Budget Motherboard Overclock

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

A cheap motherboard to do safe overclocks

Good day all

Please could someone help me i am new to the forum ( Im not sure if this is the wrong place to post this)

I live in south Africa and tech is very expensive here. I wanted to overclock my FX 6300 on a MSi 970A G46 mobo. apparently its a bad motherboard for this, so i need a new one my budget is slim (R1000 - R1400) you can check prices at http://www.pricecheck.co.za/

i was thinking about a :

Asrock 970 Pro3
Asus AM5A78LMU3
MSI 990fxa-gd65 V2
Asus H-81 plus
Asrock Fatality Professional

Im not shure ? i wanted to overclock using a Hyper 212 evo heatsinc, to around say 4.4 ghz ?

also what do i do with my old one

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i7Baby · May 27, 2014

Anything with a 990FX chipset should be OK. Check prices and let us know what you decide.

snowctrl · May 27, 2014

Have you actually tried overclocking with the current motherboard - you will be able to do it, the question is how much, as the motherboard may be the limiting factor, rather than the processor. Have a go with it and see where you get to before you spend on new hardware

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

snowctrl :

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I have read forums all over ant there are a lot of people who strongly recommend not doing this. This is a big investment for me

... is there a way i can try without risking anything ? most people say the motherboard will eventually give way.

thanks for reply

snowctrl · May 27, 2014

If you don't wanna risk it, then don't.... the motherboard isn't suddenly gonna die the moment you start overclocking, the risk is that you may shorten its life by running it at an overclock for a sustained length of time.

The cooler you suggest is an excellent choice btw

i7Baby · May 27, 2014

The info I have on the mobo says don't use it for 8 core cpus or overclocking. It only has 4+1 power phases and is known for having problems.

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

im not really sure what to do XD

thanks for replies

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

what chipset does the Asus M5A78L-M use ?

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

i7Baby · May 27, 2014

Look it up - Google 'asus ,5a78l-m specs'

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

is a 760G chip set.... is that ok ?

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

i7Baby :

is there any motherboard you would recomend ? MSI 990fxa-gd65 V2 or
Asus M5A97 AM3 Motherboard perhaps ? i just want to overclock to a MAX of 4.5 ghz. what should i do ?

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

snowctrl :

thanks

.... what mobo would you suggest ?

snowctrl · May 27, 2014

Like i7baby said, anything with the 990FX chipset should be fine. I personally prefer MSI or Gigabyte motherboards.

Make sure you buy one with USB 3 and SATA III (6Gb/s)

Try using pcpartpicker.com to refine your ideas

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

snowctrl :

thanks.... looks like msi 990FXA-GD65 would be best. sadly it is out of my budget.... so there no way id get away with a 970 chipset ? well i guess its best in the long run. so how much would i be able to overclock with these specs ?

mobo: 990FXA-GD65 (if i got it )
gpu : gigabyte HD7850 oc editon
PSU : coolermaster GX 550
RAM: corsair vengence 1600 mhz 4 gb
HDD: seagate 500gb 7200 rpm
CPU: amd FX 6300
Heatsinc: Hyper 212 evo (if i got it )

should i just upgrade my ram ? i dont have much to spend. what would you do in my position ? maybe i could oc my gpu, would it work on current mobo or would i have to use the one above ?

Thanks XD

snowctrl · May 27, 2014

Best to wait a bit until you can afford the 990. How much you'll be able to overclock will be down to how good a CPU you have the fortune/misfortune to get - that's the point of overclocking, to get the max speed your particular example can reach. But the key thing is that it will be your CPU limiting the overclock, not the motherboard holding it back, and you'll have the best chance of long-term stability.

Btw other upgrades you should consider would be an SSD or a RAM upgrade to 8Gb (I would make an SSD the priority)

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

snowctrl :

ok thanks ! just one more thing, what about oc ing the GPU ? could i do it on current board or is it the same story as CPU ?

snowctrl · May 27, 2014

Your GPU is overclocked already. You may be able to get some more out of it if the software supplied with it helps you... But beware overloading your PSU if you OC both GPU and CPU

mushroomii · May 27, 2014

snowctrl :

ok thanks XD i think il upgrade my ram for now, and slowly save up for a cpu overclock. il look in to overclocking gpu as well.

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