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    Is my pc safe to overclock ?

    Asrock Fatality 990fx motherboard
    xfx radeom r9 380
    amd fx 8320E 3.2ghz base/ turbo to 4.0Ghz processor black edition
    16 gb dominator platinum ram
    corsair rm 750 power supply
    hyper 212 evo cooler
    crucial bx200 ssd 480gb
    windows 10

    also does amd overdrive activate on its own or do i have to configure the setting to oc

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    Why would you overclock? 4ghz...

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    No need to overclock wtf.


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    Quote Originally Posted by theanonymoussniffer View Post
    No need to overclock wtf.
    Yup, that would be useless...

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    Quote Originally Posted by EzPzAce View Post
    Why would you overclock? 4ghz...
    its 3.2ghz oc to4.0

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    Quote Originally Posted by EternalGamerz View Post
    its 3.2ghz oc to4.0
    Oh, I wouldn't do it.

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    16 GB of dominator? no need to overclock unless your'e gonna play some type of Crysis 4

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    Nah dude. Don't listen to the others. 4GHz? Why not go faster?

    I'd recommend you to look at some guides for overclocking your CPU specifically.
    All you're doing really is going into the BIOS and turning a few things up. I'd recommend going up to 4.2GHz at first, turning up the voltage a little too.

    Once you've done that, try stress testing it in a game or an actual stress test. See if the temps are good, and the stability is good.
    Then keep going up continuously in GHz and voltage (very slightly for voltage) and testing it again until you get to stability issues. Then go down a little and stop there.

    But guys, seriously, what's wrong with overclocking even if you have 4GHz? It's mostly safe and can increase performance.

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    Your question has to be more specified, to which extent are you seeking.

    In nutshell, your setup has the potential to reach up to 5.4GHz but your total voltage might go a little higher than 750W PSU if you maintain at that optimum stage. Also, you might wanna upgrade your heatsink to corasir hydro series to offset the surge in heat.

    Basically, the 4GHz turbo boost is on automatically if you leave your BIOS untouched and your current setup is able to handle the heat capacity (no need stress test at this moment) but if you want to overclock beyond 4GHz, you might want to configured BIOS to switch off that function, up your multipliers, configured your cpu/ram voltages and run stress test overnight.

    Hope this answers your question.
    Last edited by AllSaints; 01-25-2016 at 05:40 AM. Reason: Additional Information

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