BrolyUltimatrix
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- Feb 21, 2016
I've been overclocking a lot recently and I'm trying to eek out every nuance of power I can get from my current setup. I wanted to create a thread explaining everything I've done thus far, but it was overwhelming trying to think of what you guys actually needed. For now, the hardware:
mobo: GA-970A-UD3P REV2 running latest BIOS.
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Gaming overclocked to 1180/1650 with +100 CoreV, +50% Power Limit, +50 AUX and automatic fan curve. Overclocked with MSI Afterburn and Benchmarked with Valley and Heaven.
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Overclocked to 4.5GHz with 1.416 CoreV, 200 BCLK, 2200 NB Frequency, and 2400 HT Link.
RAM: Corsair Vengance 8GB(2x4GB) 1866 RAM with Voltage at stock 1.5V. I have a second 2x4 kit of the exact same ram but because of CPU cooler clearance I can't install it till I remove the tall heatsinks (I've already removed the heatsinks from the first module).
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Primo Black with 5 Corsair SP140 Red LED fans (four used for intake and 1 used to exhaust), 4 Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition fans (1 used as intake and 3 used for exhaust) as well as two of the included Phanteks 140 fans used as intakes as well. To run this many fans I'm using two Phanteks Fan hubs. The CPU cooler is the Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK using the included fans (because this cooler doesn't support normal 140mm fans and I don't want to attach 120mm's in place of the included 140's.
PSU: EVGA Supernova NEX750G Gold+ 750w.
HDD: WD Black 1 and 1.5TB drives, 1TB for OS and 1.5 for Libraries. I'm only using the hanging HDD bay in the Primo, the second and it's base have been removed to improve air flow.
Optical: HP DVD1265
Monitors: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor and Samsung S22C300H 21.5" Monitor
PCPartPicker link: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Broly_Ultimatrix/saved/mwYv6h
All this said, I was going to have my GPU overclock looked at as well, but I'm not sure if I should make a second thread for that. For now, I'm focusing on my CPU and the settings I still need tweak and switch to get the absolute best performance I can get. I'm also not sure if I should get an AIO Corsair 280mm watercooler or a new ~500GB SSD, so advice on that would also be appreciated. I'll try to get you any information I can, just let me know and I'll get you the screen caps. At my current overclock I was able to run Aida 64 with everything ticked for an hour, no errors, P95 for a half hour (no errors and temps stayed below 60-61°C) but running AIDA 64 with only FSU and GPU ticked did bring my temps to 65-66°C and cause some throttling. I need help with Fine Tuning and pushing the limits even more.
mobo: GA-970A-UD3P REV2 running latest BIOS.
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Gaming overclocked to 1180/1650 with +100 CoreV, +50% Power Limit, +50 AUX and automatic fan curve. Overclocked with MSI Afterburn and Benchmarked with Valley and Heaven.
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Overclocked to 4.5GHz with 1.416 CoreV, 200 BCLK, 2200 NB Frequency, and 2400 HT Link.
RAM: Corsair Vengance 8GB(2x4GB) 1866 RAM with Voltage at stock 1.5V. I have a second 2x4 kit of the exact same ram but because of CPU cooler clearance I can't install it till I remove the tall heatsinks (I've already removed the heatsinks from the first module).
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Primo Black with 5 Corsair SP140 Red LED fans (four used for intake and 1 used to exhaust), 4 Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition fans (1 used as intake and 3 used for exhaust) as well as two of the included Phanteks 140 fans used as intakes as well. To run this many fans I'm using two Phanteks Fan hubs. The CPU cooler is the Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK using the included fans (because this cooler doesn't support normal 140mm fans and I don't want to attach 120mm's in place of the included 140's.
PSU: EVGA Supernova NEX750G Gold+ 750w.
HDD: WD Black 1 and 1.5TB drives, 1TB for OS and 1.5 for Libraries. I'm only using the hanging HDD bay in the Primo, the second and it's base have been removed to improve air flow.
Optical: HP DVD1265
Monitors: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor and Samsung S22C300H 21.5" Monitor
PCPartPicker link: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Broly_Ultimatrix/saved/mwYv6h
All this said, I was going to have my GPU overclock looked at as well, but I'm not sure if I should make a second thread for that. For now, I'm focusing on my CPU and the settings I still need tweak and switch to get the absolute best performance I can get. I'm also not sure if I should get an AIO Corsair 280mm watercooler or a new ~500GB SSD, so advice on that would also be appreciated. I'll try to get you any information I can, just let me know and I'll get you the screen caps. At my current overclock I was able to run Aida 64 with everything ticked for an hour, no errors, P95 for a half hour (no errors and temps stayed below 60-61°C) but running AIDA 64 with only FSU and GPU ticked did bring my temps to 65-66°C and cause some throttling. I need help with Fine Tuning and pushing the limits even more.
