AMD FX OC'ers Club

[nemesis.ie]

Not sure I was using occt, I don't think its heat related because I got new thermal paste and it dropped to 60c and its still throttling.

Do you have HPC mode on? If not, try turning it on and see if it helps.

I just redid my system (8350) from scratch and now have 4650MHz stable (OCCT for a few hours) on all cores with a 5065MHz turbo, anything more still causes issues but with the little boost from Turbo I also see 4730 a lot on all cores so overall it's better than the 4615 I was stuck at before.

Down to 15.5 seconds on SPi which is a whole second better LOL.

 

[d1nky]

Do you have HPC mode on? If not, try turning it on and see if it helps.

I just redid my system (8350) from scratch and now have 4650MHz stable (OCCT for a few hours) on all cores with a 5065MHz turbo, anything more still causes issues but with the little boost from Turbo I also see 4730 a lot on all cores so overall it's better than the 4615 I was stuck at before.

Down to 15.5 seconds on SPi which is a whole second better LOL.

when using superpi use the conditioner if you haven't already

http://hwbot.org/newsflash/2099_the...software_amd_superpi_history_to_be_re_written


@ THE throttling issue, APM if turned on will throttle the cpu based on TDP limits

 

[Lauen]

I got my FX-8320 clocked at 4614 MHz. 200 MHz FSB, 23x multiplier, and 1.308 volts running through it. Cooling it with a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2, I top about 75 C after an hour of Prime95. Motherboard is Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2

 

[Johan45]

Not sure I was using occt, I don't think its heat related because I got new thermal paste and it dropped to 60c and its still throttling.

@ THE throttling issue, APM if turned on will throttle the cpu based on TDP limits

Just watch that board, if you turn all the safety features off you could damage it. 4 phase really isn't up to the task of running an octacore FX CPU

I got my FX-8320 clocked at 4614 MHz. 200 MHz FSB, 23x multiplier, and 1.308 volts running through it. Cooling it with a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2, I top about 75 C after an hour of Prime95. Motherboard is Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2

I hope that is the socket temp you're quoting?? 75 is a tad high for the core. Just a guess if you can improve your airflow through the case that temp will likely drop a bit.

 

[d1nky]

Just watch that board, if you turn all the safety features off you could damage it. 4 phase really isn't up to the task of running an octacore FX CPU

LOL I didn't realise or know the vrm phases of the mobo, wasn't in system specs.

yea thatll be the problem right there!

 

[v12dock]

what are common volts for running a 8350 around 4.4-4.5GHz?

 

[Irony]

Mine will run on stock volts up to 4.5, I think its fairly common for about 1.3v or so for 4.4-4.5

 

[Lauen]

Just watch that board, if you turn all the safety features off you could damage it. 4 phase really isn't up to the task of running an octacore FX CPU





I hope that is the socket temp you're quoting?? 75 is a tad high for the core. Just a guess if you can improve your airflow through the case that temp will likely drop a bit.

Yeah, I think so. It's measured off my motherboard with AI Suite, as I've still not found a software that shows temps that sound even remotely realistic.

 

[Johan45]

Yeah, I think so. It's measured off my motherboard with AI Suite, as I've still not found a software that shows temps that sound even remotely realistic.

HWmonitor (free) from CPUid works quite well. These new AMD FX don't measure well below 45c. AI Suite will be the socket temps. P95 heats that CPU to points that you're not likely going to reach day to day in your average use.

Mine will run on stock volts up to 4.5, I think its fairly common for about 1.3v or so for 4.4-4.5

Mine will run on stock volts up to 4.5, I think its fairly common for about 1.3v or so for 4.4-4.5

That all depends on the CPU sample. My 8350 took 1.4v for 4.5G Prime stable.

 

[Lauen]

HWmonitor (free) from CPUid works quite well. These new AMD FX don't measure well below 45c. AI Suite will be the socket temps. P95 heats that CPU to points that you're not likely going to reach day to day in your average use.

I used HWmonitor for some time, but when I got the 8320, I just didn't believe the temps. but as you said, Prime95 heats it like nothing else, and as I just play some light games and watch movies and browse the internet, I have no worries.

