OC'ing my 6300

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:16

Ok can someone please tell me what I have to do to overclock my 6300

I have no idea where to start and what to do , So I would like some help please thank you...But again lol I have no clue as to what to do

My PC Specs are as below

thank you
Steve

teppic · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:27

First thing to do, try and run the CPU at 4GHz instead of 3.5GHz. You probably won't need to increase the voltage or tweak anything for this, but when you go in the BIOS, take a note of the current voltage it displays. To set it to 4GHz, just change the CPU multiplier in the BIOS from 17.5 (200MHz x 17.5) to 20.

On stock voltage you can often get the 6300 up to about 4.1-4.2GHz.

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:36

OK..... thanx

when im doing any tasks such as BF3 i have noticed the CPU jumping from 3.8 to 4.1..( i have the pc set to high performance in windows )

teppic · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:39

That's the boost clock. The CPU runs at 3.5GHz base, but individual cores can go higher (the max stock is 4.1GHz). You should be able to get your CPU above that as you've got a good board and a decent cooler, but first just try to get 4GHz on all cores

I'd eventually aim for 4.5GHz. If you get that running stable you'll notice a big difference in some games (like BF3 multiplayer).

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:59

OK Teppic thanx ....I'm gonna go and do that

teppic · 14 Sep 2013 at 17:04

Post how you get on. For now don't try higher than 4GHz this way.

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 17:20

ok

I'll have to try and do it later....cos as I go in to the BIOS someone here keeps talking to me ...wait till shes watching tv later lol

just one question ....do i have to set the IA Overclock Tuner to manual and then set the CPU Ratio to 20 ...and then reboot yeah ?

danoliver1 · 14 Sep 2013 at 18:20

foster grant said:
ok

I'll have to try and do it later....cos as I go in to the BIOS someone here keeps talking to me ...wait till shes watching tv later lol

just one question ....do i have to set the IA Overclock Tuner to manual and then set the CPU Ratio to 20 ...and then reboot yeah ?

Yes, if it boots ok load up hw monitor to check temps and run prime95 try to keep temps below 60c.

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 18:32

OK thank you Dan

at the moment when doing anything such as BF3 my CPU sits around 37 ( cold day ) and about 41( warmer day )

teppic · 14 Sep 2013 at 18:39

It will hopefully boot up and be fine at 4GHz with that one change. If it's all stable, try increasing it to 20.5 so you get 4.1GHz - that'll put you at the boost clock on all cores. Higher than that is likely to start needing extra voltage, be sure you look at what voltage you're running now.

jonnyp1993 · 14 Sep 2013 at 20:16

I got mine to 4.3 without a voltage change and was stable.

Anything above that and it bsod.

Got mine at 4.1 again though (not via boost) because I just bought a xfx 7850 and I up the clock, my system didn't like it, so untill I can afford a new psu, I'm stuck at 4.1

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 20:18

ok so went and set the IA Overclock Tuner to manual and then set the CPU Ratio to 20 ....rebooted pc and saw in CPUZ that the core speed was the same as before ( from 3.8 to 4.1) ....went back into BIOS and the CPU Ratio was still on Auto ?, the IA Overclock Tuner was on Manual though

danoliver1 · 14 Sep 2013 at 20:24

Highlight the auto and press + till you get to 20 then save changes and reboot.
Make sure you turn the amd turbo boost off in the bios too.

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 20:27

OK will do

teppic · 14 Sep 2013 at 20:33

I'm confused - if you got it stable at 4.3GHz why did you have to go back down to 4.1?

4.3GHz is a nice overclock to get without any extra voltage - looks like you'll get quite high if you want to.

foster grant · 14 Sep 2013 at 20:38

Ok lol anyway....im gonna give it a miss for now i think cos when im trying to set the ratio to 20 the BIOS are freezing up

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 14 Sep 2013 at 22:13

I've got 5Ghz at 1.525v, probably do with turning that down but temps are fine. Teppic helped me out with moving away from the 8 core 8150. Basically, they've got a lot more then 4.1Ghz in them the 6300s.

teppic · 14 Sep 2013 at 22:16

Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
I've got 5Ghz at 1.525v, probably do with turning that down but temps are fine. Teppic helped me out with moving away from the 8 core 8150. Basically, they've got a lot more then 4.1Ghz in them the 6300s.

I was wondering how you were getting on actually. See if you can lower that a little for sure, even if temps are fine. Just try 0.005 at a time. Not sure if you ran many tests at stock, but I know you got an enormous gain getting it up to 5GHz.

jonnyp1993 · 15 Sep 2013 at 09:07

teppic said:
I'm confused - if you got it stable at 4.3GHz why did you have to go back down to 4.1?

4.3GHz is a nice overclock to get without any extra voltage - looks like you'll get quite high if you want to.

I dont know why it was unstable at 4.3 but it just bsod all the time :/

If i get the money to get a bigger psu ill clock it then. Atm im not fussed

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 15 Sep 2013 at 10:16

teppic said:
I was wondering how you were getting on actually. See if you can lower that a little for sure, even if temps are fine. Just try 0.005 at a time. Not sure if you ran many tests at stock, but I know you got an enormous gain getting it up to 5GHz.

I did the same tests at stock as at 5Ghz. I've got a GTX780 now as well, not seen much improvement over the 4GB GTX680.

I've been super super busy with work this last couple of weeks but I'll do a full post with tests and results next week.