Overclocking my AMD fx 6300

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Hello there :)

I would really like to overclock my AMD fx 6300, however, I have close to zero experience in OC'ing and Im a total noob when it comes to computer stuff. The only thing I really know is how to play different games, lol.

http://i.imgur.com/bXrArlG.png Here is a picture of my current desktop. Also got a cooler master hyperx evo 212 as a stock cooler. I tried OC once following this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9uXysmgPi8&t=8s

Figured I could to exactly the same stuff since we had the same motherboard..However, after doing the same as him and restarting my computer, windows 10 simply wouldnt boot. Got a message about troubleshooting windows 10, tried to but it wouldnt boot at all. Entered the bios again to try set everything to default and then boot again, that didnt work either, so I had to roll my computer back to a earlier point and this worked out.

Do anyone have a step by step guide for how I can OC my AMD fx 6300? Ive tried searching around alot and I notice there are probably 1000 threads about this, but I dont really get any smarter reading most of them :p

Thanks for all help. Best regards Vegard.
 
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Not all FX CPUs are silicon lottery winners, and most dont make it to 5 GHz. In fact, 95% that do so under 1.55V are not completely stable.

For example, my FX 4350 could boot, do a Cinebench run and CPU-Z validate at 1.38V, 5.0 GHz or even a 5.5 GHz at 1.55V.
For it to be stable, my CPU needs 1.62V (yes 1.62V, 1.62V) at 4.9 GHz. I have since backed down to 1.55V at 4.8 GHz on my 280mm AIO in push pull, CPU mirror lapped to the die.

You might think that this is a bad chip or whatever, but my definition of stable is: 100 IBT AVX runs @High and all that without a lockup, freeze, black screen or BSoD.
FX 4350 Rig in my Sig.

For that one big tower heatsink with fan I would recommend a voltage of 1.45V and a 4.5 GHz overclock for...
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I'd just go into the bios and increase the multiplier by 100MHz bumps at a time until it will not boot. Once you find the maximum frequency, run a long benchmark like AIDA64 for an hour, and if it still works, increase the frequency by 100MHz and increase the voltage by .05V (ex. from 1.25V to 1.3V or 1.3V to 1.35V) if that new one works like the last, and you don't need any higher frequency, try bumping the voltage down by .01V increments until it stops booting. Once you have hit the minimum voltage and maximum frequency, run something like AIDA64 for 3 hours, and if it fine by the end, there you go.
 
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Hey and thanks for the answer and sorry for the late reply.

I've managed to clock it to 4.2ghz without touching the voltage. However, yesterday I tried to clock it further, up to 4,4 ghz, and windows + everything worked fine. Ran prime95 for a shoooort time, but Im not really sure what to look after there, lol. The computer has been working fine while idling and also while Ive been browsing/watching streams etc. However, 30min ago while playing counter strike go, it suddenly turned off then started booting again, I thought about this 4.4ghz change the second it happend, and I managed on second boot to enter bios and turn it down again to 4.2 ghz before I saved & booted again.

The computer booted fine this time too and I managed to enter my CS game before I got kicked. However, at the same time I also had MSI afterburner running on my gtx970, I played around with it abit after watching alot of guides etc, really wanted to push out a couple of extra fps on CS GO if that was possible. Is it possible the random shutdown was caused by the MSI afterburner? I didnt touch voltage and stuff here, but I touched the power limit and forced it up to 106% which is maximum, this also caused the temp limit to raise from 79 celsius to 91 celsius. I also pushed the Core Clock + Memory clock higher, but Ive done that without touching the power limit before, and nothing has ever happend!

Also, if this was because of me clocking it to 4.4ghz without changing voltage, what can I do to make it 4.4ghz again? Right now its at 4.2ghz with voltage in bios set to "Auto". Cpu-Z shows 4213,06 ghz with core voltage on 1.332. Can I try to set it back to 4.4 ghz and then manually force voltage to maybe 1.35v or 1.40v? And if thats possible, do you think I can go even higher than 4.4 ghz then?

Ive downloaded AIDA64 but I really dont have a clue how to run it // what to look after etc.
Thanks alot to the people willing to respond.

Best regards Vegard!
 
