How to overclock AMD cpu?

[Stratohero]

I have AMD FX-6350, six core black box edition, which is for overclocking.

So, I finally bought SCYTHE Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B for it, how do I overclock it to 4.2 MHz, from the current 3.8MHz?

[Stratohero]

Also, in BIOS I set the CPU fan to automatic, but I don't know how to set FAN speed.
There are 9 levels of it, currently it is on level 6, but I don't know what each level represents?

[lodestar]

What motherboard are you using?

[Stratohero]

ASROCK 980DE3/U3S3 R2.0

[lodestar]

It might be worth trying the Asrock OC Tuner software which covers both overclocking and fan control, and is a free download from their website.

[Stratohero]

It's not supported.

[lodestar]

But it is listed on the download page for your board, OC Tuner ver:2.4.97 under Utilities.

[Stratohero]

Why do you keep mentioning this, when there is AMD overdrive?

[lodestar]

Isn't it obvious?

[Stratohero]

You are so [expletive removed by mod] useless.

Mod: Keep it civil. Read the Forum rules, and follow them - or you will be banned.

[vishcompany]

I switched to Skylake recently, but IIRC I OCed my FX-8120 by clicking on the "Turbo Core control" button and pushing the turbo limits. I managed 4,2GHz without overvolting and 4,5GHz with a little bit of OV. 4,2 was enough for me to get those extra frames in CPU heavy games.

You can then save the settings with the preferences button.

I remeber reading that hardware OCing was supposed to be better, but I never managed any useful result by trying to OC from the BIOS. I finally blamed it on the rather cheap mobo.