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FX-6300 OC

Tomiking33

Tomiking33

Tomiking33

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Is 4.5 Ghz a good overclock for an FX-6300? (Asus m5a97 r2.0 motherboard) I don't mean for anything specific performance wise, I mean that my cpu wont go to anything above that frequency as it becomes unstable regardless of what settings I use (voltages, etc....) :confused:
Thanks
 
Try putting a fan over the VRM area should be able too get higher most ppl can get 5GHz easy with that CPU.
BTW what cooling you using and what temps you got with 4.5
 
I would say that it is a moderate overclock. These fx chips hate heat and often it is the limiting factor of your overclock, what are your temperatures?

Even if it is in within acceptable temperatures, often you will find a few degrees lower can improve stability and get rid of your clocking wall.
 
Thats the thing, I have to put the voltage up to 1.4825v for it to be stable at 4.5Ghz. I know thats really high for the frequency :( (I'm sure I'm overclocking correctly, I checked against other peoples settings etc) Could it be due to the old (probably inefficent) powersupply I'm using? I'm saving up for a new OCZ ZT model that will be nice and much better.
 
I was mainly overclocking with CPU multiplier, I tried for a while with bus frequency in combination with cpu mulltipliers but i only got fractionally different results so for the time being i just put in back to stock incase its a problem with my psu ( i dont want to fry my pc)
 
mmm, i dont think tis a PSU problem. Your VRMs will throttle the CPU if it gets too hot or worse it will deliver unstable power to the CPU which will definitely limit your clock. You said you set your voltage to 1.4825V but what is it dropping to after its under load in prime (in CPU-Z).

Your actual voltage under load may be considerably lower. This in combination with your already warm temps could be limiting the clock. Though your temps are perfectly safe, i have gained an extra hundred of MHz before just because it was easier to get the chip stable under lower temps (without upping voltage), try re-seating the AIO cooler with new TIM to see if things get cooler.
 
Has anyone know of any guides to overclocking a FX6300. I'm not sure whether i should focus on multiplier or FSB and what are realistic goals for the FSB.
 
I had the non r2 version of that board and could never get past 4.1 and it boiled down to the phase and/or the 970 chipset as well as lack of cooling(smmall heatsinks if any)depending on who you talked to. I moved to a M5A99FX PRO R2.0 and had no issues overclocking.

I hope I am wrong and hope you figure it out but I just wanted to throw my experience in there as I spent weeks trying to figure it out. I can not find it now but somewhere on the net is a actual list of tested 970 boards and how well they overclocked and the good list was rather short.

That being said for a cheaper board its not totally horrible though that chip should be able to do 5ghz or close to it with proper cooling.
 
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