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overclock AMD fx6300 on a gigabyte 97a-ds3p motherboard
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Benjiwenji
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Did you mean GA-970A-DS3P? Well, that board has a 4+1 power phase, so you might not achieve a high stable overclock with it. Make you have good airflow and cpu cooler.
Try this video, the board used is ASUS but the concept is the same.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb1QDpRnOvw"][/video]
Try this video, the board used is ASUS but the concept is the same.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb1QDpRnOvw"][/video]
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Well, that's digital VRM so it's better than ordinary VRM but cooling would be good to have. At least a fan over it. FX 6300 is 95W processor and at 4,1 -4.2 GHz it should be at about 125 W which is still acceptable for it. If it's good enough for 125W processors like 8350 - 8370, it should be good enough for 6300 @4.2. After market CPU cooler is a must for those frequencies.
http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/geminii-s524-v2/ should take care of processor and VRM at same time if properly mounted. Case ventilation has to be on par of course.
http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/geminii-s524-v2/ should take care of processor and VRM at same time if properly mounted. Case ventilation has to be on par of course.
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Overclocking on a 4+1 phase board - if its available where you live then always & forever the raijintek themis mate.
http://www.raijintek.com/en/products_detail.php?ProductID=9
untouchable for simultaneous cpu & vrm cooling imo.
4.2ghz (which has already been suggested) is probably about where your'e at with the ds3p in all honesty,& you could do that with almost any decent 120mm tower but it doesnt hurt at all to keep the vrm's cool too.
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That's a good cooler to replace the stock cooler. However, if the OP already has a entry level cooler such as the 212, then there isn't truly a need to replace it. At 4.1, most aftermarket coolers will suffice.
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I agree with you completely. Any tower cooler has that disadvantage. However, in the case that the OP already has a cooer, then it is far cheaper to point a fan on the VRN than to buy a new cooler.
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Yes, even with my Scythe Mugen3 and two fans on it, on 8+2 passively cooled VRM I added one 40mm fan on it. I tried smoke test on that setup and air stream completely bypassed VRM cooler. I also have another 120mm fan at the back of the case so it makes 3 120mm fans in line but VRM still stayed shaded from it.
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You know never got how people manage to cool their VRM with coolers such as the nh-d15. There is no way air flow reaches the VRM.
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Have you seen this? It looks pretty cool. Supposed to cool the VRMs too.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF3GA2042&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-Liquid+%2F+Water+Cooling-_-9SIA4UF3GA2042&gclid=Cj0KEQjwo_y4BRD0nMnfoqqnxtEBEiQAWdA1252FUUqK4j96LJLzlkA0QeBUfqcnbVM0Q-OxzW5N9xcaAvYY8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF3GA2042&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-Liquid+%2F+Water+Cooling-_-9SIA4UF3GA2042&gclid=Cj0KEQjwo_y4BRD0nMnfoqqnxtEBEiQAWdA1252FUUqK4j96LJLzlkA0QeBUfqcnbVM0Q-OxzW5N9xcaAvYY8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
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