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To overclock the CPU to its potential reset the BIOS back to default settings then click save and reboot. After rebooting enter BIOS, set the multiplier to .5, change the voltage from auto to the CPU's default setting, (I think it is 1.05v.) save and reboot. Run p95 for 20-30 min to see if it is stable and then repeat until the computer freezes. Once the computer has frozen go to BIOS and increase the voltage by .01v, save and reboot. Run prime95 again to test the new settings.
Continue this until desired clock has been reached, do keep in mind that going over 70C is bad for the CPU. To monitor the computer components download CPUID HWMonitor.

~ Increasing volts makes the system stable, keep in mind though + volts = + heat.

I am making a guide on overclocking AMD FX cpu's.
 
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Thanks for the quick reply..I guess I could do this but I guess that means I have to take a day off work lol :-D looks like it takes shitload of time :)
 
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http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3576107

5.177 GH @ 1.57 cvolts.

Try 4.5 GHz @ 1.4v with p95 running. Make sure to monitor the heat too.
 
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Sorry for bumping this again.

Ive been fickling around with the bios abit last days and right now my amd fx 6300 is at 4.7ghz and 1.46 voltage.

I ran a prime95 test (the one where you just test the CPU) and the cpu temperature got up to 71,5 degrees and then I just exited the test. I know it doenst really reflect a real life scenario, cause how often do you really run your processor at 100%? I tried playing a bit CS go (which is mainly the only thing I do except watch streams on google chrome), and during playing my processor was stable between 38 degrees and 45 degrees.

Do you think this will work fine for the "future"? or do I have to tone down either the multiplier or voltage? Also, is it the voltage or the multiplier that kinda hussles with the temperature?

Thanks alot for responding, best regards Vegard!
 
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How often will your processor run at 100%? Well it's an AMD FX-6300, modern AAA will max out your processor easily. A CM Hyper 212 Evo is not adequade at 1.46V, try 1.4V and lower. FX usually shutdown at 70C though, but FX sensor is notoriously bad.
 
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Probably never. Only time Ive been at 100% was under this test in prime 95..Usually playing csgo with streams running on my second monitor. Had hardwaremonitor open yesterday while doing it and cpu was between 38-45 degrees, running at anywhere between 20% to 50% capacity. Gonna try and bump it down to 1.4 instead.

I guess a water cooler would handle overclocking better. At the moment Im really just playing around with this mobo/cpu as Im planning on having it in my second computer. Getting a new mobo (z270) and a i5 7600k on tuesday, together with some 16 gb 3000 mhz ram. Guess those parts will make my cs go way smoother.
 
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AIO doesn't automatically equate to better cooling. CM Hyper 212 Evo is fairly comparable to 120mm radiator AIO. Just a dual tower big air cooler would be plenty for you either with the FX or the i5 CPU.
 
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I have not had an AAA game max out my cpu, it runs 70% though.

Also the AMD FX-6300 will throttle itself at 70c

These are my temps after running P95 (with 4 cores) and skyrim for 2 hours http://prntscr.com/f5bzh1 they are a little high but I doubt anything will max out my system like that.

My overclock http://prntscr.com/f5c01l is a multiplier and FSB ratio OC.
 
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Not all FX CPUs are silicon lottery winners, and most dont make it to 5 GHz. In fact, 95% that do so under 1.55V are not completely stable.

For example, my FX 4350 could boot, do a Cinebench run and CPU-Z validate at 1.38V, 5.0 GHz or even a 5.5 GHz at 1.55V.
For it to be stable, my CPU needs 1.62V (yes 1.62V, 1.62V) at 4.9 GHz. I have since backed down to 1.55V at 4.8 GHz on my 280mm AIO in push pull, CPU mirror lapped to the die.

You might think that this is a bad chip or whatever, but my definition of stable is: 100 IBT AVX runs @High and all that without a lockup, freeze, black screen or BSoD.
FX 4350 Rig in my Sig.

For that one big tower heatsink with fan I would recommend a voltage of 1.45V and a 4.5 GHz overclock for confirmed stability. My chip took 1.4V for 4.5 GHz AVX stable, 1.325V gaming 'stable'.

Settings:
VCore: 1.45000V
BCLK: 200.00 MHz
Multiplier: 22.5x

Also turn off Turbo Core, C1E, APM, C States, and HPC.

I assure you a stable overclock, not a low voltage E-Peen validation.
 
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