How much can I OC my FX 4100 w/ a Hyper 212 EVO ?

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So yeah. I'd like to know ,how much could I overclock my FX 4100 with a Hyper 212 EVO.Could I reach 4,4 GHz ,at some good temps ?
 

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I was able to hit 4.7 on an h80i with very good temps. So I would say 4.5 or 4.6 with the evo.
 

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So yeah. I'd like to know ,how much could I overclock my FX 4100 with a Hyper 212 EVO.Could I reach 4,4 GHz ,at some good temps ?
I would say that 4.2 GHz wouldn't be out of reach, but I would use the 2nd cooling fan option on the Hyper 212 to keeps temps down. You shouldn't push your temps at full load higher than about 50C to 55C so that you have good headroom for higher room temperatures in the summer time. Good airflow in your case is crucial as well, as is a good thermal paste.

A 600 MHz (14%) overclock is more than respectable on an air cooled rig. Remember the first rule of OCing: Don't OC what you can't afford to replace.

Good luck. :)
 

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Mellon ,so you're telling me to use to fans on the Hyper 212 EVO ? Sounds interesting...like a push-pull configuration ?
Also,airflow isn't a problem in my case....i have 2 fans (1,000 RPM ) pushing air in my case and 1 ( 2,000 ) RPM fan pulling it out,so yeah....also,I like keeping my case open ,completely xD .Thermal paste isn't a problem either...I have Artic Silver 5 ,which is good in my opinion.
 

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So yeah. I'd like to know ,how much could I overclock my FX 4100 with a Hyper 212 EVO.Could I reach 4,4 GHz ,at some good temps ?

It depends on how your particular cpu binned. Some 4100's can get past 4.0 some can't. Keep your temps under 70C if you want it to live for any period of time. 55-60C is a good temp limit for longer life. You well need to add vcore, keep it under 1.5 as 1.55 is max. On air I would probably stay under 1.4 vcore.
 

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Mellon ,so you're telling me to use to fans on the Hyper 212 EVO ? Sounds interesting...like a push-pull configuration ?
Also,airflow isn't a problem in my case....i have 2 fans (1,000 RPM ) pushing air in my case and 1 ( 2,000 ) RPM fan pulling it out,so yeah....also,I like keeping my case open ,completely xD .Thermal paste isn't a problem either...I have Artic Silver 5 ,which is good in my opinion.
Yeah, the Hyper 212 EVO has an option for a push-pull fan setup. I would use it if you're going to OC.

As madcratebuilder said, be careful of the VCore. You don't want it to get too high while using air cooling.
 

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Well,push-pull sounds pretty good,but I just read that I need 2 exact fans to do it.But,in Croatia I can't get another CM Hyper 212 EVO fan,and I don't want to wait 1 month for it to ship...can't I just remove the stock CM Hyper 212 EVO fan and replace it with another,better,fan ? Something like the Corsair Air Series AF120,COOLERMASTER JETFLO 120mm or the ENERMAX T.B. SILENCE ? I think they're really good fans,and that they're better than the fan that comes w/ the Hyper 212 EVO.

Thanks guys for helping me , I really a appreciate it :)
 

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Push-pull will give you 1-2C degrees improvement, tops. Thing is that cooler needs a high speed fan in order to work well. I don't think you will get any improvement in temperature replacing the fan it came with with anything else, it is pretty decent.

I wouldn't worry about the cooler or fan until you see what kind of stable overclock you can get and then see what temperature you get and whether you need better cooling or not.
 

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Thanks guys for the help.And yeah,I decided to order it on tuesday.It's gonna ship on friday,im going to install it,see my temps and probably OC my CPU from 4,0 to 4,4 / 4,5 GHz :)
 

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Thanks guys for the help.And yeah,I decided to order it on tuesday.It's gonna ship on friday,im going to install it,see my temps and probably OC my CPU from 4,0 to 4,4 / 4,5 GHz :)

Keep in mind each FX series chips have different voltage walls FX4100 FX6000'S and FX8000 CPU's have varies TDP and i would look into safe max voltage as well so you should have a go at this
 

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Thanks guys for the help.And yeah,I decided to order it on tuesday.It's gonna ship on friday,im going to install it,see my temps and probably OC my CPU from 4,0 to 4,4 / 4,5 GHz :)
Isn't the stock speed on that CPU 3.6 GHz? I think you'll have trouble with it getting to 4.4/4.5 without getting close to the max voltage. It also might not be wise to do that on air cooling, but I tend to be a little conservative when it comes to OCing. YMMV, and it depends on how the CPU was binned.

