AMD FX-8120 Overclock

[Foopsz]

Ok I wanna overclock my AMD 8120 Hopefully I can get it to 3.7Ghz at least With stock air cooling. I have 3 fans In my HAF 912 And the max Temp on CPU-Z when playing Battlefield 3 for 4 hours got to 49C. I ran Prime 95 for 10 mins Couple days ago Max got 52C. I have a ASRock Motherboard and I dont know what to shut off in the UEFI like the power saving stuff Im kinda scared to overclock it. Seeing has my EVGA ACX GTX 760 is Easy to overclock. But I have never messed with overclocking a CPU. Any help?

 

[Johan45]

I agree with Blaylock that your board will definately limit your ability to OC. For $30 you can pick up a Cooler Master Hyper 212 which will help immensely.
For now you should download Hwmonitor (free from Cpuid) . Run prime 95 with HWmonitor open for about 20 minutes. Then take a snip and post it up here with the attachment option in the advanced reply section. This will give us an idea as to weather or not you should even try right now.

 

[RGone]

This is what we need to see for sure and a real good starting point.

CPU Tab in CPUz from CPUID com

Memory Tab in CPUz from CPUID com

SPD Tab in CPUz from CPUID com

And this is screen capture of HWMonitor (free version) from CPUID com
HWMonitor has been scrolled enough and large enough to show Min/Max of Voltages and includes the CPU CORE TEMPS / "package" temps fully visible.

This capture is made of HWMonitor after it has been open and running on the desktop logging Min/Max temps and voltages while Prime 95 was running Blend Mode test on all cores for at least 20 mins and then the capture of HWMonitor was made and it shows the Min/Max temps and voltages before P95 Blend was started and while running P95 Blend mode and gives much greater insight into how the system is performing without guessing.

In order to attach screenshots of INDIVIDUAL images as suggested, first crop and capture the images with Snipping Tool found in Windows Accessories or equivalent. Then click on Go Advanced, a button at the bottom of every new post window. Then click on the little paperclip tool at the top of the Advanced post window when it opens. Clicking on the paperclip tool brings up the file browser/upload tool and the rest is fairly obvious.

 

[Foopsz]

Ran Prime95 for 30mins.

 

[Johan45]

Two things I notice right off the top is your CPUTin is at 69 degrees. Thats because of the weak VRM section is at it's thermal limit. You may be able to cool that a bit with some fans, but the stock HS doesn't help that. Also I'm surprised your ram runs at those timings and frequency. And check your manual i think it's supposed to be in slot 1 if single channel.
So in a nutshell if you intend to OC you're going to have to do some work to cool off the power section.

 

[bamato]

Two things I notice right off the top is your CPUTin is at 69 degrees.

That's the first thing I noticed as well. Get some air moving behind the socket as well if possible.

 

[Foopsz]

Well I only have 3 fans in my case my case can have 6 So I think I should had some more 120mm or 140mm's Thats what I am going to do.
Guys recommend Any good quiet fans that dont cost to much?

 

[Foopsz]

Also I read this post a couple days ago.
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=696085

 

[RGone]

Also I read this post a couple days ago.
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=696085

You are chasing a ghost looking at that thread you linked above. Most of us that try and help users that come to this forum section have looked at 100's if not actually 1000's of HWMonitor captures posted by users and your HWMonitor information is about as realistic as they get. You have too much heat.