Greetings, I hope I'm writing this on the right place.
I've been messing with this motherboard and cpu, I have already read a lot of things about this combo and overclock with the FX cpu's and 990FX chipset, but I can't find any clarifying answer about overclocking with this motherboard.
Sadly I already have this computer for 3 years now, and I realised late that this board is not the best for overclocking, so far I've apparently reached 4.4ghz with 1.4 volts (1.43v on the uefi and drooping for 1.39/1.4 and even less, because this board has no LLC options)
I have passed more than 6 hours of OCCT, but, the problem, even apparently being "stable", begins when the "Package" reaches around 68ºC and the "CPUTIN" goes up to 94ºC, after that throttling takes place, and temps stabilize on 65ºC on the Package and 80'sºC on the CPUTIN, while the cpu is at 100% load but with the frequency dropping every couple of seconds from 4400mhz to 1400mhz, and it will continue like this till the end of the test.
I have many, but really many things to question, so much wont be in this post because I'm actually kinda lost at the moment and thinking that overclocking this will be impossible... so my main question is, while stress testing makes the cpu throttle back to idle clocks for some seconds, doing this to maintain the temperature controlled on the CPU and VRM's I assume, even if it passed after 6hours of testing, is it "stable"? If no real world workload will butcher my cpu like OCCT, is this viable or simple no because its getting to hot?
Sorry for the long and mess post, but as said, I'm kinda lost with this and sad at the same time, because I would like to get some overclock out of this, and my brain is full of questions in need of answers
The specs:
AMD FX-8350 cooled by Noctua NH-U12P SE2
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer
G.SKILL TridentX 2400mhz DDR3
ASUS AMD Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP
Enermax REVOLUTION87+ 850W
Case is Zalman Z11plus, all fan slots occupied except the one of the bottom of the case, PSU doesnt allow it
I've been messing with this motherboard and cpu, I have already read a lot of things about this combo and overclock with the FX cpu's and 990FX chipset, but I can't find any clarifying answer about overclocking with this motherboard.
Sadly I already have this computer for 3 years now, and I realised late that this board is not the best for overclocking, so far I've apparently reached 4.4ghz with 1.4 volts (1.43v on the uefi and drooping for 1.39/1.4 and even less, because this board has no LLC options)
I have passed more than 6 hours of OCCT, but, the problem, even apparently being "stable", begins when the "Package" reaches around 68ºC and the "CPUTIN" goes up to 94ºC, after that throttling takes place, and temps stabilize on 65ºC on the Package and 80'sºC on the CPUTIN, while the cpu is at 100% load but with the frequency dropping every couple of seconds from 4400mhz to 1400mhz, and it will continue like this till the end of the test.
I have many, but really many things to question, so much wont be in this post because I'm actually kinda lost at the moment and thinking that overclocking this will be impossible... so my main question is, while stress testing makes the cpu throttle back to idle clocks for some seconds, doing this to maintain the temperature controlled on the CPU and VRM's I assume, even if it passed after 6hours of testing, is it "stable"? If no real world workload will butcher my cpu like OCCT, is this viable or simple no because its getting to hot?
Sorry for the long and mess post, but as said, I'm kinda lost with this and sad at the same time, because I would like to get some overclock out of this, and my brain is full of questions in need of answers
The specs:
AMD FX-8350 cooled by Noctua NH-U12P SE2
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer
G.SKILL TridentX 2400mhz DDR3
ASUS AMD Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP
Enermax REVOLUTION87+ 850W
Case is Zalman Z11plus, all fan slots occupied except the one of the bottom of the case, PSU doesnt allow it