 

[d1nky]

same as mine, gets to 4.5ghz and needs around .025v on 1.4v every multi step after

heres what I got atm, not fully prime stable but a notch down on the multi its prime/crunching stable for days!

http://valid.canardpc.com/5mrskk

I like a high cpunb (its nice to be talking overclocks again )

 

[Johan45]

Nice work D1nkmeister, don't forget Win 8 is still a no no at the Bot AFIK. Here wanna see something cool, I like to stay below 1.5v for daily use. I keep forgetting I can't do sh*t on this site from work nothing works not even the emoticons. So here's a link http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7567106&postcount=739

 

[d1nky]

I WANT A 9370!

so much more refined than these 8350s!

 

[Johan45]

I think your sample is pretty close though D1nky. I need about the same volt for 5.0 that you do. Although 4.8 only take 1.428v. There are other trade offs as well , it gets hotter faster than my my 8350 ever did. And it's harder on the VRM for similar volts.

 

[nemesis.ie]

when using superpi use the conditioner if you haven't already

http://hwbot.org/newsflash/2099_the...software_amd_superpi_history_to_be_re_written

No way it would be sub 16s without it.

 

[suraswami]

New improvement that I found.

CPU used Phenom II X2 555

1. Cleared bios by removing the battery and putting it back.

2. Started the computer, as usual go to bios and no changes just save and booted into OS. Checked CPU volt - 1.2v. Changed the date from within OS and restarted.

3. After restart it shows correct voltage - 1.38v

4. Couple of restarts and put to sleep and wake up the system showed 1.38v.

5. Shutdown the PC, without turning off the PSU, start the computer again, it reverted back to 1.2v.

6. Restart and now it shows 1.38v.

So the first start voltage is set to 1.2v and following restarts change to 1.38v.

Thought the CMOS battery is weak, so put in a new battery still the same issue.

All done with bios ver 2005 and 1903, will not allow me to go to release or one bios newer to the release one.

I was with Asus Tech support for about 45 min to troubleshoot this and they determined its a defective board and issued me a RMA. They said they will fix this board and send it back to me, I thought they will give me another brand new board. Should I RMA? Does Asus really fix or they test at default, don't notice anything and send it back to me wasting my money and time?

 

[d1nky]

its obviously broken, they know that now.

might be a bad bios chip or something.

what are you going to lose by sending it away?! when its sorted youll gain overclocks and voltage lol

 

[suraswami]

its obviously broken, they know that now.

might be a bad bios chip or something.

what are you going to lose by sending it away?! when its sorted youll gain overclocks and voltage lol

and spend more lol.

 

[Johan45]

Hopefully they can get it fixed up proper for ya suraswami. Maybe they'll just send you a r2 board instead

 

[d1nky]

yoo johan im coming for them scores!

i cant get the volts or higher clocks to work so resorted to pure tweaking! xp/wazza and whatever else ive learnt

even got a oc interface tio tweak fsb on the fly!

2nd is so shit, but that cinebench will have to wait until i get a nuclear reactor and sub ambients!

 

[Johan45]

Is this what you wanted to see



I've learned a few more things since then too D1nky. Just waiting till the cold weather gets here and get a damn XP install to work on here.

 

[d1nky]

i had the same issues with xp, ended up losing my boot sector and having to reinstall my main os and other bench partition.

also be careful installing it on secondary drives.

and i cant boot on high voltages like win7, it locks up with high clocks/volts on boot.

 

[Johan45]

Ya I ended up using Vista32 but there wasn't a huge gain from it. Did another run an the new R15 and got 864 a bit better. This one is a lot tougher on the CPU than 11.5 was. It's this months bench comp at OCF so I'll probably get a better one in yet. I won a free game from manofthem on here today . Pretty awesome.

 

[d1nky]

864??!!!!!!!

yea this R15 was a lot more tougher, even more so when capped at 1.65v!

http://hwbot.org/submission/2446219_d1nky_cinebench_r15_fx_8350_862_cb

im just warming up for superpi!

 

[Johan45]

THAQT WAS A nice run there D1nky. I'm still playing around with this one my first that I posted a few pages back was about the same speed you ran. This one was one multi higher but I dropped my NB. This cpu is very finicky when it comes to voltage and I have to do it that way I have found. Now that I can get it to run in the 5450 zone I'll crank the rest up. I only gained 5 pts over my last score.