Should I keep pushing my oc or leave it as is?

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tensai27

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Alright, so I was overclocking my FX 6300 on the ASUS m5a97 r2.0 motherboard with the hyper 212 evo cooler. Stock was set to 1.36v and I was able to get my cpu all the way up to 4.2ghz through the multiplier using 1.39v with llc enabled. I proceeded onto 4.3ghz but it failed even at 1.42v meaning it would take at least 1.43v to be stable(I haven't tested that yet). I'm pretty sure with more voltage I could get this cpu stable at 4.4ghz-4.5ghz but I stopped because my motherboard has a 4+2 power phase. Temperatures during stressing at 4.2ghz never exceed 44'c, so there is room for more overclocking. Anyways, it has come to my attention that I might be able to keep going with this motherboard after reading this: http://www.overclock.net/t/1303806/asus-m5a97-overclocking-should-it-be-done
What do you guys think? Should I keep pushing it up to 1.48v provided my temps are good?
 
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No...I live in Taiwan. What's wrong with the hyper 212 evo?
I'm using core temp to check my temperatures.
 
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Nothing wrong with the cooler. I have one myself. But your temps just seem quite low with the overclock. If you are hitting 44 degrees Celsius after running that CPU overclocked on Max load with prime95 or so after 10 minutes or more then that's really good imo. 1.4+ voltage does seem a bit high though for 4.2ghz on that CPU.
 
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I'm using occt for stress testing, core temp for monitoring. Also my voltage is set to 1.39v. Anything below that and it wouldn't pass a 3 hour stress test even with LLC enabled.
 
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Hmm..interesting. I see from the link you sent me that it says
but core temps are kinda funny at times, mine are always 13c off from the CPU temp.
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I guess I could try using another program to check my temps, any suggestions?
 
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As far as I can tell VDDA is what you can use if you don't have LLC. Although I would recommend that you read up on this first
 
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Sorry about that. I see now that it only stabilizes voltages. Setting it back. But on the other hand, it does help lower temperatures if you lower the vdda. So provided I can get it stable, lowering the vdda wouldn't be that bad of an idea. Something to try.
 
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Well I'm stressing my cpu at 4.3ghz at 1.43v. Occt is reporting 55'c for my max temp. Provided I can get it stable, I will try lowering the vdda voltage and stress again to see if it lowers temps and keeps stability. I'm gonna shoot for 4.4ghz (hopefully even 4.5ghz) while keeping my voltage below 1.48v. I use my desktop for gaming only, I play demanding games so it is of benefit to me to have a faster cpu.
 
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Not sure if get what you mean...but I don't see any option like that in my bios.
ram is set to default ddr3 1333mhz
CPU NB is at 2200mhz
HT link is at 2400mhz
No oc or voltage tweaking being done on either of those.
I've always wondered if higher ram speeds affected overclocking stability. I've heard that 1333mhz can hold back overclocks but haven't seen any evidence of it. I know that there isn't any real difference in gaming (at least enough to justify the extra money) performance between 1333mhz and 1600-1866mhz. Hence the reason why I only have 8gb 1333mhz.
 
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