AMD FX 6300 Overclock to 4.4GHz with M5A97 LE R2.0 mobo. Dangerous?

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As the title say, I want to overclock my AMD FX 6300 to 4.4GHz.

My motherboard is M5A97 LE R2.0. A lot of people say this mobo is not the best for OC'ing and the non LE version is better. However I assume the main reason why is my mobo has no VRM heatsinks while the non LE version does.

To be able to OC to 4.4GHz I will buy a Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooler to keep temperatures on my CPU under control. To not burn the VRM's of my mobo I will buy VRM heatsinks.

The point of this thread is... is there anything else I need to worry about that could be dangerous?
 
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It has inferior 4 phase VRM so that means each VRM has to work twice as hard than say, an 8 phase. When you overclock, you are pushing more current through the VRMs, you get the picture. Adding heatsinks like you said, is a good idea, as well as placing a high pressure ~80mm fan over the area. 4.4GHz isn't so high that I'm much worried though. You would surely smoke your board if you did something like the CPU validation in my signature.

I should add that there are workarounds for overclocking these FX chips on shoddy boards. 1) You could simply disable cores in BIOS to drastically reduce power draw if you are going for pure MHz. 2) You can manipulate Turbo P states in AMD Overdrive to increase one core frequency at low power loads.
 
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Interesting, alrighty. So the VRM's with heatsinks will be fine and not burn out. Anything else I should know about that could burn my MOBO?
 
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They could still melt. 4 phase VRMs get really hot when driving all that current. Adding the heatsinks and fan will help a lot though. My rule of thumb is if it burns my thumb and leaves a blister, it's too hot :)

Nothing else really to know. You will reach the limits of your board before you can reach the limits of cooling your CPU.
 
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Damn I'm against the wall right now as to if I should overclock or not because of the VRM's :( Don't really know what to do.
 
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Damn I'm against the wall right now as to if I should overclock or not because of the VRM's :( Don't really know what to do.
 
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