Overclocking
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We could achieve an outstanding overclocking level with the A10-5800K. Being an unlocked CPU, we could increase its clock multiplier up to x40, from its default of x38. We were also able to increase its base clock from 100 MHz to 108 MHz. Above that, our system would crash. This overclocking made our A10-5800K run at 4.32 GHz, from its default of 3.8 GHz, a 13.7% increase. In order to achieve these numbers, we had to increase the CPU voltage to 1.35 V (from the default of 1.25 V) and the CPU-NB voltage to 1.30 V.
We decided to install the liquid cooling solution from AMD, to see if we could achieve better results. And we did. With this CPU cooler, we could increase the clock multiplier to x41 and the base clock to 110 MHz, making our CPU to run at 4.51 GHz, a 18.7% increase over its default clock rate. For that, we increase the CPU voltage to 1.50 V and the CPU-NB voltage to 1.40 V.
With time and patience, we believe you will probably be able to achieve even better results.
