPU frequency: 200MHz;
Multi: 20x;
CPU voltage: 1.3v;
CPU/NB frequency: 2400MHz;
RAM frequency: your RAM's frequency; (1600/1866/2000MHz/etc.....)
HT frequency: 2600MHz, or AMD's recommended for your CPU;
CPU/NB voltage: mine is 1.2v, but it'll probably work for you too;
VDDA: between 2.5v & 2.7v, try 2.5v first;
RAM voltage: your RAM voltage; (1.5/1.65v/etc....)
if your RAM's frequency is say 1600MHz CPU/NB should be +800MHz to your RAM's default frequency, 2400MHz, 1866MHz - will be +933MHz to it, etc.....;

Test the OC with stuff Jr suggested or just torture it with Prime95 for 2 hours & see where it gets you. Good luck.

 

[JrRacinFan]

just torture it with Prime95 for 2 hours

This is not truly necessary. Use memtest for a single run and Wprime 1M for 5 or 6 runs (this commonly simulates gaming load for ~2hrs).

@YautjaLord
2133 & 2050 fails memtest (I dont feel like mucking with subtimings). Pulled the clocks back to 1866/4Ghz/2400 CPU-NB, 200 bclk. Im seeing 45C max on both mobo sensor and core thermal sensor, Prime95 heat load of 48C cores, 51C mobo.

 

[grifstar]

This is not truly necessary. Use memtest for a single run and Wprime 1M for 5 or 6 runs (this commonly simulates gaming load for ~2hrs).

@YautjaLord
2133 & 2050 fails memtest (I dont feel like mucking with subtimings). Pulled the clocks back to 1866/4Ghz/2400 CPU-NB, 200 bclk. Im seeing 45C max on both mobo sensor and core thermal sensor, Prime95 heat load of 48C cores, 51C mobo.

I'm new to this whole thing. I changed the multiplier to x20 and That's all I changed. Dunno if I have to change anything else. And is it supposed to go up like it'll be like x7 and then a second later itll be like x18 3999 htz and just by changing that it got to about 47c hottest while playing a game. I do have on order a high static fan and two other af 120's to come because I clocked my gpu Aswell and t runs just. Little on the hot side.

 

[JrRacinFan]

The "jump" you speak of is a power saving optimization called Cool 'N Quiet. 47C is not that hot for these chips ;-)

EDIT:

Here's a really awesome Windows software for hardware monitoring

http://openhardwaremonitor.org/

@YautjaLord

Right now I'm testing out 3.8Ghz @ 1.26v and seems to be perfect for my use.

 

[YautjaLord]

1.26v CPU voltage? I'm @ 1.4v from 4.1GHz & all the way to 4.4GHz. Runs everything beside P95 below 50C, C:R is the hottest - 45C according to SpeedFan.

@grifstar:

All power saving options should be off, C'n'Q (Cool n Quiet) included. Anything like C1E, C6 State, SVM - Off, HPC (High Performance Computing) - On. C'n'Q - Always Disabled.

 

[JrRacinFan]

All power saving options should be off, C'n'Q (Cool n Quiet) included. Anything like C1E, C6 State, SVM - Off, HPC (High Performance Computing) - On. C'n'Q - Always Disabled.

Unless youre an old school overclocker and can get it working right LOL

 

[YautjaLord]

It works for me, Jr. All power saving options off, c'n'q too. Next Thursday - 4.5GHz torturing time.

 

[ASOT]

1.26v CPU voltage? I'm @ 1.4v from 4.1GHz & all the way to 4.4GHz. Runs everything beside P95 below 50C, C:R is the hottest - 45C according to SpeedFan.

@grifstar:

All power saving options should be off, C'n'Q (Cool n Quiet) included. Anything like C1E, C6 State, SVM - Off, HPC (High Performance Computing) - On. C'n'Q - Always Disabled.

@YautjaLord Bro disable or turn off also HPC,is better when OC,trust me

Also fans control disable..

 

[grifstar]

The "jump" you speak of is a power saving optimization called Cool 'N Quiet. 47C is not that hot for these chips ;-)

EDIT:

Here's a really awesome Windows software for hardware monitoring

http://openhardwaremonitor.org/

@YautjaLord

Right now I'm testing out 3.8Ghz @ 1.26v and seems to be perfect for my use.

I turned the cool and quiet off and it's still jumping up n down. Anything else that I should be turning off. ?

 

[YautjaLord]

@grifstar:

C1E - Off;
Core C6 State - Off;
CPU voltage - 1.3v;
CPU Ratio/Multi - 20x;
CPU/NB - 2400MHz/1.2v;
RAM - 1600MHz/1.5v (or your RAM's voltage);
HT - 2600MHz (or fx-6100 default HT frequency);
SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) - Off when OC'ing (unless you run VirtualPC app with another OS installed on it);
Forgot the rest of options, but what i gave should probably suffice for now. I guess. I'm gonna play with DIGI+ VRM stuff throughout this week so i'll tell you how to play with some of this, but it's best that you'll dig those by yourself - more fun. Fiddling with stuff is one of fun parts of OC'ing.

Also, 47 degrees C is not bad at all while in game & your CPU OC'd as Jr said, mine gets 45C when in Carma:R at 4.4GHz. What TIM (thermal interface material) you have? My is Arctic Silver 5.

*EDIT*

CPU-Z 1.75 4.5GHz validation pic:

Tomorrow will torture this OC for 2 hours with Prime95 Blend test, same settings + APM & CPU Spread Spectrum disabled. HPC - still On.

 

[YautjaLord]

Sorry for double post.

FX-8350 @ 4.5GHz tortured by P95 for 2h 23min:

Think it'll be my 24/7 clock from now on. Special thanx to ASOT, the stuff he suggested works. Even though i haven't turned off HPC.

 

[ASOT]

@YautjaLord Glad can help,anytime with pleasure!