AMD FX OC'ers Club

[eidairaman1]

Shoot it states what i did already. I however left llc alone.

 

[Johan45]

@Random Murderer
That's a bummer, I know it has worked for other boards that didn't have APM as an option.

 

[Random Murderer]

@Random Murderer
That's a bummer, I know it has worked for other boards that didn't have APM as an option.

Well, this isn't an FX CPU related question, but thought I'd ask here since I'm a little gun-shy about buying another Giga AMD board...
I'm looking to build a small HTPC, and would prefer AMD due to cost and power consumption. Does anybody have any experience with the Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WiFi FM2+ ITX board? There aren't too many ITX options for AMD, and AM1 isn't powerful enough for my tastes. I'm looking for an ITX board that will accept and overclock an AthlonX4 860K.
Thanks, guys.

 

[eidairaman1]

Rm id look at Asus,Asrock,Biostar,ECS,Biostar,Gigabyte and compare all of them

 

[Random Murderer]

Rm id look at Asus,Asrock,Biostar,ECS,Biostar,Gigabyte and compare all of them

That's the problem. If I had a choice of Asus, I'd grab that hands down, but there are only four FM2/FM2+ ITX boards available to me: an MSI, two AsRock boards (one A88X, one A78) that don't have a heatsink on the MOSFETs, and a Giga board.

 

[eidairaman1]

Msi is another good choice, I might add

 

[Random Murderer]

Msi is another good choice, I might add

Eh, I'll give it a shot. Last MSI board I had was the Big Bang Trinergy P55. Man, do I miss that board...

EDIT: Looked at the MSI board. It has no voltage adjustment for the CPU, but several reviewers were able to push their CPUs/APUs to 4.4/4.5 stably AND push the RAM to 2400, so I think we have a winner here.
Thanks for the help, @eidairaman1.

 

[eidairaman1]

I have no os in mine

 

[TRWOV]

I think I'm going to settle for a 4.4Ghz OC. I could maintain it stable with no extra voltage and, more importantly, with the fans on low

Funny thing is, there's no performance loss compared to 4.5Ghz

I'll let you know how lucky I get with the RAM



Question: FSB overclocking. Yay or nay?

 

[eidairaman1]

I think I'm going to settle for a 4.4Ghz OC. I could maintain it stable with no extra voltage and, more importantly, with the fans on low

Funny thing is, there's no performance loss compared to 4.5Ghz

I'll let you know how lucky I get with the RAM



Question: FSB overclocking. Yay or nay?

Affects the ram clock itself, Multiplier clock is the way to go

 

[YautjaLord]

I'm considering purchasing following in 2 more months:

2nd GTX 760 DCII OC;
maybe another batch of FX-8350 (unless wc kit below it make it unnecessary);
XSPC RayStorm RX360 V3 (will be cooled by the ones below, gotta hold my current 8350 OC P95 stable);
3xNoctua NF-F12 3000 RPM PWM fans.

Go for another 8350 or not? ~9000 RPM - a f**kload of noise but - hopefully - really cold. It's November right now & the temps are hovering between 25 to almost 30 degrees C @ noon, 15 to 19 degrees - night.

 

[Random Murderer]

I'm considering purchasing following in 2 more months:

2nd GTX 760 DCII OC;
maybe another batch of FX-8350 (unless wc kit below it make it unnecessary);
XSPC RayStorm RX360 V3 (will be cooled by the ones below, gotta hold my current 8350 OC P95 stable);
3xNoctua NF-F12 3000 RPM PWM fans.

Go for another 8350 or not? ~9000 RPM - a f**kload of noise but - hopefully - really cold. It's November right now & the temps are hovering between 25 to almost 30 degrees C @ noon, 15 to 19 degrees - night.

I'd say skip the 8350 for now and see how the one you have does on water. If you're disappointed, then grab another 8350 or an 8370.

 

[Johan45]

Like Randome syas hold off on the CPU till you see how it behaves under water. The GFX card, why not sell it and grab a 970 STRIX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...STMATCH&Description=970+strix&N=-1&isNodeId=1
I just got the 980 and it wipes the floor on my 2x770s SLI

 

[YautjaLord]

So it's just XSPC's kit & rest, excluding 8350 for now. Thanx.

As for 970 STRIX: cost almost twice as much as single 760 DCII & besides 760 handles everything i have (except C:R) @ max, same will go for Serious Sam 3 & Alien: Isolation. But atleast i know now that it's (970 STRIX) sold in PC store near me. Thanx for suggestion regardless, Johan.

P.S. If even this XSPC kit won't cool my current OC to be P95 1h run stable, i'll go for another batch. 4.4GHz under air was 2h run stable, with H110 it's probably 4.5 - 4.6GHz tops & it won't tolerate anything above 1.44v CPU voltage.

