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Max safe voltage, FX-6300?

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a b K Overclocking
January 1, 2014 12:16:48 PM

I'm going on an overclocking binge to get the maximum performance out of my FX-6300. So far I've got to 4.5 GHz (increased CPU multiplier only) at +0.100 V according to my motherboard, so 1.418 V maximum according to CPU-Z after many hours of stress testing. After 10 hours of Small FFT and 13 hours of blend in Prime95, and then 10 passes on standard and 10 passes on very high on Intel Burn Test, I've determined I'm stable here with my max temp having reached 44 degrees.

I think this is a pretty good overclock considering the temps seem pretty low for 2 IBT. However, I really want to see if I can push it to 5 GHz. From what I've come up with, people say the max safe voltage is around 1.5 V, but I see others who say it's above and below this. Ideally, I'd like to have this CPU function for a good 4 years. At some point, I'll be jumping ship to Intel but if I can't afford to, about 4 years seems like a good point. How much would 1.5 V shorten its life span? And what do you guys think is the max safe temp and the max safe voltage?

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a b K Overclocking
January 1, 2014 1:13:25 PM

If you need four more years, then you shouldn't push things any further.

How much you can overclock also depends on several factors:
1) CPU Cooler
2) Motherboard (to provide stable voltage)
3) not every FX-6300 is identical (some overclock better)

The VOLTAGE is the largest contributor to wearing out your PC prematurely. The higher the voltage, the quicker you wear out your CPU.
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a b K Overclocking
January 1, 2014 2:17:20 PM

bleh, really? I just tried to reach 4.8 GHz, but it seems like the voltage over clockspeed graph took a very steep climb upwards out of nowhere. With just an additional 300 MHz, I turned the voltage to +0.175 (so around 1.475 V) and I still couldn't even boot, and I'm really hesitant to make that final leap to +0.200 V. Hell, even if 1.5 V did get it to boot, there's little chance it'd even be stable and I'd need at least 1.525 V if I was lucky. That's quite unfortunate. I know I don't have a supreme motherboard, but I was hoping to at least get 4.8 GHz. :\

If later in the day I'm feeling ballsy, I might try for 1.5 V. Exactly by how much would this shorten a CPUs life span? Hell, I don't even know what a base clock CPU's lifespan is supposed to be. 10 years? Would 1.5 V really just throw it down to under 4? If so, how many years could I get out of it? Around 3 do you think?
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