Do i need an overclock?

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lkiseljak

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I will be building a new system soon,here are the specs:

FX6300
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Kingston HyperX 1866Mhz 2x4GB
Sapphire 7950 with boost
Corsair CX600
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A Single 1680x1050 monitor


I will try to overclock the 7950 and get from stock 850/925 boost to somewhere between 1Ghz and 1,1Ghz,i'll see the temperatures.
What i want to ask is do i need an aftermarket cooler and an overclock of the cpu?
I don't need that extra performance from the cpu,but i'm afraid i will run into bottleneck with that OCed GPU and the FX6300... Will I? Keep in mind i only use an 1680x1050 monitor..
 
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Nah that CPU won't bottleneck that GPU, even if you OC the GPU.

The biggest CPU impact on gaming performance is how many cores the game title can use. Older 1-3 core games will benefit from a good OC.

Newer titles like Crysis3, FarCry3, Arma, Metro will use 4-6 cores and even at stock speeds will perform nicely on a 6300.

By way of comparison, I have a Phenom II x6 1090T @ 4.0GHz on a 990FX board driving a pair of OCd HD 7950's in crossfire and Crysis 3 will max both GPUs before it maxes that CPU. But it is a good match, as the CPU hits the 80-90% usage range across all 6 cores when the GPUs are at 95-99%. This is at MAX settings, 2x SMAA, 1080p averaging 40-60 FPS, VSYNC capped @ 60. When I drop to 1 card with the same settings...
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Yes, you WILL need an aftermarket cooler to OC. You can get a simple one from $20, up to $100, etc. It doesn't matter. My recommendation for a cheap, but powerful, is the Cooler Master Hyper 12 EVO.

I don't think you should run into a bottleneck. Maybe in some games.
 
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Nah that CPU won't bottleneck that GPU, even if you OC the GPU.

The biggest CPU impact on gaming performance is how many cores the game title can use. Older 1-3 core games will benefit from a good OC.

Newer titles like Crysis3, FarCry3, Arma, Metro will use 4-6 cores and even at stock speeds will perform nicely on a 6300.

By way of comparison, I have a Phenom II x6 1090T @ 4.0GHz on a 990FX board driving a pair of OCd HD 7950's in crossfire and Crysis 3 will max both GPUs before it maxes that CPU. But it is a good match, as the CPU hits the 80-90% usage range across all 6 cores when the GPUs are at 95-99%. This is at MAX settings, 2x SMAA, 1080p averaging 40-60 FPS, VSYNC capped @ 60. When I drop to 1 card with the same settings it's in the 30-50 FPS range with averages in the low 40s.

Get a good cooler though if you OC. A Hyper 212 EVO is a good budget cooler with excellent performance and more than enough to cool that 6300.
 
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I know i need an aftermarket cooler to OC,i asked should i OC in the first place. Still thanks for answering ;)
 
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Thanks,i will keep it at stock than. Good thing is that i can always just replace the cooler and OC if i will feel the need to ;)
 
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Well in your post you said: "What i want to ask is do i need an aftermarket cooler." I went with what your post in the description was. But, your welcome. :)
 
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Yes,I should have written it a little bit different maybe. ;)
 
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