How high can you OC an FX 6300?

ploxxies · May 14, 2013

Hey guys, I've heard of people getting their FX-6300 processors to 5ghz before, and I just wanted to know if this was actually true. I'm thinking about OCing mine, but I just want to see how high I could get it while remaining safe! I'm about to purchase a nice water cooling kit, so I'm not too worried about temperatures! Thanks!

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096

EDIT: I probably should have put this in the Overclocking forum. My bad!

elemein · May 14, 2013

Quite literally, every FX-6300 is different. Some FX-6300s OC wonderfully, some to over 5 GHz (yep, it's true, you can get past this point), while others struggle to overclock well at all. Your mileage may vary and you'll simply have to try out the one you get and see it's potential.

ploxxies · May 14, 2013

elemein :

Thanks! I've never overclocked before, and since this CPU usually runs pretty hot for me, I should probably wait until my water cooler comes in to try it out to avoid ruining it! I forgot to mention this in the question though, if I was at 4.2Ghz, would the turbo boost still give me the extra .5 or .6 ghz? or would it become unused when OC'ed past 4.1ghz?

elemein · May 14, 2013

ploxxies :

No, once turbo is engaged, it doesnt "add" speed, it simply set the speed to whatever the turbo speed is set at, which is usually higher than stock speed.s

If your overclocked speed ends up surpassing your turbo speed, it is a good idea to turn turbo off. This is common practice.

cmi86 · May 15, 2013

I have had mine at 5.1, although it was at 1.57v with pretty high temps and both of those are just too much for me to tolerate in an everyday machine. Like elemein said though, every chip is different.

ploxxies · May 25, 2013

elemein :

ploxxies :

No, once turbo is engaged, it doesnt "add" speed, it simply set the speed to whatever the turbo speed is set at, which is usually higher than stock speed.s

If your overclocked speed ends up surpassing your turbo speed, it is a good idea to turn turbo off. This is common practice.

Yep that's what I thought. Thanks!

DuckaSocks · Jan 22, 2016

ive had mine sit at 6.1GHz before.. not sure how it got that damn high, but is equipped with the 212 evo. sat at 6.1 for about 20 minutes! (ill update this with a screenshot when I find it!)

ploxxies · Jan 23, 2016

DuckaSocks :

You're a little late

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