8370e with wraith cooler

kwikgta

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A few weeks back I put together my 8370, Phanteks PH-TC12DX 120mm, and 990 FXA UD5 in my main rig. It's been running daily 5 ghz @ 1.475v and I've been really pleased with it. Today I put together my backup rig: a 8370e, AMD wraith cooler, and GA-990fx Gaming board on a DIY benching station. I chose the 8370e just to play with for shits and giggles.........geezus!.......I think I hit the silicon lottery!! The "e" chip is now running 5.1 ghz on 1.425v but I had to stop there because temps are creeping up. The wraith did an admirable job but this chip needs a higher level of cooler before I push it more. Also now thinking my 8370e chip will need to go in the main rig with my phanteks cooler and my regular 8370 go to the backup station :)
 

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A few weeks back I put together my 8370, Phanteks PH-TC12DX 120mm, and 990 FXA UD5 in my main rig. It's been running daily 5 ghz @ 1.475v and I've been really pleased with it. Today I put together my backup rig: a 8370e, AMD wraith cooler, and GA-990fx Gaming board on a DIY benching station. I chose the 8370e just to play with for shits and giggles.........geezus!.......I think I hit the silicon lottery!! The "e" chip is now running 5.1 ghz on 1.425v but I had to stop there because temps are creeping up. The wraith did an admirable job but this chip needs a higher level of cooler before I push it more. Also now thinking my 8370e chip will need to go in the main rig with my phanteks cooler and my regular 8370 go to the backup station :)


Nice job. My FX8320e doesn't seem to want to overclock very far. My FX9370 seems like it always has more in it as long as I can remove the heat fast enough.
 

kwikgta

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Thanks, I've now got 2= 8370's and the 8370e and they all overclock to the moon.
 

Centauri

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I got lucky too. My 860K runs at 4.5GHz with stock voltage - stress tested from here to the moon.
 

cbn

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I got lucky too. My 860K runs at 4.5GHz with stock voltage - stress tested from here to the moon.

From your sig:

AMD Athlon X4 860K @ 4.5GHz · Radeon R9 380 4GB · 8GBs Radeon R9 DDR3-2400 · 256GB Samsung 950 Pro M.2 SSD · 2x 4TB Seagate DM000s · MSI A88XM Gaming · Seasonic X650

Just curious if you get any stuttering with your R9 380? At stock CPU speed or overclocked?
 

VirtualLarry

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Wow, y'all make me want to buy an FX chip now...

(Already have a few capable mobos it would drop into.)
 

cbn

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FX8300: 95W @ 3.3 Ghz with 4.2 Ghz turbo
FX8370E: 95W @ 3.3 Ghz with 4.3 Ghz turbo.

Price is much different though at $110 (currently) for the FX8300 and $189.99 for the FX8370E.

(Not sure if they come from different wafers or are different steppings though.)
 

SlowSpyder

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Do you have LLC on that board? Does your voltage jump above the 1.425 setting under load? That seems like a really low voltage to get that clock, but then again I bet the process is really mature and working well now.
 

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Do you have LLC on that board? Does your voltage jump above the 1.425 setting under load? That seems like a really low voltage to get that clock, but then again I bet the process is really mature and working well now.

Yes, I have LLC set to extreme. I bought a 8350 when they first came out and used it until recently, it hit a wall at 4.5. A friend told me about the recent 8370's having great binning (basically a 9590 without the extra wattage) and they were reaching 5.0 ghz on good motherboards, so I bought two 8370's and both easily do 5.0 and then I tried the 8370e just out of curiosity more than anything, and it runs better than the other 2. I will put the 8370e in the main rig, and the best 8370 in my backup rig. The last 8370 will go in my sons pc to replace his Phenom ii 980.
 

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Yes, I have LLC set to extreme. I bought a 8350 when they first came out and used it until recently, it hit a wall at 4.5. A friend told me about the recent 8370's having great binning (basically a 9590 without the extra wattage) and they were reaching 5.0 ghz on good motherboards, so I bought two 8370's and both easily do 5.0 and then I tried the 8370e just out of curiosity more than anything, and it runs better than the other 2. I will put the 8370e in the main rig, and the best 8370 in my backup rig. The last 8370 will go in my sons pc to replace his Phenom ii 980.

On the two 8370s @ 5.0 Ghz what voltage was needed?

And did they work at that speed with the Wraith cooler? temps under stress testing? (if you recall)
 

kwikgta

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On the two 8370s @ 5.0 Ghz what voltage was needed?

And did they work at that speed with the Wraith cooler? temps under stress testing? (if you recall)
The best of the 8370's is still in my main rig currently setting 5ghz@1.475v and would hit about 60c while under stress with the wraith. The phanteks cooler I recently installed took about 12c off that while under stress. The wraith isn't the best cpu cooler there is, but I do consider it the best oem cpu cooler.
 

Centauri

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From your sig:

Just curious if you get any stuttering with your R9 380? At stock CPU speed or overclocked?

My PowerColor R9 has been kind of a nightmare. First unit kept crapping out on me under heavy game load (black screen requiring hard reboot) and my RMA'd piece is more solid but I've had game things quit on me mid-game more than once (though this time with a return to a usable desktop)

GTA V is the only game I really notice any stuttering in though.
 

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I chose the 8370e just to play with for shits and giggles.........geezus!.......I think I hit the silicon lottery!! The "e" chip is now running 5.1 ghz on 1.425v

You surely got lucky!
I don't know what is the deal with the FX8370e. I had one that would not go beyond 4.3GHz. I had another one that would do 4.4GHz at 1.375V
Seems like the binning is finally settling
 

SlowSpyder

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You surely got lucky!
I don't know what is the deal with the FX8370e. I had one that would not go beyond 4.3GHz. I had another one that would do 4.4GHz at 1.375V
Seems like the binning is finally settling


Yea, my FX8320e is about the same... about 4.4GHz is all it seems to want to do no matter what I do. My FX9370 is completely different. With that one it seems like it has more in it, I just got to a thermal limit where I simply could not remove the heat it produced fast enough north of 5.3GHz, but otherwise it seemed to want to keep on trucking (I got into Windows with modules disabled at 5.5+GHz.. though stability was limited).