Is a mild overclock on a Asrock 980 DE3 r2 (770 chipset) a bad idea?

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I know its generally recommended not to OC on cheap boards yet the box is full of information bragging about how easy it is to OC on this board (marketing hype I guess).

I have a fx 6300 and a CM hyper 212 and was looking to get the chip to 4ghz. Should I even bother?
 
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Asrock 980 DE3 r2 or Asrock 970 DE3 r2?

The 970 is OK for OC but hasn't a heatsinked VRM so is limited as to what you can do. And its only 4+1 power phases which again limits you. There's no detail on Asrock 980 DE3 r2.

See http://motherboards.specout.com/compare/655-679/Asrock-980DE3-U3S3-vs-MSI-970A-G43 - says it has 760G chipset.

There's not enough info available. So I'd play it safe and avoid OC.

The fx6300 will self turbo to 3.8 any way.
 
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