Amd FX-8370

[haze]

I recently bought a new cpu, the 8370 and overclocked it to 4.3 and was wondering how much volts i should keep it at, and also my computer keeps getting BSOD im guessing from wrong volts and help on how to fix

[Fluffy]

what motherboard are you using?? also 4.3ghz is turbo speed of that cpu did you disable turbo and oc all cores from 4ghz to 4.3ghz?

[upcoast]

Basic FX overclocking, make sure you have a good quality mobo and cpu hsf, go into bios, disable c1e/coolnquiet/turbo core.

Next manually set your cpu volts to 1.35v bump the multi up to 22 x200 =4400mhz aka 4.4gz.

Adjust from there to finalize your overclock like you might get 4.5-4.6ghz out of 1.35v all cpus are different, if you can get a stable 4.4ghz out of 1.3ish volts good for you but to start at 1.35v is safe.

Lastly cpu temp really shouldn't exceed 52c ish under %100 load across all cores the cpu is rated for 62c max 52c leaves you some wiggle room.

For my fx8350 at 1.35v 4.4ghz with a good enough hsf my temps don't go over 42c ish during gaming but running a benchie or encoding using 100% of all cores it'll hit 48c-50c ish. Idle doesn't much matter but now in the fall of westcoast Canada 26c in summer 30c ish.

[haze]

Originally posted by upcoast:

Basic FX overclocking, make sure you have a good quality mobo and cpu hsf, go into bios, disable c1e/coolnquiet/turbo core.

Next manually set your cpu volts to 1.35v bump the multi up to 22 x200 =4400mhz aka 4.4gz.

Adjust from there to finalize your overclock like you might get 4.5-4.6ghz out of 1.35v all cpus are different, if you can get a stable 4.4ghz out of 1.3ish volts good for you but to start at 1.35v is safe.

Lastly cpu temp really shouldn't exceed 52c ish under %100 load across all cores the cpu is rated for 62c max 52c leaves you some wiggle room.

For my fx8350 at 1.35v 4.4ghz with a good enough hsf my temps don't go over 42c ish during gaming but running a benchie or encoding using 100% of all cores it'll hit 48c-50c ish. Idle doesn't much matter but now in the fall of westcoast Canada 26c in summer 30c ish.

Okay ill try this hopefully i stop getting BSOD

[[☥] - CJ -]

as has been asked
what motherboard do you have?

if the board doesnt have proper power/support/cooling that could all be leading towards your problem.

[haze]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

as has been asked
what motherboard do you have?

if the board doesnt have proper power/support/cooling that could all be leading towards your problem.

I have a Gigabyte motherboard that has good cooling but im not sure if this is a good mobo

[[☥] - CJ -]

Use CPU-Z or HWMonitor to tell us the exact model

[haze]

Originally posted by Fluffy:

what motherboard are you using?? also 4.3ghz is turbo speed of that cpu did you disable turbo and oc all cores from 4ghz to 4.3ghz?

i have a gigabyte mobo and i used the multiplier to OC all of them, i also turned it down to 4 GHZ with 1.5v

[haze]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Use CPU-Z or HWMonitor to tell us the exact model

I have the GA-78LMT-S2PT

[[☥] - CJ -]

Yeah that isnt a good enough board.

It may be good enough to run WITHOUT an overclock

But for those CPUs they require a decent 970 OR 990FX chipset board for anything more than standard operation.

others familiar with FX CPUs will tell you the same thing.

Just a lil future tip
Just because something is supported, doesnt mean its fully supported or recommended.

[Fluffy]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Yeah that isnt a good enough board.

It may be good enough to run WITHOUT an overclock

But for those CPUs they require a decent 970 OR 990FX chipset board for anything more than standard operation.

others familiar with FX CPUs will tell you the same thing.

Just a lil future tip
Just because something is supported, doesnt mean its fully supported or recommended.

+1 its a 760g board with NO vrm cooling..

[upcoast]

The 760g is not considered a good enough board.

Originally posted by Haze:

Originally posted by Fluffy:

what motherboard are you using?? also 4.3ghz is turbo speed of that cpu did you disable turbo and oc all cores from 4ghz to 4.3ghz?

i have a gigabyte mobo and i used the multiplier to OC all of them, i also turned it down to 4 GHZ with 1.5v

The cpu at 1.5 volt is still way too high especially at stock clocks.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4129#ov

I looked to board over and it's one of the bottom end boards.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4129

If you look at the cpu support list you'll notice the cpus are at 95w max but your fx8370 is at 125w so I would consider yourself lucky the fx8370 runs at stock and leave it alone.

[haze]

Originally posted by upcoast:

The 760g is not considered a good enough board.

Originally posted by Haze:

i have a gigabyte mobo and i used the multiplier to OC all of them, i also turned it down to 4 GHZ with 1.5v

The cpu at 1.5 volt is still way too high especially at stock clocks.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4129#ov

I looked to board over and it's one of the bottom end boards.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4129

If you look at the cpu support list you'll notice the cpus are at 95w max but your fx8370 is at 125w so I would consider yourself lucky the fx8370 runs at stock and leave it alone.

So basically get a new Mobo

[upcoast]

""""So basically get a new Mobo""""

If you want to overclock yes if you just want to use stock clocks keep using that one until whenever or when it dies.

[haze]

Originally posted by upcoast:

""""So basically get a new Mobo""""

If you want to overclock yes if you just want to use stock clocks keep using that one until whenever or when it dies.

and my bad i meant its at 1.3v

[Fluffy]

Originally posted by Haze:

Originally posted by upcoast:

""""So basically get a new Mobo""""

If you want to overclock yes if you just want to use stock clocks keep using that one until whenever or when it dies.

and my bad i meant its at 1.3v

i would personally get a new board (good 970... or 990x/fx) because there not bad chips when you get the best out of them on a good mobo.. 8350/70 still games quite well