Best overclocking board for fx6300?

[Mahbub]

I have gigabyte 78 lmt us3, and want to upgrade to good oc board. Shortlisted ones are - gigabye 970a ds3p, asrock 970 extreme r2. Plz suggest. 

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

TBH I wouldn't spend any money on the AM3 platform anymore, with arrival of ryzen it's gonna be dead 

[Curious Pineapple]

I have a 6300 at 4.4 on an MSI 970 SLI Krait. Not too bothered about pushing higher, although I used Overdrive to do it and didn't have a PSU as strong as I do now. Not a cheap board though.

[Princess Luna]

You should just save the money to see Ryzen offers, the FX line up is pretty much obsolete in todays market.

[Nena Trinity]

ASUS 970 Aura or MSI 970 Gaming but that is minimum for a 4.4/4.5ish OC and you might be unlucky and require to much voltage, which will lead to 4.1/4.2ish... o3o

[Curious Pineapple]

Just had a play about with my OC for the hell of it. With new PSU I have a stable (stress tested stable, not time tested) 4.8 GHz at 1.475v on the CPU and 1.375 on the NB. It will run at 4.9, but the temps get close to the limit and either due to voltages, or just not being a jackpot winner, it crashes after a few mins of stress testing.

 

Not a bad result though

[Prysin]

6 hours ago, Mahbub said:

I have gigabyte 78 lmt us3, and want to upgrade to good oc board. Shortlisted ones are - gigabye 970a ds3p, asrock 970 extreme r2. Plz suggest. 

ASRock 970 A/G3.1

DO NOT SPEND ANY MORE THEN WHAT THAT BOARD COSTS

 

it is by far the best budget board out there atm.

[Prysin]

2 hours ago, Curious Pineapple said:

I have a 6300 at 4.4 on an MSI 970 SLI Krait. Not too bothered about pushing higher, although I used Overdrive to do it and didn't have a PSU as strong as I do now. Not a cheap board though.

That board is a fucking fire hazard. No VRM protection, 3+1phase 95w design. You are already pushing far beyond what that board is designed to handle. MSI has in the past (after a few KRAIT boards caught fire) came out and said that the 970 SLI Krait is not meant for 8 cores OR overclocking.

[Curious Pineapple]

40 minutes ago, Prysin said:

That board is a fucking fire hazard. No VRM protection, 3+1phase 95w design. You are already pushing far beyond what that board is designed to handle. MSI has in the past (after a few KRAIT boards caught fire) came out and said that the 970 SLI Krait is not meant for 8 cores OR overclocking.

You mean when you jam a 220w 9590 in a 125w board?

[Prysin]

6 minutes ago, Curious Pineapple said:

You mean when you jam a 220w 9590 in a 125w board?

its a 95w design. Also, MSI is a shit mobo designer from what i can see.

 

http://www.overclock.net/a/database-of-motherboard-vrm-failure-incidents

[Curious Pineapple]

22 minutes ago, Prysin said:

its a 95w design. Also, MSI is a shit mobo designer from what i can see.

 

http://www.overclock.net/a/database-of-motherboard-vrm-failure-incidents

125, 95, both are much less than 220. You wouldn't carry a car on a light duty trailer and expect it to stay in one piece would you?

[Prysin]

7 minutes ago, Curious Pineapple said:

125, 95, both are much less than 220. You wouldn't carry a car on a light duty trailer and expect it to stay in one piece would you?

if it was a high quality 4+1 board, sure no prob... but when it is a low as fuck quality 3+1 board.... eh

 

here, if you think MSI has a good track record with AMD, you should look at the link in the post you quoted.

 

[Curious Pineapple]

1 minute ago, Prysin said:

if it was a high quality 4+1 board, sure no prob... but when it is a low as fuck quality 3+1 board.... eh

 

here, if you think MSI has a good track record with AMD, you should look at the link in the post you quoted.

 

It doesn't matter a flying toss how the VRM's are designed (and it's 4+1 BTW). You overload it by over 100w, which at 1v is in excess of 100 amps, something is going to give. Overload 16mm welding cable by 100 amps and you have a fire. PCB traces glued to a flammable substrate don't have a hope in hell.

 

Shutting down on overheat would be nice, higher quality parts are never a bad idea, and the design may be a bit old, but you can't expect to overload a voltage regulator by over 100% and have it work. Been there, done that, had to wait for replacement modules to arrive. Mine has been running perfectly fine for about 6 months in this state, no overheating, no explosions and stable at 4.9 GHz with no horrid smells or VRM overheating. CPU starts to cook itself, but regulation is fine.

[Prysin]

4 minutes ago, Curious Pineapple said:

It doesn't matter a flying toss how the VRM's are designed (and it's 4+1 BTW). You overload it by over 100w, which at 1v is in excess of 100 amps, something is going to give. Overload 16mm welding cable by 100 amps and you have a fire. PCB traces glued to a flammable substrate don't have a hope in hell.

 

Shutting down on overheat would be nice, higher quality parts are never a bad idea, and the design may be a bit old, but you can't expect to overload a voltage regulator by over 100% and have it work. Been there, done that, had to wait for replacement modules to arrive. Mine has been running perfectly fine for about 6 months in this state, no overheating, no explosions and stable at 4.9 GHz with no horrid smells or VRM overheating. CPU starts to cook itself, but regulation is fine.

MSI 970 SLI Krait is 3+1. Not 4+1.

It was 3+1 when it launched, and it has never had a revision.

 

 

 

[Curious Pineapple]

1 minute ago, Prysin said:

MSI 970 SLI Krait is 3+1. Not 4+1.

It was 3+1 when it launched, and it has never had a revision.

 

 

 

I believe the 20 power FET's under the VRM heatsink may disagree with you there.

 

Either way, as I said, overloading it by over 100% will cause something to give. If used as intended by MSI, that kind of overload is impossible without something going short circuit, regardless of design. Connect a 6+8 PCIe graphics card to a 400w supply with adaptors and see how that turns out. Can't blame the supply for user stupidity.

[Prysin]

30 minutes ago, Curious Pineapple said:

I believe the 20 power FET's under the VRM heatsink may disagree with you there.

 

Either way, as I said, overloading it by over 100% will cause something to give. If used as intended by MSI, that kind of overload is impossible without something going short circuit, regardless of design. Connect a 6+8 PCIe graphics card to a 400w supply with adaptors and see how that turns out. Can't blame the supply for user stupidity.

In that case, its the shittiest 4+1 on the market. As only a few other boards have caught fire with a FX 9590 and 4+1 setup....

[Curious Pineapple]

2 minutes ago, Prysin said:

In that case, its the shittiest 4+1 on the market. As only a few other boards have caught fire with a FX 9590 and 4+1 setup....

Only a few VW gearboxes have exploded after an EJ25 swap and 3x the stock power dumped through it, doesn't mean it's probably OK to do it though.

[miagisan]

I am using a gigabyte 970 ud3p and fx6300@4.6ghz with medium Llc. It's stable as a rock