6350 overclocked fine, having memory issues.... help!@#!@$

[l4b3lkill5]

Hi im running a MSI 970a-g46 with a fx6350 overclocked to 4.5 it runs fine with a stable temp of 43c. im getting a stutter in performance though.. ive looked around and all i can find is that it maybe my ram (corsair 8gb ddr3) is not catching up.

any advice on how to fix this..?

MSI 970a-g46
AMD fx 6350
2x 650 ti boost 2 gb
8 gb corsair ddr3

Thank you.

 

[Arkaign]

We need more than that to go on. Where does the stutter happen?

Download furmark and run it and tell me if it looks smooth (720p preset bench, should take a minute or less to run). Copy the score to this thread.

 

[l4b3lkill5]

We need more than that to go on. Where does the stutter happen?

Download furmark and run it and tell me if it looks smooth (720p preset bench, should take a minute or less to run). Copy the score to this thread.

SCORE:2530 points (42 FPS, 60000 ms)

it runs decent kinda skippy. the processor can be oc'd to 4.8 and still hold a good temp on stress test but any kinda game it gets choppy even though temps looks fine.

 

[Arkaign]

Wow, that sounds terrible. For reference, I recently did 720p furmark on a pair of ancient 512mb 4850s, and it scored in the 3300 range. (and this was with a Core 2 Duo much much slower than your FX processor). And your 650ti boost setup should easily trounce all hell out of the 4850s.

Pull one of them, uninstall the nvidia drivers, and do a new install of the drivers on a single card. When you install then, check the custom installation and choose 'clean install' or something like that, it restores all related registry settings/etc to base defaults.

Then re-run the test and post the results.

 

[Arkaign]

Ah yeah, for the sake of eliminating possible/potential issues, drop the CPU to something like 4.2Ghz (should still be GPU limited in 99% of things, so I do recommend something around there for 24/7 operation with as close to stock volts as possible).

That mobo has a 4+1 VRM setup, so anything over 4.5Ghz I can't recommend. I literally just sold a nearly identical config last week, and I really liked it quite a bit, but 4.8Ghz is just too much for the power delivery components of that board for a sustained period, and will result in failure/damage over time.

 

[Arkaign]

Read this thread, and perhaps carefully finger-test the VRM temps while the thing is running.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1247627/msi-970a-g46/10

Be careful of course, I don't want you to get burned, lol. But yes, in the strongest possible way, I would recommend backing those clocks down to 4.2 or so to be safer. You won't lose much performance at all, and gain a lot more safety. When the VRMs fail on those kinds of boards, you can actually kill the CPU permanently.

 

[l4b3lkill5]

Wow, that sounds terrible. For reference, I recently did 720p furmark on a pair of ancient 512mb 4850s, and it scored in the 3300 range. (and this was with a Core 2 Duo much much slower than your FX processor). And your 650ti boost setup should easily trounce all hell out of the 4850s.

Pull one of them, uninstall the nvidia drivers, and do a new install of the drivers on a single card. When you install then, check the custom installation and choose 'clean install' or something like that, it restores all related registry settings/etc to base defaults.

Then re-run the test and post the results.

I apologize, there is only one 650 ti boost installed right now im waiting on my sli connector to get here.

 

[KingFatty]

Based on the above posts, I would instead conclude that your stuttering is a result of the motherboard throttling your CPU by forcing the CPU to use a lower multiplier, in response to the VRMs overheating.

You could try adding a fan to blow air across the motherboard VRMs to try to keep them under the threshold temperature.

 

[Headfoot]

Yeah, agreed. According to this thread: http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database your motherboard is known for throttling. You can try and run a Prime95 or OCCT benchmark and measure your VRM temperatures as it happens. If it peaks and then begins to drop or has a saw-like pattern at the top, your motherboard is probably throttling. Consider jury rigging a fan to point at the VRM heatsinks for extra airflow

 

[l4b3lkill5]

Hrmm okay cool thanks guys

 

[TeknoBug]

Sounds like an SLI issue, if you're referring to stuttering in games, lots of games don't take SLI/CFX kindly. Disable one of the 650TiB's and see. Also it could be throttling the CPU if you're OC'ing over the limit the motherboard handles (since it's a 4+1 phase).

It's not a memory issue.