Overclocking an FX-6300
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How much depends on the CPU, some are better than others. Should be safe with starting at 10% and go up a few % at a time before each burn in test.
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MB has digital VRM, good enough for 4.2 GHz at least. Evo cooler should be good enough for that too. PSU would depend on GPU more than processor OC. If it's working now at stock speed, that much of OC wouldn't matter. If GPU is in order of GT750 - R7 2xx, there shouldn't be any problem, OC or not.
I've got an AMD 6300 and the same motherboard as you, Corsair 600W bronze PSU too so our setups are similar enough and I'm having a nightmare of a time getting it to go above 4.2-3GHz.
The voltage requirements keep going up and up and cores keep failing, I've tried FSB overclocking and just upping the multiplier, it's not a good GUI for overclocking in the bios.
I've actually been trying again today and it's just not good at all, I've had BSODS and core fails every time I try prime95 on speeds above 4.3. Temp isn't an issue, never gets over 60C as I've got a good cooler.
I'm going to revert to 4.3GHz on the settings that seemed to work and then give it a good run on the stress test and see if it's actually stable, will let you know what settings I used when I know its safe
The voltage requirements keep going up and up and cores keep failing, I've tried FSB overclocking and just upping the multiplier, it's not a good GUI for overclocking in the bios.
I've actually been trying again today and it's just not good at all, I've had BSODS and core fails every time I try prime95 on speeds above 4.3. Temp isn't an issue, never gets over 60C as I've got a good cooler.
I'm going to revert to 4.3GHz on the settings that seemed to work and then give it a good run on the stress test and see if it's actually stable, will let you know what settings I used when I know its safe
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^ 4.2/4.3 is about all you're going to manage on a 4 phase board - its absolutely what I'd expect mate as a maximum.
Soon as you get close to 1.4v you get a catch 22 situation where the vrm set loses efficiency & you have to push more vtage for stability, this repeats over & over ,every time you up voltage it makes the vrm's work harder.
As a rule on boards like this get what you can on stock vtage maybe with llc on high & leave it at that.
Soon as you get close to 1.4v you get a catch 22 situation where the vrm set loses efficiency & you have to push more vtage for stability, this repeats over & over ,every time you up voltage it makes the vrm's work harder.
As a rule on boards like this get what you can on stock vtage maybe with llc on high & leave it at that.
You're probably right, my 4.3 stress tests didn't go well either, back to 4.2
The 'extreme' LLC setting on this board isn't my best friend, even on default vcore voltage it still pushes it up over 1.5v which just isn't on in my books. I seem to have a working 4.2GHz with vcore topping out at 1.44, if this lasts a long blend stress test I'll be happy.
Guess that's what comes from a budget mainboard. problem is upgrading the board when you've got Windows 10 means probably a call to Microsoft to get them to re-activate Windows for you.
Annoying that I seem to have a really good proc and cooler for overclocking just the board is holding me back
The 'extreme' LLC setting on this board isn't my best friend, even on default vcore voltage it still pushes it up over 1.5v which just isn't on in my books. I seem to have a working 4.2GHz with vcore topping out at 1.44, if this lasts a long blend stress test I'll be happy.
Guess that's what comes from a budget mainboard. problem is upgrading the board when you've got Windows 10 means probably a call to Microsoft to get them to re-activate Windows for you.
Annoying that I seem to have a really good proc and cooler for overclocking just the board is holding me back
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^ you could very likely swap out with the ud3p without any reactivation.
Primarily the same board & chip sets just with a massively upgraded vrm setup.
I've had a 6300@4.4ghz with 1.29v on the ud3p (the same one that takes 1.38v for 4.3ghz on my Asus board).
My ud3p is currently running a 8320@4.6ghz with just 1.36v - the regulation on this board is insanely good .
Primarily the same board & chip sets just with a massively upgraded vrm setup.
I've had a 6300@4.4ghz with 1.29v on the ud3p (the same one that takes 1.38v for 4.3ghz on my Asus board).
My ud3p is currently running a 8320@4.6ghz with just 1.36v - the regulation on this board is insanely good .
iiiiiinteresting... though if I was going to upgrade I think I'd go the whole hog and get a 990FX chipset board, or wait for the PCIE 3.0 boards to be more common, for futureproofing, not much need for 3.0 at the moment even with a 390X
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