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So I'm having some difficulties, overclocking my FX-6300. I can't go over 1.38v vcore because my psu doesn't support it I guess...the screen goes black and nothing happens. The best that I could achieve was 4.2ghz @ 1.33v but I'm shooting for more. And I don't know NB. Should I put on auto or bump that up also? and do I have to overclock my ram with it too? I have 2x 4GB 1333 Mhz.

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i bet your bios will allow it so try setting it to 1.45v with the northdridge set to 2600mhz, minimal loadline calibration, set your ram speed manually to 1333 or whatever your ram speed is. and just keep bumping that multi

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What motherboard are you using?

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My Aussie friend who is a programmer, but is kinda clueless when it comes to computer hardware got that chip to 4.6Ghz using a budget msi board and a Hyper 212+ EVO heatsink. I think he left most things on auto lol.

 

 

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What motherboard are you using?

MSI 760GM-P34

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fill in your sig with your rig specs so people wont ask it on every thread in the future.

i bet your bios will allow it so try setting it to 1.45v with the northdridge set to 2600mhz, minimal loadline calibration, set your ram speed manually to 1333 or whatever your ram speed is. and just keep bumping that multi

How do I do that? :o Idk where it is

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The max vcore voltage I could use was 1.38v that it kinda gave up while running the system. Like while I was running BF4, m system just shut off with my green power LED blinking.

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MSI 760GM-P34

I wouldn't raise voltage above stock on that board

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How do I do that? :o Idk where it is

 

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I wouldn't raise voltage above stock on that board

Why not? 

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Why not? 

It has an awfu vrm design with cheap mosfets, capacitors, and chokes. MSI is known for having the worst AMD vrm designs on low-end boards. I'm certain that your board will fry in a matter of months if you increase the volts. It was designed to run dual core athlons, not overclocked 6 core FX CPUs.

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The board isn't suitable for stock FX6300 tbh, you'd be best off leaving it alone! :P

 

 

It has an awfu vrm design with cheap mosfets, capacitors, and chokes. MSI is known for having the worst AMD vrm designs on low-end boards. I'm certain that your board will fry in a matter of months if you increase the volts. It was designed to run dual core athlons, not overclocked 6 core FX CPUs.

 

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How about a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3?? Will that do it?

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It has an awfu vrm design with cheap mosfets, capacitors, and chokes. MSI is known for having the worst AMD vrm designs on low-end boards. I'm certain that your board will fry in a matter of months if you increase the volts. It was designed to run dual core athlons, not overclocked 6 core FX CPUs.

 

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How about a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3?? Will that do it? I have my friends desktop and I can ask him to get it.

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How about a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3?? Will that do it?

But why do you want to overclock your CPU? If your gpu is running consistently at 99% in all of your games a CPU overclock won't make zero difference except a GPU upgrade or a GPU OC. Your 7790 won't surprise me that it would run at 99% all the time, you'd be better off spending that mobo money into a new gpu and selling your 7790.

That cpu at stock is enough to push any 100-300$ to its max load in modern games like BF4 or singleplayer games.

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But why do you want to overclock your CPU? If your gpu is running consistently at 99% in all of your games a CPU overclock won't make zero difference except a GPU upgrade or a GPU OC. Your 7790 won't surprise me that it would run at 99% all the time, you'd be better off spending that mobo money into a new gpu and selling your 7790.

That cpu at stock is enough to push any 100-300$ to its max load in modern games like BF4 or singleplayer games.

But with overclocking my cpu, I could run the game with ultra settings @ 60fps. And I bougnt my 7790 3-4 months ago. I think it's a good upgrade since his mother board is literally double of what I have. 4 ram slots up to 32gb. 2 pci express and more and I'm only paying $40 on upgrading it and it hasn't been used a lot.

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How about a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3?? Will that do it? I have my friends desktop and I can ask him to get it.

it's OK. You really want something with VRM heatsinks for FX overclocking.

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How about a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3?? Will that do it?

gigabyte ud3 rev 4 or asus m5a99x evo or pro are for a mild overclock. with you having a 6 core you might get away with a Gigabyte 970A-DS3P or Asus M5A97 

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But with overclocking my cpu, I could run the game with ultra settings @ 60fps. And I bougnt my 7790 3-4 months ago. I think it's a good upgrade since his mother board is literally double of what I have. 4 ram slots up to 32gb. 2 pci express and more and I'm only paying $40 on upgrading it and it hasn't been used a lot.

I doubt this. Have you tried monitoring your gpu loads? Playclaw 5 (is free) is easy to use and it shows your gpu loads in the game. A 7790 isn't just capable of running ultra settings at 60 fps

Anyways just showing you a difference between 2.0GHz vs 4.2GHz with gpu's all at 99%

At 2GHz: http://i.imgur.com/Rcu8ZyD.jpg

At 4GHz: http://i.imgur.com/fSpEhpv.jpg

Like I said doesnt make the difference unless youre cpu bound which I doubt. Better off saving that 40$, selling your card and just getting a used gtx 760 for example or a 7950, you'd see atleast some real performance gains

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You won't get 60 FPS by overclocking you're GPU limited :)

 

You could Xfire another 7790 (I believe the 260X is also compatible) or just sell it and buy a 770 or something.

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I doubt this. Have you tried monitoring your gpu loads? Playclaw 5 (is free) is easy to use and it shows your gpu loads in the game. A 7790 isn't just capable of running ultra settings at 60 fps

Anyways just showing you a difference between 2.0GHz vs 4.2GHz with gpu's all at 99%

At 2GHz: http://i.imgur.com/Rcu8ZyD.jpg

At 4GHz: http://i.imgur.com/fSpEhpv.jpg

Like I said doesnt make the difference unless youre cpu bound which I doubt. Better off saving that 40$, selling your card and just getting a used gtx 760 for example or a 7950, you'd see atleast some real performance gains

I'm not kidding, like it was literally running the game on 60fps. Not solid 60, it would drop down to 50 sometimes but with old settings and cpu, on ultra, I would get 30fps.

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