How far should I OC the FX-6300 to?

LukeMaBoy

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Sep 24, 2013
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I'm getting a new build soon and was wondering how far I could OC it too. I was thinking 4.2 or higher? Here are my specs:

GPU: Sapphire Radeon 7950
CPU: FX-6300
Mobo: ASUS M5AA99FX PRO R2.0
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X 1600 16GB (2 x 8)
PSU: Corsair TX750
CPU cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
SSD: Kingston Digital 120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3
Case: NZXT Guardian 921 RB (Will most likely upgrade to a Corsair 750D later on)
 

Blaise170

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You can turbo boost to 4.0 without ever touching the clocks. You can usually stabilize it around 4.2GHz and some people have been able to get stable overclocks to 4.5GHz.

Slightly off topic but the record over clock was 7.8GHz. :)