Safe to overclock on an msi 970a-g46?

megah3rtz

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Sep 2, 2016
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I own a fx6300 and was planning to buy a hyper 212 evo to overclock to about 4.0-4.2ghz or so. I've heard about overheating issues on this motherboard, which I've experienced on this board, but when I replaced the thermal paste it seemed alright.
motherboard temps with hw monitor
TMPIN0: 63c
TMPIN1: 40c
TMPIN2: 30c
fx6300 temperatures -> 54c (this is a quick look after letting the pc idle for 15 minutes after playing some games, ask me if you need more detailed or updated temperatures) I've noticed most of the heat on the motherboard is around the CPU socket, I was wondering if thermal paste and a new cooler (upgrading from stock cooler) will help or if the heating issues with the board, or does the overheating issues go past that?

other parts :http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/vMWRvV
 
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Safe? Yes. As long as you don't over-do the vcore increases. The board only has 4+1 phase power, but it does have heat sinks on the VRMs. It is not suited for OC'ong the 125W 8 core CPUs, but the 95W 6-core should be OK. I would get as far as you can on the multiplier alone, before raising the vcore any. And when you do, stay below 1.45V. Be sure to disable turbo mode before OC'ing.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a8k1fAzGnSNQGsMJi4Rl22RRdG_4ni98heLTM_SxNGQ/pub?gid=3#

clutchc

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Safe? Yes. As long as you don't over-do the vcore increases. The board only has 4+1 phase power, but it does have heat sinks on the VRMs. It is not suited for OC'ong the 125W 8 core CPUs, but the 95W 6-core should be OK. I would get as far as you can on the multiplier alone, before raising the vcore any. And when you do, stay below 1.45V. Be sure to disable turbo mode before OC'ing.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a8k1fAzGnSNQGsMJi4Rl22RRdG_4ni98heLTM_SxNGQ/pub?gid=3#
 
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