 

[Johan45]

I do realize that the card is nearly twice the price of a new 760 but....
If you sell the one you have you can offset that cost and this is the big one, I'm not familiar really with carmageddon but I do know that newer titles are using more and more VRam all the time certainly if you like eye candy. 2x760DCII is great core performance but still only has 2Gb of Vram since the ram is "shared" but not doubled, which isn't enough these days. The new 970 comes with 4Gb which is definitely more future proof.
Just my 2cents Yautja.

 

[YautjaLord]

3GB vRAM required for everything @ Ultrahigh in C:R @ it's current Pre-Alpha state; the game is too far from optimized & already runs solid 30fps in most levels @ High on single 760. They (Stainless) rely heavily on Virtual Textures (or MegaTexture of sorts) Yebis 2 lighting system they licensed (check YT for Yebis 2 tech demo) & multicore CPUs for crushing & physics. 970 will fit this game perfectly true, but so does 760; pair of 760s - by the time the game hits Release Candidate state (2 more months) will more than suffice for this game to run with everything @ Ultra/4xAA. I'd love to see Wiz benchmarking any future 980s/970s with this masterpiece though. Thanx regardless, man.

 

[Johan45]

Not really sure I follow your logic Yautja , you say 3G is required but 760 with 2G is good for ultra? Either way it was just a suggestion

 

[TRWOV]

OK, I think I'm going to give up with the RAM. I can't make it run even at 1866, 2133 seems like a fairy dream. I'm going to up the FSB to 220 (I can get it to 222 without adding voltage), drop the multiplier to x20, keep RAM at x8 (1760Mhz) and call it a day.

Also, I undervolted my 7970. Amazing how overvolted these things are. Currently running at 1.13v, stock was a toasty 1.34v That helped with temps too, the fan barely spins to 40% now. I also set Powerplay to -20% and everything seems peachy so far. Now what's left is to enjoy the build.

 

[YautjaLord]

Not really sure I follow your logic Yautja , you say 3G is required but 760 with 2G is good for ultra? Either way it was just a suggestion

Yeah, more or less. Link to Carma: R system requirements: https://carmageddon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200416412-Can-my-PC-run-Carmageddon-Reincarnation- 2xGTX 760s SLI'd will be enough to play the game with everything @ UltraHigh comfortably.

P.S. Recommended=playing the game @ High.

P.P.S. After Early Access of the game came out @ Steam, Nobster (Neil "Nobby" Barnden, co-founder of Stainless Games) said 3GB is required to play the game @ UltraHigh.

 

[Johan45]

@TRWOV No sense having it if you can't enjoy it. Happy putering !
@YautjaLord If you notice any stuttering, drop the AA levels a bit. They're typically the VRam hogs.

 

[YautjaLord]

@TRWOV No sense having it if you can't enjoy it. Happy putering !
@YautjaLord If you notice any stuttering, drop the AA levels a bit. They're typically the VRam hogs.

AA is off 24/7 for now. All the post processing stuff is on. No stuttering, just occasional lag on some levels, but other than that - solid 30fps+ any time i play any level in a game. You have to remember the game is still in Pre-Alpha state.

 

[suraswami]

hmm I never knew there is
AMD FX-8310 !!!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9494388&CatId=7339

FX- 8300

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9496632&CatId=7340

these are OEM chips hmm..

 

[TRWOV]

I don't see an advantage for the 8300/8310 CPUs. Undervolting an 8320 would be cheaper and get almost the same results.

I undervolted an 8320 to 1.25v and managed to have it running at 3.4Ghz on a 3+1 board: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...ting-gurus-8350-or-8320-for-95w-board.195404/

That being said I build another setup just like that but with an Asrock N68-GS4 FX and I had to keep it at 1.25v@3.2Ghz. I don't know if the board or CPU was to blame.

 

[suraswami]

I don't see an advantage for the 8300/8310 CPUs. Undervolting an 8320 would be cheaper and get almost the same results.

I undervolted an 8320 to 1.25v and managed to have it running at 3.4Ghz on a 3+1 board: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...ting-gurus-8350-or-8320-for-95w-board.195404/

That being said I build another setup just like that but with an Asrock N68-GS4 FX and I had to keep it at 1.25v@3.2Ghz. I don't know if the board or CPU was to blame.

That's true, but then all u need is one FX and u can put it at whatever speed u want provided it can.

I posted so people like me can know there are 2 more FX purring in the wild. If these sell for below $100 then its a good choice.

why is there no crazy FX combo sale at MC, me sad

 

[aaron laplante]

Hey guys, noob/novice here. have allot more experience with amd black edition phenom II x3 a few years ago and have been out of the game till now. being an amd fan picked up a 8320 and a msi 990fxa-gd80v2, with some gskill z 2400 ram. anything i should know? not a benchmarker just want fps in couterstrike and newer titles. whats the easiest speed i can achieve with my limited knowledge, to where the results start to dwindle? is ram speed important? ie im looking at a number, then finally a little simple direction. thanks in advance...

ie 4.3 ghz @ less than 1.425 v, tcore disabled i know that one, mem 1833 @ 10/1.645 (stock settings?)

thanks a million in advance for any advice.