FX-6300 Overclocking

[MbV93]

Hi, I'm totally new to overclocking so I'm looking for a bit of advice. I just installed a Hyper 212 EVO on my FX 6300 and I'm trying to overclock it to 4GHz, just a simple overclock because I've heard my motherboard is not that great. I disabled everything you should disable, Spread Spectrum, Cool n' Quiet, Turbo Boost etc. Checked the Core VID, manually set the CPU voltage to that (1.27 I think) and increased the multiplier to x20 to get the 4GHz, every other voltage is set on Auto. It booted just fine but Prime 95's Blend test failed within ten minutes. I now have the CPU voltage at 1.302 and one core failed after an hour in Prime 95, Does that mean I still need to increase the voltage? Also there's a temp (Temperature #2) in Hw Monitor reaching the 60s and I don't know what it is, should I be worried? And does anyone know what it is? Here's a screenshot:

 

 

One final thing, after you get your overclock stable do you re-enable Cool n' Quiet or any of the features that had to be disabled or is that it and you just leave it like that? Total overclocking noob here haha.

 

Thanks in advance.

[voaz]

You can easily go to 1.4V as long as the temperatures stay fine, that would almost definitely work.

The FX series are made to be overclocked :-)

[Altecice]

 

One final thing, after you get your overclock stable do you re-enable Cool n' Quiet or any of the features that had to be disabled or is that it and you just leave it like that? Total overclocking noob here haha.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

No you leave it as it is. I have seen people run FX 6300's at 4.4ghz and they where hitting 1.5V (not advised I suggest you look into other peoples results and find out the maximum safe voltage)

 

Quick question what is your motherboard?

[MbV93]

No you leave it as it is. I have seen people run FX 6300's at 4.4ghz and they where hitting 1.5V (not advised I suggest you look into other peoples results and find out the maximum safe voltage)

 

Quick question what is your motherboard?

 

Thanks that was one of my biggest doubts. It's an MSI 970A-G46.

[TechTheWorld]

I am at 1.378v. You should be fine.

[TechTheWorld]

I am at 4.2ghz with the same mobo you have.

[sk8ermanblue]

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Thanks that was one of my biggest doubts. It's an MSI 970A-G46.

I have the same mobo and mine is at 4.1 ghz at just over 1.4v. I had it up to 3.8 on stock cooler without stress test. just with built in oc. installed aio cm 120v. I can push it further but i like to have very long gaming sessions and dont want to kill the mobo or anything.

[Ryan Leech]

With a 212 evo I wouldn't go over 1.425v, but you should be able to hit 4.5GHz easy

[sk8ermanblue]

I love the 6300 it isn't the most powerful out right now but it does the job well and for 119 its a really good buy. I wish i had the money to install a custom loop and see how far i could push it.

[StormtrooperStu]

Push on through Power Ranger.

[Ntran]

It sounds like either your particular fx-6300 is a bad overclock chip or you're limited by your mobo. I have the same CPU with a asus crosshair v formula z and I'm able to get upto 4GHz with all voltages set to auto. During prime95 run it ramps up to 1.428v (as reported by asus ai suite & CPU z). I've read that some people have been able to get it upto as high as 4.6Ghz with stock voltages (mine seem to max out at 4.1Ghz).

[ffejster]

I am also using a msi 970a-g46 and my amd fx 6300 is overclocked to 4.4ghz @ 1.44v with a zalman 7500 cpu cooler. barely  breaks 60c and these cpu's can handle 75c easy

[WyzeGye]

I've got an Asus M5A97 r2.0 Motherboard. Should I be able to hit more than 4.5ghz on 1.425 volts? anything else I do will kill off the 5th and 6th worker in prime 95. 

I've also got 6300 so i'm asking in here, rather than making another topic. Highest temperature i've hit is 47 degrees celcius, 

[Darknessrise13]

With a 212 evo I wouldn't go over 1.425v, but you should be able to hit 4.5GHz easy

 

 

It sounds like either your particular fx-6300 is a bad overclock chip or you're limited by your mobo. I have the same CPU with a asus crosshair v formula z and I'm able to get upto 4GHz with all voltages set to auto. During prime95 run it ramps up to 1.428v (as reported by asus ai suite & CPU z). I've read that some people have been able to get it upto as high as 4.6Ghz with stock voltages (mine seem to max out at 4.1Ghz).

 

 

I am also using a msi 970a-g46 and my amd fx 6300 is overclocked to 4.4ghz @ 1.44v with a zalman 7500 cpu cooler. barely  breaks 60c and these cpu's can handle 75c easy

 

 

I've got an Asus M5A97 r2.0 Motherboard. Should I be able to hit more than 4.5ghz on 1.425 volts? anything else I do will kill off the 5th and 6th worker in prime 95. 

I've also got 6300 so i'm asking in here, rather than making another topic. Highest temperature i've hit is 47 degrees celcius, 

 

 

I've got an Asus M5A97 r2.0 Motherboard. Should I be able to hit more than 4.5ghz on 1.425 volts? anything else I do will kill off the 5th and 6th worker in prime 95. 

