Hi,
Today, I started overclocking my AMD FX-6300 processor as I think he can go above the 3.5 Ghz stock.
At stock speeds, idle, he was constantly running 15-20 degrees, never above 25 degrees. I think this are beautiful temps, I have a good cooler, room temperature 15 degrees and three fans in the case, I guess this is normal?
Now, I watched some youtube video's about overclocking, read some topics and stuff so I have build up some knowledge.
Firstly, I turned everything off which may badly affect the overclock of the CPU, like turbo, ...
Then, I moved the CPU speed to 4.2 GHz, and the PC was pretty stable. After that, I decided to go to the 4.5 Ghz, but then I received a error screen from Windows 10, so my system was then unstable. The reason was the VCore, it was set to Auto. So I've put the VCore to 1.4V and now the system seems stable again with Prime95 the CPU runs constantly 40-41 degrees, it was only for a couple of minutes, but I guess he'd never reach the 60's, maybe even the 50's.
Here are my specs:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
AMD FX 6300 @ 4.5 GHz OC (Turbo off)
8GB RAM 1333 MHz DDR3
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Corsair CX750
XFX HD 7950
This are my questions to you:
1. What would you recommend me as a safe and the lowest voltage? I'm now on 1.4Ghz, but I guess I can go a bit lower. At 3.5 Ghz the voltage on Auto would be 1.35V.
2. And second question, how far do you think I can push this chip where the chip is stable, but still has a high clock speed? I'd like to maybe hold the 4.5Ghz or maybe even higher but will the chip hold long enough? I'd like to hold this CPU for some more years.
Thanks in advance!
Tony
Update: In Valley Benchmark the CPU @4.5 Ghz constantly 30-31 degrees max, system seems stable.
Today, I started overclocking my AMD FX-6300 processor as I think he can go above the 3.5 Ghz stock.
At stock speeds, idle, he was constantly running 15-20 degrees, never above 25 degrees. I think this are beautiful temps, I have a good cooler, room temperature 15 degrees and three fans in the case, I guess this is normal?
Now, I watched some youtube video's about overclocking, read some topics and stuff so I have build up some knowledge.
Firstly, I turned everything off which may badly affect the overclock of the CPU, like turbo, ...
Then, I moved the CPU speed to 4.2 GHz, and the PC was pretty stable. After that, I decided to go to the 4.5 Ghz, but then I received a error screen from Windows 10, so my system was then unstable. The reason was the VCore, it was set to Auto. So I've put the VCore to 1.4V and now the system seems stable again with Prime95 the CPU runs constantly 40-41 degrees, it was only for a couple of minutes, but I guess he'd never reach the 60's, maybe even the 50's.
Here are my specs:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
AMD FX 6300 @ 4.5 GHz OC (Turbo off)
8GB RAM 1333 MHz DDR3
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Corsair CX750
XFX HD 7950
This are my questions to you:
1. What would you recommend me as a safe and the lowest voltage? I'm now on 1.4Ghz, but I guess I can go a bit lower. At 3.5 Ghz the voltage on Auto would be 1.35V.
2. And second question, how far do you think I can push this chip where the chip is stable, but still has a high clock speed? I'd like to maybe hold the 4.5Ghz or maybe even higher but will the chip hold long enough? I'd like to hold this CPU for some more years.
Thanks in advance!
Tony
Update: In Valley Benchmark the CPU @4.5 Ghz constantly 30-31 degrees max, system seems stable.