Help With Overclocking Z97 Asrock Anniversary - Topic

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Feb 26 2015 11:12am

I just called AsRock Tech support and they said OC all you want, the number of phases doesn't matter anymore. Well, they said, you'd get a higher OC with more phases, but other than that...no problems.

/e ...and Hermy it DID matter long ago...keep in mind that your long ago is a lot shorter than mine. LOL

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Feb 26 2015 11:16am

I've got an 8320 overclocked to 4.4 ghz on a 4 phase board. Go for it m8. [edit: granted that is also the maximum stable overclock I can achieve on this board ^_^'']

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Feb 26 2015 11:17am

Yeah, number of phases did matter up until the 2500K era, and still matters on poorly heatsinked boards, which this isn't.

/e

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I've got an 8320 overclocked to 4.4 ghz on a 4 phase board. Go for it m8. [edit: granted that is also the maximum stable overclock I can achieve on this board ^_^'']

what motherboard, just out of curiosity?

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Feb 26 2015 11:21am

I've blown through a few 3+1 Biostar/ecs boards reaching for the stars on a budget, though I've also achieved great overclocks on the same boards.

E: You should be fine for any overclock up to 4.4-4.5 imho.

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Feb 26 2015 11:22am

Quote (Ghot @ Feb 26 2015 01:17pm)
Yeah, number of phases did matter up until the 2500K era, and still matters on poorly heatsinked boards, which this isn't.

/e

what motherboard, just out of curiosity?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Pro3%20R2.0/
It's actually the one someone posted for me [from here!] when I requested my first build back in Septemberish of 13

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Feb 26 2015 11:23am

Quote (WWI @ Feb 26 2015 12:21pm)

I've blown through a few 3+1 Biostar/ecs boards reaching for the stars on a budget, though I've also achieved great overclocks on the same boards.

Yeah and go on overclock.net and look at the OCing posts, at the start of the 2500K era, and before.

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Feb 26 2015 11:24am

Thanks guys just hoping for a 3.5 to 4.2 ish oc

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