I've also got 6300 so i'm asking in here, rather than making another topic. Highest temperature i've hit is 47 degrees celcius, 

 

Sorry to revive what looks to be a dead thread, but I have a FX 6300 on a Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 Rev 1.1 on a corsair h50.  I can't get anything past 4.2ghz (4250mhz too, if that makes any difference) stable.  I run this daily at 1.4v.  4.3ghz at 1.55v even isn't stable.  Really not sure what is up there.  I have actually looked into getting a rev 4.0 on warranty as I'm looking to get a 9590 perhaps.  Any ideas on this issue, though?

[Ryan Leech]

 

 

 

Sorry to revive what looks to be a dead thread, but I have a FX 6300 on a Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 Rev 1.1 on a corsair h50.  I can't get anything past 4.2ghz (4250mhz too, if that makes any difference) stable.  I run this daily at 1.4v.  4.3ghz at 1.55v even isn't stable.  Really not sure what is up there.  I have actually looked into getting a rev 4.0 on warranty as I'm looking to get a 9590 perhaps.  Any ideas on this issue, though?

 

Have you tried disabling cores and testing the CPU that way? 1.55v should be enough for 5GHz, either you lost the silicon lottery big time or something is wrong

[Darknessrise13]

Have you tried disabling cores and testing the CPU that way? 1.55v should be enough for 5GHz, either you lost the silicon lottery big time or something is wrong

 

I actually haven't disabled cores since I went for a 5ghz validation in the hwbot rookie rumble AMD.  Which ones should I try or just any?

[Ryan Leech]

I actually haven't disabled cores since I went for a 5ghz validation in the hwbot rookie rumble AMD.  Which ones should I try or just any?

Try shutting the CPU down to two cores

[Darknessrise13]

Try shutting the CPU down to two cores

I'm running 4.4ghz 1.488 6 core overnight. 50 IBT very high. I'll test 2 cores tomorrow. What freq?

[Ryan Leech]

I'm running 4.4ghz 1.488 6 core overnight. 50 IBT very high. I'll test 2 cores tomorrow. What freq?

Try 4.6GHz

[Darknessrise13]

Try 4.6GHz

Morning update, it passed 50 very high IBT at 4.4. I haven't checked what the voltage hits but I think its 1.488.

Hmm, do temps affect stability? Its been really cold today and my temps are around 65 socket and 54 cores. Usually closer to 70 socket.

 

4.4ghz is stable at 1.472v 6 core.  So, I'd say I have a low end silicon.  Thanks for that suggestion and I think you sprinkled some magic dust .  Now to find a new cooler to keep this usable during the summer....

[Ryan Leech]

Morning update, it passed 50 very high IBT at 4.4. I haven't checked what the voltage hits but I think its 1.488.

Hmm, do temps affect stability? Its been really cold today and my temps are around 65 socket and 54 cores. Usually closer to 70 socket.

CPU temps don't affect stability unless they're extreme. Lower ambient temps will help keep the mosfets and chokes cooler which will help voltage stability.

[Darknessrise13]

CPU temps don't affect stability unless they're extreme. Lower ambient temps will help keep the mosfets and chokes cooler which will help voltage stability.

 

I just bought an Antec spotcool.  I was running some stress tests for nb and memory clocks and my cpu throttled back to 1.344, throwing off stability... 

[LordMustangGT]

I got 5.0ghz with 1.4v on one 6300FX.   Ran stable, then ran aidia64 test and it froz 10sec in. Back it down to 4.8 and it ran stable in the stress test. If I set the voltage to 1.5v, I'd beat it would of ran stable at 5.0ghz easy, but I was looking for a stable everyday overclock. Then I took the ram from 1333mhz to 1600 and set it to 1.5v ram and it booted up back at 5ghz with the same multiplier still. So I aidia64 it again and ran for a few minuntes before I would say it soft crashed. It didn't frezz completely, but the program froz. Backed the multiplyer down one point and it went back down to 4.8 stable again, 55c max with video card heat from a 770 evga acx cooler. Been fine since. This was cooled with a H100i in a Rosewill Blackhawk case with shitty slim fans I had to get to fit in...

 

I also have a 6300FX in another machine that I got to 4.6 right away on a single 120mm tower cooler. Too much heat there, so I backed it down to 4.4, it ran but I could tell it just wasn't right, so I backed it down to 4ghz and it been fine. All this on 1.4v as well.

[Ryan Leech]

I just bought an Antec spotcool.  I was running some stress tests for nb and memory clocks and my cpu throttled back to 1.344, throwing off stability... 

Which revision of the UD3 do you have? I believe the earlier revisions had heatsink contact issues.

[Darknessrise13]

Which revision of the UD3 do you have? I believe the earlier revisions had heatsink contact issues.

Rev 1.1.  Don't know if I said it before, but I have a ticket with Gigabyte right now about getting a rev 4.0.