Overclocking help Crosshair Formula V and AMD 8150

[kaiROG]

I am doing my first attempt to overclock my system with Crosshair V Formula and AMD 8150 with water cooler. I have now got my system to do 4,2 Ghz by only changing the multiplier (in BIOS) to 22. It seemed stable but on quite heavy LinX-testing I got bluscreen after 15 mins. Temp was 31-39 C in AMD-overdrive and 38-46 C in AMD Chill-control.

I assume I have to increase the CPU-voltage to get any further? I have seen som tutorial videos where they set it to 1,45, would that be OK to try out? A what rate of overclocking do have to start think of adjusting memory timings? On some tutorial videos I see that they change CPU BUS/PEG freq. to 215. Would that be a OK setting to start with?

Will it always also be necessary to increas memory voltage? I have 16 GB RAM of Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16GB (Kit w/4X HyperX 4GB DDR3, CL9-9-9-27, 240pin).

I would appreciate if someone could give me some input. I have read a some articles on overclocking and I understand the importance of testing with ie. LinX and MemTest. Many tutorial videos I have found either regards the 8120 proc. or involves "extreme overclocking", but as I only head for some moderate overclocking I hope to find some values that can get me there relatively safely.

[danskieness]

hi there! i really don't have an amd build with me right now but as i believe ocing an amd would not be much of a difference in ocing an intel chip

but the first thing i would like to suggest is to first familiarize yourself with the bios, since it is your first attempt

btw i've been researching and i heard that 8150 is a great overclocker

and here's a guide on how to's CLICKETY HERE, this guide even includes screenies in it, wishing you all the luck in ocing

[kaiROG]

Thanks danskieness!

[HiVizMan]

Hello mate if you have any questions once you go through my guide please feel free to ask away.

[kaiROG]

Hello and thanks for your response. I have now used your guide. I have been trying to only manipulate the multiplier, CPU BUS/PEG freq and CPU voltage and it seems to work to some degree (cinebench from 5,2 to 7,7), but I am no to sure about the sustainability of my settings, and my FPS in FSX did not convince me that I was on the right track.

I am very much in doubt how to handle the memory factor while overclocking. I do not really want to OC my memory any significantly as I have no memory cooler for the time being. One problem: When I change the CPU BUS/PEG freq the memory frequency automaticly changes. Should my CPU BUS/PEG freq-changes be such that the adjusted memory frequency falls within the range for my memory chips (1333-1600).?

Second question: My memory is supports "Intel XMP", but the product specification tells that this property can also be taken advantage of on AMD-systems but it requires manual overclocking. Does this only mean to set memory freq to 1600? Should I manually change the timings as listed in the product spesifications: "tested to run at DDR-3 at a low latency timing og 9-9-9-27 at 1,65 V"