Overclock FX-6300 on CX430M

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I want to overclock my FX-6300 to 4 GHZ, I have the 212 EVO, and I bought a GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P to be able to overclock (my old mobo had a 760g chipset)

my GPU is a GTX 960 EVGA SC, I only want to OC to 4 GHz, is it possible?

On a separate note, will the chipset upgrade increase performance at all?
 
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I wouldn't try that if I were you. You might be able to get a stable overclock if you're careful, but the cx series is pretty awful all around. It's mainly meant for budget builds that won't get a ton more performance from overclocking. I'm not really sure whether or not anything bad would really happen if you tried, but a bad psu when pushed to the limit can have disastrous consequences. You might see gains of maybe 5fps at most in games if you oced, so if this is a gaming computer, I'm not sure if the risk is really worth the reward. The fx 6300 and gtx 960 is a pretty good combo as is, so it's not like your cpu is bottlenecking the gpu. So I wouldn't really suggest ocing with that psu. Everything else in your build would be perfect...
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I wouldn't try that if I were you. You might be able to get a stable overclock if you're careful, but the cx series is pretty awful all around. It's mainly meant for budget builds that won't get a ton more performance from overclocking. I'm not really sure whether or not anything bad would really happen if you tried, but a bad psu when pushed to the limit can have disastrous consequences. You might see gains of maybe 5fps at most in games if you oced, so if this is a gaming computer, I'm not sure if the risk is really worth the reward. The fx 6300 and gtx 960 is a pretty good combo as is, so it's not like your cpu is bottlenecking the gpu. So I wouldn't really suggest ocing with that psu. Everything else in your build would be perfect for ocing though, just get a better psu the next time you upgrade.
 
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CX PSUs are not horrible power supplies. They are not the best either. They will run basic systems, and even with a little overclocking. They will not up and blowup like a generic psu. However I still do not recommend overclocking on a CX series PSU, you really want better capacitors for that. I'd look into an upgrade, on the PSU and MOBO. You wont get far on that chipset.
 
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Whenever I get enough money I'll upgrade to a 600W PSU, room for future improvements. What manufacturer would you recommend?
 
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Any of the power supplies from tier 1 or tier 2:


Antec High Current Pro Platinum Delta Electronics

Be Quiet
Dark Power Pro P10 / 850w FSP (550w - 750w) / Seasonic (850w - 1200w)
Dark Power Pro P11 850w FSP

Corsair
AX / AXi series 760w - 1200w Seasonic (AX) / Flextronics (AXi)
AX1500i Flextronics
HXi Channel Well Technology
RMi 750w Channel Well Technology

Cooler Master V series / V series 1200w Seasonic

EVGA
SuperNova G2 / P2 / T2 Super Flower
Supernova GS Seasonic
Supernova PS Seasonic

Enermax DigiFanless 500w Channel Well Technology

Firepower Silencer MK3 1200w Super Flower
FSP Aurum PT FSP
LEPA G1600 Enermax

Seasonic
Platinum series Seasonic
Snow Silent 1050w Seasonic
X series / X series XM2 Seasonic

Silverstone Nightjar Platinum 520w Seasonic

Super Flower
Leadex Gold / Platinum / Titanium Super Flower
Golden King Super Flower
Golden Silent / 430w Super Flower

XFX
Pro series Black edition Seasonic
Pro series Black edition Limited Edition 1000w Seasonic
Pro series XXX / Semi-Modular Seasonic
XTR series Seasonic
XTS Fanless Seasonic

Tier 2:

Andyson
Platinum-R 1200 Andyson
Titanium N 700w Andyson

Antec
EDGE Seasonic
Earthwatts Delta Electronics/ Earthwatts Platinum FSP
High Current Gamer Delta Electronics (Non-Modular) / Seasonic (Semi-Modular)
Truepower Classic Seasonic (Essentially a Non-Modular version of the EDGE series)

Azza Platinum Super Flower
Be Quiet Straight Power 10 FSP
Cooler Master VS Series Enhance
Corsair RM 850w Channel Well Technology
Enermax Platimax Enermax
EVGA Supernova B2 Super Flower

Firepower
Silencer MK III 400 500 600 / 750 850 Super Flower
ZX Great Wall

Fractal Design Edison M Seasonic
High Power / Sirfa Astro GD Sirfa

Rosewill
Capstone series Super Flower
Lightning series Super Flower
Quark 1000w Enhance
Silent Night 500 Watts Super Flower
Tachyon series Super Flower

Seasonic
G series / G series V2 Seasonic
M12-II EVO (fully modular) Seasonic
S12G (Think of 2011 - 2013 Seasonic G series) Seasonic
S12-II Seasonic

SilentumPC Supremo M1 Gold 550w Sirfa

Silverpower
SP 460w Fully Modular Seasonic
SP Semi-modular Seasonic

Silverstone
Strider Gold Evolution Enhance
Strider Plus 750w 850w 1000w 600w Enhance
SFX-G / SFX-LG SX-G = Enhance / SFX-LG = High Power / Sirfa

Super Flower Golden Green / Modular / HX series Super Flower
Sentey Golden Steel Power 850 Watts Super Flower

Thermaltake
Toughpower Gold 850M Enhance
Toughpower Grand Platinum 850w 1200w Enhance
Toughpower DPS Gold Channel Well Technology

XFX TS 430w / 550w-SEW Seasonic
 
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I actually got this motherboard as a recommendation from Blackbird, best budget OC board. I'm waiting for this mobo to arrive, my current is a 760G but I'm getting the 970.
 
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