5Ghz Overclock on FX-6300

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JackNelson

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Alright everyone, if you're an overclocker then you know how good it feels to hit the 5Ghz club and that's what I'm striving for. What would be nice is to have a stable 5Ghz but I can deal with 4.8Ghz-5Ghz. I've been experimenting with the stock cooler while I wait for my Hyper 212 EVO to come in and I've gotten 4.3Ghz stable and haven't pushed it farther than that. What I need to know is if my hardware can do it...

AMD FX-6300

EVGA GTX 750 Ti

G. Skill Ripjaws X Series 1600Mhz RAM (2x4GBs)

MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition AM3+ Motherboard

EVGA 430W 80+ bronze power supply


Obviously the biggest concern for me is power. I need to know if I can stay within limits at a stable clock speed above 4.8Ghz.


Thanks everyone!
 
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I don't know if your cooler can do it, but I haven't had much experience with the 212 EVO. Your power supply should be enough. Your entire system other than your CPU should consume less than 150 watts, giving you over 200 watts of headroom for your CPU.
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I don't know if your cooler can do it, but I haven't had much experience with the 212 EVO. Your power supply should be enough. Your entire system other than your CPU should consume less than 150 watts, giving you over 200 watts of headroom for your CPU.
 
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I had a fx6300 overclocked on a 970 based chipset (Asus M5A97-LE), the most I could push it to for a stable overclock without adding cooling to the VRMs was 4.2, and when I added cooling to the VRMs (temporarily attached heatsinks, with a fan blowing directly on them) I could push it to 4.5 stable, but didn't want to go much past that, a full 1Ghz overclock was my target. I'd think a 430W might be a bit small to run both a large overclock and a gaming card at full steam, I was using a 750W.

Edited: to correct a mistake in wattage.
 
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I can say you will probably end up maybe in the 4.5 range. I'd upgrade the power supply personally. I am running an FX 8120 now, and the highest stable I've gotten to is 4.2 with a gigabyte 970a-ud3 board. I don't know the specifics on your board though. But the Evo should do ok. Not sure about that high of an OC though, but it's a decent cooler. I'd say get a second 120mm fan for a push pull setup on the evo.
 
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