MSI 970A-G46 / FX-6300 Overclocking at Stock Voltage

NocNautilus · Aug 10, 2014

I'm aware the MSI 970A-G46 is terrible for overclocking because of poor VRM, can I overclock my FX-6300 if I force the voltage to not go over stock? I was thinking I could get an extra .4-.5 GHz at stock voltage, but would that be dangerous anyways to the board?

Specs:
[ ]Fractal Design Define R4
[ ]MSI 970A-G46 Motherboard
[ ]AMD FX-6300
[ ]Radeon HD 6850 1GB
[ ]Corsair CX600M PSU
[ ]2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
[ ]Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD
[ ]Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM HDD

rolli59 · Aug 10, 2014

It is an 95 watt CPU and there are example of the board holding it fine at 4Ghz.

clutchc · Aug 10, 2014

I've OC'd (via multiplier) on some crappier boards than that with no ill effects. Just leave the vcore at stock and step up the multiplier. You should be able to get a decent OC on that alone. Just be sure to use an aftermarket cooler and watch temps. I recommend the new version of AMD Overdrive and monitor Thermal Margins rather than direct temps.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 10, 2014

They only recommend no overclocking with the 8 cores on the board because of the POOR VRM.

TweeDoor · Aug 21, 2014

I'm just curious to know how far you have gotten your overclock I have almost the same setup.

NocNautilus · Aug 21, 2014

TweeDoor :

I got it to 3.8 Ghz easily but then got too scared to try anything further since I'm not very knowledgeable about overclocking. Haven't had an issue at 3.8 though.

TweeDoor · Aug 24, 2014

Right on, i got mine to 4050mhz at 1.4v. Thought things were a bit unstable so i reverted back to defaulf. Now when it boosts to 4.1 the voltage goes up to 1.48. This seems too high so im ganna set it to the same as yours cause i know i can maintane lower volts. Im ganna get a different mobo soon though.

clutchc · Aug 24, 2014

NocNautilus :

Keep going. When the temps get too high or the system isn't stable, back off.

TweeDoor · Aug 24, 2014

What stuff in your BIOS do you have set to auto and what have you adjusted manually?

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