Overclocking AMD FX-6300

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Hello, I recently got a new CPU cooler, Zalman 9300 at. I overclocked to 4.6 GHz but i got the blue screen of death. After resetting the battery in my motherboard and setting my clock speed to 4.3 GHz my PC booted up for a little bit and then had the same blue screen from before. So I set my clock speed to 4.2 GHz and no blue screen. Also I never touched the voltage. So I have two questions, 1 should I raise the voltage and 2, is it safe for me to go past 4.2 GHz?

Computer Specs:
CPU: AMD fx-6300
GPU: Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270x 4 GB
Motherboard: Msi 970 Gaming
Installed RAM: 16 GB
Power Supply: Evga 500 watts
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
Monitor(s): 2 Asus VX228 60 Hz 16:9

Also I apologize If there are any grammar or spelling errors.
 
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First, be sure you aren't OC'ing with Turbo Mode still enabled. That may be why it is blue screening. If you are OC'ing by just raising the multi, you are probably reaching the point where you need to give the CPU a bit more voltage (vcore). When you get an unstable OC result using whatever stress testing app you like, that is when you need to bump up the voltage.

Take the voltage up in as small an increment as allowed in BIOS. But I never like to go over 1.500 volts, myself. And of course, always keep an eye on core temp. Btw, I generally use IBT at its default for quick and dirty stress testing.Quick and easy. http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/intelburntest.html
The 3 rigs in my sig below are all OC'ed using that method...
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First, be sure you aren't OC'ing with Turbo Mode still enabled. That may be why it is blue screening. If you are OC'ing by just raising the multi, you are probably reaching the point where you need to give the CPU a bit more voltage (vcore). When you get an unstable OC result using whatever stress testing app you like, that is when you need to bump up the voltage.

Take the voltage up in as small an increment as allowed in BIOS. But I never like to go over 1.500 volts, myself. And of course, always keep an eye on core temp. Btw, I generally use IBT at its default for quick and dirty stress testing.Quick and easy. http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/intelburntest.html
The 3 rigs in my sig below are all OC'ed using that method, and none ever give me any problems.
 
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Thank you, I have already disabled turbo mode and i tried using multiple stress test programs like Prime95 and AMD Catalyst Controller but none of those worked so i'll look at that link you put in. I appreciate your help, thank you! :)
 
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Ok, so I ran the stress test and after 10 or so seconds I got the blue screen, does that count as "unstable" or is something wrong with my computer?

 
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You shouldn't get a blue screen when running IBT even with an unstable OC unless you have done some crazy changes in BIOS. It should simply quit with a msg. saying the OC is unstable. Never a blue screen.

What Evga 500W PSU do you have? A typical 500W is quite marginal for your system as spec'ed out above. Big enough, but not much headroom for OC'ing.

What exactly have you modified and how much when it blue screens? I would reset everything back to default and run IBT just to be sure your machine is stable at stock. If it doesn't pass IBT 10-run default test, there is something wrong.
 
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I changed the multiply ratio and after i got the blue screen I raised my Cpu voltage to 1.3v. Also I have the EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX PSU. Today I heard from my friend that I should not overclock with a 500 W psu or i will fry my build.
 
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Yeah, that PSU is safe, but not very good for OC'ing. However, I don't think that is your issue. You say you set the specs back to stock and it passed the 10-pass IBT run? If so, w/o changing anything else from default, disable turbo mode and take the cpu multi up the smallest increment the BIOS allows. (don't use software to OC)
Then run IBT again. Stable?
 
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Yes I did, I managed to overclock to 4 GHz and still have it stable, thank you for your help. :)
 
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