Budget Overclocking FX 6300

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Hello!

New to the site hope I don't ask anything silly. Basically I am hoping to overclock my FX 6300 because some cpu heavy games have proved an issue for me at points, but I don't know if I even can. I am buying the Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Evo CPU fan as I cannot get the 212 due to size issues, and my wattage is 450w. Can I do even a mild overclock with this wattage and fan or is it simply out of the question?

I mainly want to at least breach 4ghz just to future proof my build a tad. Thank you, Rig below

AMD FX-6300 Six Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)

ASUS® M5A97 R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)

8GB HyperX FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 950 - 2 x DVI, HDMI, DP

CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY

Coolermaster K350 Case

 
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yes, it would be safer to do that. those VS power supplies are not trustworthy especially when they actually have to deliver full power. and when they are stressed they can make power ripple, and thus make OCs unstable, and damage hardware in the long run. I would say at the minimum get a corsair CX 450. there are many people on the forum that do not like those power supplies, but I have seen them used and worked with computers that have them, and they can do their job. really though I would aim for ( if you want corsiar) the RM or AX series, or a EVGA 80PLUS B@ series power supply or XFX or sea sonic power supply, all over 80 PLUS BRONZE rated.
I'll go link an idea. the PSU might not be the cheapest, built it will last longer, and can...
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So if I were to upgrade to a higher certified corsair I could be able to do something with it? Thank you for answering by the way it's very helpful to me.
 
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yes, it would be safer to do that. those VS power supplies are not trustworthy especially when they actually have to deliver full power. and when they are stressed they can make power ripple, and thus make OCs unstable, and damage hardware in the long run. I would say at the minimum get a corsair CX 450. there are many people on the forum that do not like those power supplies, but I have seen them used and worked with computers that have them, and they can do their job. really though I would aim for ( if you want corsiar) the RM or AX series, or a EVGA 80PLUS B@ series power supply or XFX or sea sonic power supply, all over 80 PLUS BRONZE rated.
I'll go link an idea. the PSU might not be the cheapest, built it will last longer, and can potentially make your hardware last slightly longer too. also, it might be usable in your next build.
 
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You've been so helpful thank you!! and yeah it honestly seems the way to go, I hope to get my hands on a GTX 970 some day and a higher wattage/psu cert would probably be for the best. Unfortunately when I bought this system I didn't know about how much parts vary in quality.

Anyway thank you again!!
 
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