AMD FX 6300 paired with a 760g chipset?

joejoeboom

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Hey guys I have an AMD Athlon 2 X4 and a Gigabyte GA-78 LMt USB3 motherboard with a 760g chipset. Would I be able to put an AMD fx 6300 in my motherboard? Looking to upgrade my cpu since I blew out my old one. (Had it oc'ed stable at 3.5 ghz, base clock was 2.9. Got it up to 3.68 once.) I am on a very low budget so I can't really upgrade my motherboard at this time.
 
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yes, but you'll need to make sure you have all your updates on it.

update the bios, then download all new mobo/chipset drivers.

the ga-78 wouldn't be able to recognize thee 6300 otherwise

joejoeboom

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Awesome thanks so much!
 

logainofhades

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You can still overclock to at least 4.0ghz. I have that motherboard with an FX 8320 running @ FX 8350 speeds. Haven't had a problem yet and it gets used quite a bit by family for playing WoW.