AMD FX-8350 Overclocking

[BitterRoot]

I'm looking for some advice on overclocking my FX-8350 on a Asus Crosshair V Formula/Thunderbird motherboard with a Corsair H50 cooler. So far I have gotten it to a 4.4GHz but was wondering if I should stop there because of this cooler or try for higher settings?

 

[Cru]

what temps are you getting?

 

[grassman]

As long as the temps don't go above 80 keep going.

 

[Cru]

As long as the temps don't go above 80 keep going.

I'd try to stay below 75 tbh

 

[BitterRoot]

Here is what I got at idle.

 

[grassman]

Stress it

 

[Master&Puppet]

80C? Whoa, last time I checked it was a touch over 60C unless you want to degrade the CPU. the upper Vcore range you'll be looking at is in the 1.4x area.

 

[BitterRoot]

I'm gonna run a few stress test today to see what speeds I can get it to on stock voltage then once I find the top speed I will start increasing the voltage and see what I can get it to.

 

[Cru]

Here is what I got at idle.

idle temps are not relevant
use prime95 to get load temps

this also looks like a windows tool for overclocking
don't use those, do it in the bios manually

 

[grassman]

I like OCCT more, Prime just seems a bit overkill to me tbh. OCCT seems like more of a realistic approach and I like red.

 

[CalVic]

Just to point out, that ASUS software reports the socket temp, and not the actual CPU Temp itself.

Usually I'd like to say within these guidlines

Socket: 70c (But really it doesn't matter as long as it's stable)
CPU: 62c (Max, I wouldn't advise going over)

If you use HWMonitor, You'll see two temp readings, one is for CPU and that's the socket temp, you'll see that it's the same as the ASUS software. The next is Package temp and this is the temp you'll want to keep below 62.

Have a look in my sig, I've overclocked two FX 8350 Systems. One being at 4.9Ghz @ 1.41v and the other being at 5Ghz at around 1.5

Also the LLC on the CPU and NB Increase heat also, you'll want to play around to get good stability and good heat. But you should be able to clock 4.5 to 4.6Ghz and be in the safe temp zone.