I know I can get more out of this 8350

Hardware Overclocking
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The question is.. what should I do to get more. Besides just stepping up the multiplier. Any better timings out there on the Mushkin ram? Anything would help.

AMD FX-8350
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit SP1 (Build 7601)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 8 Cores - 8 Threads
CPU PSN : AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 
CPU EXT : MMX(+), SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A), x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FM
CPUID : F.2.0 / Extended : 15.2
CPU Cache : L1 : 4 x 64 / 8 x 16 KB - L2 : 4 x 2048 KB
CPU Cache : L3 : 8192 KB
Core : Vishera (32 nm) / Stepping : OR-C0
Freq : 5016.52 MHz (200.66 * 25)
MB Brand : Asus
MB Model : CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z
NB : AMD RD9x0 rev 02
SB : AMD SB910/950 rev 40
GPU1 Type : AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series 
GPU2 Type : AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series 
DirectX Version : 11.0
RAM : 16384 MB DDR3 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 1070.2 MHz (3:16) @ 9-11-10-28
Slot 1 : 4096MB (10700)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Mushkin
Slot 2 : 4096MB (10700)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Mushkin
Slot 3 : 4096MB (10700)
Slot 3 Manufacturer : Mushkin
Slot 4 : 4096MB (10700)
Slot 4 Manufacturer : Mushkin
 
 
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I don't know what the maximum safe voltage is for the FX series, but the voltage seems pretty high in this case. I would look that up just to make sure you're not going to burn your CPU out. If you want to take it even higher, you might want to think about a custom water cooling loop. There might be some settings you can optimize in the bios still though. Just look up an overclocking guide for your particular motherboard.

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[quote]Thermal Limits


CPU Core - 62 Celsius


CPU Socket - 72 Celsius

Voltage Limits


- CPU Manual Voltage 1.55v[/quote]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-bulldozer-and-piledriver-overclocking-guide-asus-motherboard/0_20

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsites.amd.com%2Fus%2FDocuments%2FAMD_FX_Performance_Tuning_Guide.pdf&ei=bfwfUciePKePigK-iYGoBQ&usg=AFQjCNGS8w4ELNvvU1qNs6H1UJKEYe3F9g&sig2=aJpuDhKl04oHr06lfnuzng&bvm=bv.42661473,d.cGE

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Maybe change the FSB to 240 MHz instead of 200. Then reduce the multiplier on the RAM, HTT and CPUNB appropriately.

I know it's not the same chip, but on my FX-6100 I managed to squeze a higher overclock by tuning the FSB.

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1.5v is the max i think, and make sure your temps are below 65c!

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I will tinker with that for a while I will post if it helped me or not.

Thank you

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1.475 I feel is safe. I have an H100 and running on max at all times. The temps stay around 20-30C, I keep Core Temp up.