Hey guys,
Picked up an FX6300 for video editing, along with an M5A97 LE R2.0 to hold it and a couple of sticks of G.Skill 1600. I'm shooting for a modest overclock, not too high. Found the Bulldozer guide on Overclock. 4.2Ghz looks promising so far; stable after a small FFT test in Prime, with 1.225 Vcore (stock) and 1.25 CPU/NB. Core voltage may need a bump later. Temps held steady at 48* core, 57* socket, 34* MB; could go lower once my TIM breaks in.
Setting the voltages manually makes Cool 'n' Quiet disappear from BIOS, though. It returns if I go with 'offset', but I've read that OC'ing this way boosts other things besides the chip, so I'd rather not go this route. Is there a better way to do this that will still let me switch C'n'Q back on when I'm finished? This machine's on most of the time, and I don't want this thing sucking huge power at idle if it doesn't have to. I'm pretty new to OC, so any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Picked up an FX6300 for video editing, along with an M5A97 LE R2.0 to hold it and a couple of sticks of G.Skill 1600. I'm shooting for a modest overclock, not too high. Found the Bulldozer guide on Overclock. 4.2Ghz looks promising so far; stable after a small FFT test in Prime, with 1.225 Vcore (stock) and 1.25 CPU/NB. Core voltage may need a bump later. Temps held steady at 48* core, 57* socket, 34* MB; could go lower once my TIM breaks in.
Setting the voltages manually makes Cool 'n' Quiet disappear from BIOS, though. It returns if I go with 'offset', but I've read that OC'ing this way boosts other things besides the chip, so I'd rather not go this route. Is there a better way to do this that will still let me switch C'n'Q back on when I'm finished? This machine's on most of the time, and I don't want this thing sucking huge power at idle if it doesn't have to. I'm pretty new to OC, so any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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