AMD FX-6100 Overclocking

[Hollow021]

I have a question about overclocking my FX 6100. I tried to overclock it to 4.0Ghz to see how it runs because on 3.3Ghz, it gives me a lot of cpu spikes on bf4. But on 4.0Ghz, it runs smooth. The only problem is that idk if I should increase the voltage or not. It's on the stock 1.25v right now, and I don't see any problems with it, except that when I'm in the game, all of a sudden the audio goes mute but not completely. Like I can still hear some noises but not the whole thing, and it only happens when I overclock it. Any suggestions? 

[Hirad123]

I've never heard of audio going out as a result of an unstable overclock. I personally would run a few hours of prime on that and if it passes then increase the frequency as much as you can while maintaining that voltage. Are you sure it's only the audio? The screen doesn't freeze with it or anything?

[Hollow021]

Yeah. Like right now, I was testing it again. and it gave me a little bit of cpu lag and then the audio went out. And what do u mean by the frequency? I use cpu multiplies. 

[Hollow021]

And another thing that when I tried to increase the voltage from 1.25v to 1.4v, the screen just went black after turning on the computer. Like I couldn't see anything and I had to reset bios manually.

[Jumper118]

And another thing that when I tried to increase the voltage from 1.25v to 1.4v, the screen just went black after turning on the computer. Like I couldn't see anything and I had to reset bios manually.

Going from 1.25v to 1.4v is a massive jump. As for your sound, that is just bf4 being broken. Quite a few people have had sound issues with overclocked hardware.

[Hollow021]

True, but I've looked up online and found couple of people saying that's the right voltage but I couldn't get it to work. Should I stay with stock voltage or what?

[PutuLips]

Going from 1.25v to 1.4v is a massive jump. As for your sound, that is just bf4 being broken. Quite a few people have had sound issues with overclocked hardware.

1.25 to 1.4 on an FX chip is nothing. They consume so much power and produce so much heat that I could use it as a stove.

 

True, but I've looked up online and found couple of people saying that's the right voltage but I couldn't get it to work. Should I stay with stock voltage or what?

Try increments of voltage and keep stress testing.

 

And another thing that when I tried to increase the voltage from 1.25v to 1.4v, the screen just went black after turning on the computer. Like I couldn't see anything and I had to reset bios manually.

That seems like something to do with your RAM. Make sure it isn't overheating or shorting. Are you overclocking it?

 

 

This is how I've overclocked my FX6100 to 4GHz on stock cooling (50-65 degrees under load in Prime95) -- Keep in mind that electricity is incredibly cheap here, so I made it so it can't downclock below 4GHz to keep it fast:

Download AMD Overdrive. In AMD Overdrive, go to Clock/Voltage -> Turbo Core Control -> Uncheck "Enable Turbo Core". This will disable Turbo Core control, allowing for a stable clock. Make sure you set Overdrive to run at startup.

Download PhenomMsrTweaker. This changes the power states of the chip. Change P0-P4 to 20.0 (20x200=4GHz) on the core multis and 1.4 on CPU VID. Click on the Service button and make the custom P-State settings permanent and click the Update button.

Download Prime95 and run a blend test to check for stability. Check Task manager to make sure that all the cores are being used 100%. If they aren't, you need to bump up the VID.

 

You may want to try small increments, rather than blowing it up to 4GHz immediately in case it does crash.

[Priller]

Dont use AMD overdrive. OC with the bios.

 

@Hollow021 Try a slight increase in voltage to 1.30 volts but check your CPU LLC(load line calibration) and set it to high or very high. This will help voltage drop when under load and try again. Also make sure that you are using the right mode in the bios and not stacking voltage. Offset will add x amount of voltage but in manual mode the voltage you put in will be the actual voltage.

 

HWMonitor and core temp are usually off by a good bit. Use the motherboard utility to see what your CPU temps actually are.

[Hollow021]

1.25 to 1.4 on an FX chip is nothing. They consume so much power and produce so much heat that I could use it as a stove.

 

Try increments of voltage and keep stress testing.

 

That seems like something to do with your RAM. Make sure it isn't overheating or shorting. Are you overclocking it?

 

 

This is how I've overclocked my FX6100 to 4GHz on stock cooling (50-65 degrees under load in Prime95) -- Keep in mind that electricity is incredibly cheap here, so I made it so it can't downclock below 4GHz to keep it fast:

Download AMD Overdrive. In AMD Overdrive, go to Clock/Voltage -> Turbo Core Control -> Uncheck "Enable Turbo Core". This will disable Turbo Core control, allowing for a stable clock. Make sure you set Overdrive to run at startup.

Download PhenomMsrTweaker. This changes the power states of the chip. Change P0-P4 to 20.0 (20x200=4GHz) on the core multis and 1.4 on CPU VID. Click on the Service button and make the custom P-State settings permanent and click the Update button.

Download Prime95 and run a blend test to check for stability. Check Task manager to make sure that all the cores are being used 100%. If they aren't, you need to bump up the VID.

 

You may want to try small increments, rather than blowing it up to 4GHz immediately in case it does crash.

Yeah I'm overclocking my ram to 1600 Mhz

[PutuLips]

Dont use AMD overdrive. OC with the bios.

 

@Hollow021 Try a slight increase in voltage to 1.30 volts but check your CPU LLC(load line calibration) and set it to high or very high. This will help voltage drop when under load and try again. Also make sure that you are using the right mode in the bios and not stacking voltage. Offset will add x amount of voltage but in manual mode the voltage you put in will be the actual voltage.

 

HWMonitor and core temp are usually off by a good bit. Use the motherboard utility to see what your CPU temps actually are.

The reason I don't use my BIOS is because my mobo bios lets me fiddle with the settings, then just automatically adjusts them to whatever it thinks is safe, even if the temps are great.

 

Yeah I'm overclocking my ram to 1600 Mhz

Try running it at stock clocks while overclocking, then overclock afterwards just to make sure it isn't the fault.