Can i overclock fx6300 to 4ghz with stock cooler...?
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Overclocking a processor on stock cooling is risky, but it is do able as long as you don't touch the voltage while doing so. See if you can get 4 ghz without touching any voltage and run as stress test such as Prime 95 or Aida 64 or silver bench ( an online stress test so no download required) You should run it for 15 minutes and see if it crashes or not.
Very importantly, look at your temperatures. If they exceed 80 or 90 C I wouldn't do go that far.
Very importantly, look at your temperatures. If they exceed 80 or 90 C I wouldn't do go that far.
CptBarbossa
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Superkill13 got you close.
You need to go into your bios and set your manually to the stock voltage for that cpu (which I believe is 1.35v). If you dont do that your cpu will automatically overvolt to compenstate for the overclock if it needs to.
After that, set your overclock and do stress tests while monitoring you temperatures. I believe the max temp is 60c, so make sure you dont exceed that while doing stress test.
Basically you can go as high as you want so long as you dont hit a thermal limit. It is simply a matter of thermals like you would worry about with any other CPU cooler. You are just going to hit a thermal wall MUCH sooner than on something aftermarket.
You need to go into your bios and set your manually to the stock voltage for that cpu (which I believe is 1.35v). If you dont do that your cpu will automatically overvolt to compenstate for the overclock if it needs to.
After that, set your overclock and do stress tests while monitoring you temperatures. I believe the max temp is 60c, so make sure you dont exceed that while doing stress test.
Basically you can go as high as you want so long as you dont hit a thermal limit. It is simply a matter of thermals like you would worry about with any other CPU cooler. You are just going to hit a thermal wall MUCH sooner than on something aftermarket.
unknownofprob
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Your motherboard is not a good overclocking board, and I would not go above 4.2GHz.
The stock AMD cooler capability is not meant for overclocking, as the cooler is only designed to suffice the CPU's reference TDP.
TX3 EVO is a good CPU cooler, though if you can get a Hyper T4 as it would be much better.
"I want no bottlenecking in gaming"
There is ONLY a bottleneck if your CPU is a or close to 100% usage, if not there simply is no bottleneck with the processor. The CPU can't be throttling at a too high temperature also.
The stock AMD cooler capability is not meant for overclocking, as the cooler is only designed to suffice the CPU's reference TDP.
TX3 EVO is a good CPU cooler, though if you can get a Hyper T4 as it would be much better.
"I want no bottlenecking in gaming"
There is ONLY a bottleneck if your CPU is a or close to 100% usage, if not there simply is no bottleneck with the processor. The CPU can't be throttling at a too high temperature also.
CptBarbossa
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I think that motherboard gets a bad rep. I have one with a phenom ii x2 555 be with an unlocked core at 4.3ghz stable (liquid cooled).
There is no way to know for sure how far you can overclock any given chip. One fx 6300 may overclock to 4.4 on stock voltage, one may not get past 4.0. It is a matter of trial and error. There is no formula to find out how any chip will perform with any given cooler.
As far as that air cooler goes, I think you would be better off getting a hyper t-4 or evo 212. I have had the t-4 and it has worked very well for me. That smaller cooler wont do much better than the stock cooler and if you need a small form factor cooler because of case size, I think you are much better off going with a zalman.
unknownofprob was right about the bottleneck. What resolution are you gaming at? believe it or not cpu's become less and less of a bottleneck with HIGHER resoultion. My phenom ii x6 1055t @ 3.9ghz bottlenecks my 2 hd 7970's at 1080p, but compliments very well at 2560x1440. You need to take resoution into close consideration.
There is no way to know for sure how far you can overclock any given chip. One fx 6300 may overclock to 4.4 on stock voltage, one may not get past 4.0. It is a matter of trial and error. There is no formula to find out how any chip will perform with any given cooler.
As far as that air cooler goes, I think you would be better off getting a hyper t-4 or evo 212. I have had the t-4 and it has worked very well for me. That smaller cooler wont do much better than the stock cooler and if you need a small form factor cooler because of case size, I think you are much better off going with a zalman.
unknownofprob was right about the bottleneck. What resolution are you gaming at? believe it or not cpu's become less and less of a bottleneck with HIGHER resoultion. My phenom ii x6 1055t @ 3.9ghz bottlenecks my 2 hd 7970's at 1080p, but compliments very well at 2560x1440. You need to take resoution into close consideration.
unknownofprob
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To note from CptBarbossa, all CPU's have different overclocking potentials, and there not all the same.
With that board, it has a low power phase and thermals which can result in CPU instability along with thermal issues when overclocked.
With that board, it has a low power phase and thermals which can result in CPU instability along with thermal issues when overclocked.
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