BTW, here's the spec on your CPU:

AMD FX-Series FX-4100 - FD4100WMW4KGU / FD4100WMGUSBX

Keep in mind that the max Vcore is not published by AMD.

http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskt...f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&f7=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f11=&f12=

You might be able to get the CPU to 4.5, but I would use watercooling if it were me. It will last longer.
 

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@Solarstarshines well,I watched the video,but I still don't know what voltage to set :/
 

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@Mellon Head the stock speed is 3,6,but currently it's on 4,0 .
What voltage do you recommend me ? Also,could you please explain me what voltages exactly are ,since I am not that good in understanding how PC's actually work.
 

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@Mellon Head the stock speed is 3,6,but currently it's on 4,0 .
What voltage do you recommend me ? Also,could you please explain me what voltages exactly are ,since I am not that good in understanding how PC's actually work.
I'm afraid I can't recommend any voltage. I don't know what the max is, and it would be irresponsible for me to do that. It might wreck your hardware if I tell you a voltage that is too high for your chip. I'd feel bad about that if it happened.

I can explain the voltage, though. The CPU uses a small voltage for power, among other things. It has a nominal value, like say for example 1 Volt. (And keep in mind that these are only examples.) That might be the voltage the CPU uses at it's normal clock speed, and everything works wonderfully. When you're overclocking, the CPU needs more power, so sometimes you have to "bump" up the voltage a little bit, say 0.025 Volts to get it to be stable at the new clock frequency. So now we're at 1.025 Volts and the computer is running fine. Let's say we want to increase the clock speed a little more, so we add 0.025 Volts more to get it to be stable again at the new frequency. Now, we're at 1.05 Volts. With the added voltage comes more heat that the CPU has to dissipate. The more voltage you add, the more heat gets generated, and the faster the CPU clock runs, the more heat gets generated. This is why you need good cooling if you are going to overclock.

When overclocking, you can only add so much voltage before you hit a wall. You reach your maximum stable overclock, and adding more voltage doesn't help, and will likely wreck the processor. The better your cooling, (usually) the higher your maximum stable overclock will be, but it's a very fine line between maximum and damaging your CPU. That's why you never want to go over your max VCore voltage. It will damage the CPU very quickly if you do. The key is very small steps, but you have to know the limit to start with to make sure that you don't go over it. In your case, the limit isn't published. Googling the limit only gave me values that other people had tried with, but not a published specification. Personally, I would prefer to go with a published spec than someone's say so. It's safer.

My advice to you, if you really want to overclock your PC and you have limited knowledge about how they actually work, is to read as much about it as you can BEFORE doing it. Go to overclocking forums and learn what you are doing. Then, and only then, OC your rig. There is a lot more to it than just jacking the multiplier and voltages up. It's a fine art that must be done carefully if you don't want to have to replace your hardware.

That's the end of my sermon for today.
 

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When over clocking FX chips the best way to find out voltage is to increase little by little till it fails to boot or load the os then you bump it up

Motherboards that support the llc feature load line calibration will help you keep a good voltage with out putting a high voltage in place pretty much keeps a constant voltage on the CPU so when you run it the voltage doesn't drop and cause instability

now voltage wise ussually 4.2 can be from 1.400v to 1.420v llc at medium 4.4 you can do 1.43 1.44 anything like 4.5 ghz requires at least 1.44 to 1.45v to run at that speed and temps shoouldn't go passed 70c i think with the 4100 with the 8350 it's 62c the TDP is 95w and the 8350 is 125w
 

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HX1050w Corsair Silver 80plus certified crosfire/sli
Case
Enthod Pro Full Tower
Cooling
Corsair H110i GT 280 mm High Performance WaterBlock
Keyboard
Logitech wireless keyboard
Mouse
Logitech wireless mouse
Internet Speed
Cox Cable 100+ mb
Antivirus
WebRoot Spysweeper with Antivirus
Browser
IE-10, Chrome, Opera
Other Info
My Other Rig is a AMD FX8320E @4.6Ghz 16GB Ballistic Sport Ram
Mobo Asrock Fatality 990FX 120GB OCZ SSD 1TB Seagate Barracuda Corsair H75 Cooling PSU Corsair CX750
GPU GTX Gigabyte 970G1
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