Guys, I have a FX-6300, It is so easy to overclock that I got it at 4.5ghz and it is not a bottleneck in any way. I have an Scythe Ninja 3 Rev. B cooler, FANTASTIC cooler by the way, and it never gets over 48 degrees celcius. But even if you do not overclock I highly recommend a different cooler, stock one will get LOUD and make your cpu pretty hot. I would pick a overclocked fx63000 over an i3 any day. The FX-6300 deserves a little more credit. It is a great CPU.