How to OC Fx-9590

[Devonaitor]

Hello I have had the Fx-9590 CPU for about 8 months now, and wanted to try overclocking it, but I can seem to find any good forums on this topic.

I have:
CPU: AMD Fx-9590
Cooler: Corsair H100i
MB: Asus Sabertooth 990fx
Ram: 2x4GB
Power supply: corsair tx850
GPU: Asus 780
Soundcard: Soundblaster ZXR
Storage: Seagate hybrid 2tb

If anyone knows of some good numbers or any tips it would be very helpful.
I have been trying it to use turbo but it makes my pc dump mem. I would just like to try geting it to 5ghz.

 

[Durp]

The fx-9590 is just a pre-overclocked FX-8320/FX8350 so any vishera overclocking guide will work. However, the 9590 is already at its limits from the factory so don't expect much.

 

[Devonaitor]

I am aware of this, But I can not seem to get it to 5ghz. It will just dumb the mem, have any ideas why?

 

[guskline]

It might be your motherboard and thermals. What revision of the sabertooth do you have? I own rev1 and the 9590 is NOT supported by it. I actually have my 8350 clocked with stability to 4.7 Ghz but I have a custom water cooler (EK water block and 480 rad) so heat is taken care of. I've tried to go higher but the heat and thermals take their toll.

What specific kind of ram are you using?

Looking at your specs, I would buy a dedicated ssd to run you OS and use your Seagate for data.

The chip you have is already at it's max. I suspect to push further you would need a true custom water cooling setup and even then you might get 5 to 5.2 Ghz. Not worth the worry.

 

[Devonaitor]

I have A sabertooth rev.2 and the mem I am using is 2x4GB of corsair vengeance ram.

 

[guskline]

The rev 2 mb does support your cpu.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I was almost able to get a full 1GHz over the base 4.4GHz of my FX 9370 under water. What voltage are you using, auto? What are your temps like? Start slow, lock it at 4.8GHz and run a stress test. Watch your temps, VRM temp's too if you can. My FX 9370 was fine all the way to 4.9GHz on stock voltage. I can run 5.15GHz @ ~1.6v (I'll have to check at home the exact settings). I've gone a few hundred MHz higher yet, but things get... tricky.

I am using ADATA XPG Gaming v2.0 DDR3 2400 ram. I typically run it around 1750MHz, I don't recall seeing any benefit above that, so I wouldn't sweat the ram speed too much. Timings probably matter more than bandwidth above a certain speed as more bandwidth than it needs won't do anything.

 

[FlanK3r]

-APM master disabled
-CPU current at 140%
-CPUNB you can reach too up to 130-140%
-CPU PWM extreme
-power phase "optimized" or "extreme"
-CPU LLC "high" or "very high" (depends at settings CPU voltage in BIOS and after in CPUZ), In stress load must be difference the smallest.
-AMD turbocore "disabled"

basic OC is CPU multiplier x BCLK . You CPU voltage in OC can be between 1.45-1.5V. Cool your VRM separately with some 120mm fan. Dont get over 70 C in Coretemp for longer time! Some chips are very hot, some are better for aircooling, so the voltage is not the right point. I have example one FX, where with 1.425V Im at the temp limit and another one with 1.535V Im near the temp limit.

 

[guskline]

Devonaitor: If your 9590 is stable at stock, you are already at 4.7Ghz all cores and 5Ghz turbo. The jump with OCing isn't worth as much as jumping to a ssd for your OS system. have you tried to OC your video card?

 

[Gikaseixas]

Agree with guskline here
Invest on a nice SSD as I believe your cpu is very fast as it is right now. You have acceptable single thread speed and great multithread performance. SSD will give you a greater speed boost.

 

[tweakboy]

Go to BIOS and let us know if your still lost. thx