AMD FX 6300 Overclocking Help

itzhalo · Nov 16, 2014

So this holiday I was hoping to get the GTX 970. Since I have a FX 6300 it will most likely bottleneck the 970 without an OC. So I got a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO and installed it to bring my temps down and be able to OC since I don't have the stock cooler anymore. Yet whenever I try to OC and test it at 4.5 Ghz I always get a blue screen and or resets and can never get a good one. I use AMD Overdrive but I can never figure out why I can't get a stable OC. Anyone know of the best settings for AMD overdrive or simply in bios to OC for the FX 6300 at 4.5 ghz?

SPECS:
GPU: GTX 760 (Upgrading to 970)
CPU: AMD FX 6300 (Currently at 3.8 ghz because that seems to be the only clock that doesn't crash)
MOBO: Gigabyte ga-78lmt-usb3
PSU: Corsair 750m (750 watts)
CPU COOLER: Coolermaster hyper 212 evo

CooLWoLF · Nov 16, 2014

Depends if your motherboard has good customization settings for the CPU. Have you looked in your bios? A simple multiplier boost with higher voltage should do the trick. But its also dependent on how good your CPU is and what it can handle above stock.

Either way, still get the 970. I promise you will be happy.

FYI - AMD Overdrive is a horrible way to overclock.

itzhalo · Nov 16, 2014

CooLWoLF :

Agreed, Overdrive caused so much issues. Have any walkthroughs to the bios on the gigabyte motherboards. See my problem is know where to go to but with all the different settings and everything I just do not know what to change or risk screwing up.

CooLWoLF · Nov 16, 2014

See if this thread helps: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/749817-Piledriver-FX-6300-on-Gigabyte-GA-78LMT-USB3

itzhalo · Nov 16, 2014

CooLWoLF :

Just a tad. I ended up uninstalling overdrive and going through my bios and now I am at 4ghz and it seems pretty stable. Any time I try to go to 4.5ghz I always seem to keep rebooting its very odd.

itzhalo · Nov 16, 2014

Scratch that. Just hopped on Battlefeild 4 and my 4ghz oc crashed to the blue screen. I have no clue what I am doing wrong.

CooLWoLF · Nov 16, 2014

What voltage did you set the CPU to?

itzhalo · Nov 16, 2014

CooLWoLF :

Surprisingly I found a stable overclock of 4.3 ghz and this time instead of staying at stock voltage, I had to raise it up to 1.3250 and with that I torture tested it in prime95 and got a max of 54 Celsius (Almost never pasted it) and a minimum temp of only 33 Celsius (Also never dropped below that even after prime95 was off) which is starting to worry me again about heat. Average temp is around 38-40. Do these temps seem fine or too high for this OC?

CooLWoLF · Nov 16, 2014

So your saying you've been trying to overclock all along at stock voltage?

NightAntilli · Nov 16, 2014

As long as your CPU doesn't reach 62+ degrees you're fine.

itzhalo · Nov 16, 2014

CooLWoLF :

Basically, as stupid as it may sound that was my issue. What would you say is a good Ghz. I don't want to go too overboard. I might try 4.5ghz but that may be pushing it temperature wise.

NightAntilli · Nov 16, 2014

Don't go higher than 1.5v and don't go higher than 62 degrees. Other than that, feel free to experiment.

madmatt30 · Nov 17, 2014

You honestly shouldn't be going past 4.1/4.2ghz max on that board.
Its a 4 phase board & while it has vrm heatsinks & good quality caps its a budget matx board & not designed for big over clocks.
Not many people can hit 4.5ghz on a good quality board so on yours I would consider it near impossible.

I would have thought you'd get core throttling on anything over 4.2ghz personally - have you checked this properly under stress testing??

WhiteSnake91 · Nov 17, 2014

Yeah I was going to agree with the above that that's a poor quality motherboard for overclocking, I thought about getting it before for an fx6300 budget pc, and many people on google had problems with the cpu throttling at 4.1-4.2ghz on that motherboard so I'm surprised you got 4.3. You need a better motherboard if you want to go higher, although, for the smalls gains, a new expensive motherboard probably isn't worth the money at that point.

itzhalo · Nov 17, 2014

Thanks for all the answers you guys were a big help. Also I do agree my mobo isn't the best considering the fact that it also has only one pci-e slot on it

. Yet its something that will last me for a bit until I decide its a good time to upgrade. I think I might lower the speed to 4.2 not only because I am just on the line with my mobo but as winter kicks in the heat in my house will be getting higher and I don't want to have my CPU running too hot. Also I think losing .1mhz won't hurt the performance between the 970 and FX 6300. There will be a bottleneck but not a HUGE one. But either way thanks again!

itzhalo · Nov 17, 2014

Alright so when I decided to turn it back to 4.2ghz I restored default settings on my mobo and tested every voltage along with 4.2ghz and everything under 1.5v gave me a blue screen which is extremely odd. The most I can go on my motherboard before the voltage text turns to a light red (to indicate that voltage at that point may be unsafe) is 1.520 volts. Would that be safe? At the moment I have a stable 4ghz overclock with 1.4650v and stress tested it for well over an hour and never reached over 43 Celsius. Should I test out if the 4.2ghz and 1.520v will workout?

NightAntilli · Nov 17, 2014

You can still go to 1.55v, but absolutely not higher than that if you want to stay relatively safe.

itzhalo · Nov 17, 2014

NightAntilli :

Alright thanks ill see how it goes at 4.2ghz and 1.520v

itzhalo · Nov 17, 2014

Ok so the final oc that I am sticking with is definitely 4ghz at somewhere around 1.485v due to the fact that the 4.2ghz is not for me because it keeps crashing to blue screen. The reason why I bumped up the voltage on the 4ghz overclock is mainly because the origional oc (4ghz at 1.460v) was stable but now and then it would freeze and stutter but now with the current oc I don't see any freezing or stuttering. Thanks again guys!

madmatt30 · Nov 18, 2014

Horrendously high voltage mate for 4ghz - I've never seen one that won't do 4ghz at stock or at the most 1.35v.

NightAntilli · Nov 18, 2014

I think it has to do with its motherboard. Due to the power phases, the motherboard can't give enough current with lower voltages.

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