Overclocking with a GA78LMT-USB3 rev6.0

[cdawall]

Yep exactly my thoughts. When I purchased it I already knew that am3+ was dead, but money was an issue, so I went with this set (about a year ago). It still runs ok. Just those 2gb of vram is a bottleneck in the R9 285.

You would be very surprised how much better it runs with a better CPU. My minimum framerate jumps 10+ FPS average was 10+ as well depending on game, biggest change was how much smoother it worked.

 

[HD64G]

6350 is enough to handle R9 285, so I would wait for 6 months yntil Zen is out. Prices might become better for high performance cpus.

 

[cdawall]

6350 is enough to handle R9 285, so I would wait for 6 months yntil Zen is out. Prices might become better for high performance cpus.

Not really. I don't care what GPU it is they will all start scaling like this..

 

[zygioks]

You would be very surprised how much better it runs with a better CPU. My minimum framerate jumps 10+ FPS average was 10+ as well depending on game, biggest change was how much smoother it worked.

What was your cpu?

 

[cdawall]

What was your cpu?

9370@5 to 5820K @4.7, both using a pair of 7950's and a heft overclock, 16GB of ram and an SSD.

 

[HD64G]

Not really. I don't care what GPU it is they will all start scaling like this..

Agreed but not many game engines scale and depend so much on the CPU side as to the GPU side. Especially for single GPU setups and resolutions from 1080P and above with high settings and above. I don't have the time to search and post reviews about CPU ( as per core, MHz) game scaling but it is easy to find some.

 

[cdawall]

Agreed but not many game engines scale and depend so much on the CPU side as to the GPU side. Especially for single GPU setups and resolutions from 1080P and above with high settings and above. I don't have the time to search and post reviews about CPU ( as per core, MHz) game scaling but it is easy to find some.

Normally I am fully for that but more and more engines need a cpu that has decent single core IPC unluckily the fx is back there with the first gen i7's

 

[Keshwin]

Sooo sorry to bump an old thread..albeit a somewhat entertaining read!!

I currently have this mobo in question with an fx8320 running stock. Its in an nzxt s340 case with a 140mm fan mounted at the top front pulling air in, and 2x 120mm at the rear and top pushing out.

Cpu cooler is the noctua nh-d14, so the inner circular fan does draw some air over the mobo, but alas doesnt blow down onto the mobo as the noisey stock cooler once did.

My question is...could I safely oc to 4ghz (fx 8350 clock speed)? Based on what I have read so far...I think alot of you would say no, but I guess there is no harm in asking!

Any input is of course greatly appreciated!

 

[cdawall]

I wouldn't suggest it, but you do you. There appear to be people in this particular thread who don't believe AMD chips draw much power.


If you were to use the 4ghz as a turbo mode and ran the voltage as close to the minimum for stability as humanly possible it would probably survive for a while before the mosfets failed. This assumes you aren't running anything too terribly stressful.

 

[Keshwin]

I wouldn't suggest it, but you do you. There appear to be people in this particular thread who don't believe AMD chips draw much power.


If you were to use the 4ghz as a turbo mode and ran the voltage as close to the minimum for stability as humanly possible it would probably survive for a while before the mosfets failed. This assumes you aren't running anything too terribly stressful.

Thanks for the advice. I think il take your advice and leave it be

On a final note, is my stock 8320 pushing the limit of that mobo, or could I expect that setup to last a couple of years?

 

[cdawall]

Thanks for the advice. I think il take your advice and leave it be

On a final note, is my stock 8320 pushing the limit of that mobo, or could I expect that setup to last a couple of years?

95w version should be fine, 125w still okish as long as you don't plan on leaving it rendering video for the next couple years.

 

[zygioks]

Was able to reach 4.4ghz @ 1.37v stable on this board FX6350

 

[Recon-UK]

You need a board with circuitry like this.

 

[zygioks]

You need a board with circuitry like this.

lmao, this one serves me well, i will still switch when zen comes out. And if it's shit, im going the intel way.

 

[Recon-UK]

LMAO?
I was serious it's not meant for any kind of OC.

 

[zygioks]

LMAO?
I was serious it's not meant for any kind of OC.

Yeah, not for 125w cpus, but im still pushing it.The vrms don't get that hot since I fixed my airflow a bit.

 

[cdawall]

Yeah, not for 125w cpus, but im still pushing it.The vrms don't get that hot since I fixed my airflow a bit.

I guarantee as an owner of that board with a 120mm attached to the mosfet cooler itself that it gets hot still.