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OK, so where should i start? I have an fx-6300 and a TPC 612 (performs better than hyper 212) 

Im using MSI comand center, Which acceses bios, so i have all bios controll. 

Stock clocks the Multiplier is at 17x, Base clokc at 200Mhz, Cpu voltage at 1.3660V. (total of 3.5 GHZ)

What should I increase, and how high?

Like i know i should go alittle at a time, but how muhc is a little?

When should i increase voltage?

 

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multiplier to the moon

 

bump your voltage to 1.45v and start your overclock at 4.2Ghz, raise clock until it fails. If temperature limit is reached instead, lower voltage until it fails or temperature isn't a problem.

 

If you're asking this, I'm not going to bother getting into FSB overclocks, stick to multiplier. 

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multiplier to the moon

 

bump your voltage to 1.45v and start your overclock at 4.2Ghz, raise clock until it fails. If temperature limit is reached instead, lower voltage until it fails or temperature isn't a problem.

 

If you're asking this, I'm not going to bother getting into FSB overclocks, stick to multiplier. 

Start all the way up there? That seems high, BUt ill try.

 

BTW my MB is MSI 970a-g43

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Oops lol, forgot to bump voltage, brought up clocks to 4.2 GHz, instant windows 8 blue screen thing

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What kind of stress testing should i do? Is folding good enough?

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Prime95

OK, but would folding be good enough, or should i just go with prime95

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Prime95 is probably safer

K its running now.

 

How long does it last?

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The power delivery of your motherboard is not the best (4 phase, i think) so be careful with that voltages or you can over time toast your motherboard's PCB.

ok, its at 1.44 volts, is that fine?

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ok, its at 1.44 volts, is that fine?

 

I am not so experienced with AMD. A friend of mine has the MSI 970A G46 which has a similarly bad power deilvery, at least there are many threads online about it having a bad one, so i postponed overclocking his build until i have more time to read into this.

who cares...

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As long as you leave it running. Just watch the temps.

ok, its been going for a few min, right now its at 50 degrees.

 

I am not so experienced with AMD. A friend of mine has the MSI 970A G46 which has a similarly bad power deilvery, at least there are many threads online about it having a bad one, so i postponed overclocking his build until i have more time to read into this.

Hmm ok. WEll ill see

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As long as you leave it running. Just watch the temps.

How long should i leave it running before its considered stable OC?

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As long as you leave it running. Just watch the temps.

Its been running for about 10 min and its staying at 50 degrees C. Is that good enough?

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ok, its been going for a few min, right now its at 50 degrees.

 

Hmm ok. WEll ill see

yeah its a low end vrm (probably 4+1), watch the voltage, maybe find a speed you like (4.2ghz?) and see how low you can get teh voltage before ti fails prime, i persoanlly test it for an hour, most overclocks will fail fairly quickly and itll be as stable as you need if it passes an hour, im ocd but i wouldnt run it for 6 hours like some people do, it just eats electric and puts me out of a pc for 6 hours...

Falcon: Corsair 750D 8320at4.6ghz 1.3v | 4GB MSI Gaming R9-290 @1000/1250 | 2x8GB 2400mhz Kingston HyperX Beast | Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula | Antec H620 | Corsair RM750w | Crucial M500 240GB, Toshiba 2TB, DarkThemeMasterRace, my G3258 has an upgrade path, my fx8320 doesn't need one...total cost £840=cpu£105, board£65, ram£105, Cooler £20, GPU£200, PSU£88, SSD£75, HDD£57, case£125.

 CASE:-NZXT S340 Black, CPU:-FX8120 @4.2Ghz, COOLER:-CM Hyper 212 EVO, BOARD:-MSI 970 Gaming, RAM:-2x4gb 2400mhz Corsair Vengeance Pro, GPU: SLI EVGA GTX480's @700/1000, PSU:-Corsair CX600m, HDD:-WD green 160GB+2TB toshiba
CASE:-(probably) Cooltek U1, CPU:-G3258 @4.5ghx, COOLER:-stock(soon "MSI Dragon" AiO likely), BOARD:-MSI z87i ITX Gaming, RAM:-1x4gb 1333mhz Patriot, GPU: Asus DCU2 r9-270 OC@1000/1500mem, PSU:-Sweex 350w.., HDD:-WD Caviar Blue 640GB
CASE:-TBD, CPU:-Core2Quad QX9650 @4Ghz, COOLER:-OCZ 92mm tower thing, BOARD:-MSI p43-c51, RAM:-4x1GB 800mhz Corsair XMS2, GPU: Zotac GTX460se @800/1000, PSU:-OCZ600sxs, HDD:-WD green 160GBBlueJean-A
 CASE:-Black/Blue Sharkoon T9, CPU:-Phenom2 x4 B55 @3.6Ghz/1.4v, COOLER:-FX8320 Stock HSF, BOARD:-M5A78L-M/USB3, RAM:-4GB 1333mhz Kingston low profile at 1600mhz, GPU:-EVGA GTX285, PSU:-Antec TP550w modu, STORAGE:-240gb  M500+2TB Toshiba
CASE:-icute zl02-3g-bb, CPU:-Phenom2 X6 1055t @3.5Ghz, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-Asrock m3a UCC, RAM:2x2GB 1333mhz Zeppelin (thats yellow!), GPU: XFX 1GB HD6870xxx, PSU:-some 450 POS, HDD:-WD Scorpio blue 120GB
CASE:-Packard Bell iMedia X2424, Custom black/red Aerocool Xpredator fulltower, CPU's:-E5200, C2D [email protected]<script cf-hash='f9e31' type="text/javascript"> /* */</script>(so e8500), COOLER:-Scythe Big shuriken2 Rev B, BFG gtx260 sp216 OC, RAM:-tons..
Gigabyte GTX460, Gigabyte gt430,
GPU's:-GT210 1GB,  asus hd6670 1GB gddr5, XFX XXX 9600gt 512mb Alpha dog edition, few q6600's
PICTURES CASE:-CIT mars black+red, CPU:-Athlon K6 650mhz slot A, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-QDI Kinetiz 7a, RAM:-256+256+256MB 133mhz SDram, GPU:-inno3d geforce4 mx440 64mb, PSU:-E-Zcool 450w, STORAGE:-2x WD 40gb "black" drives,
CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra, CPU:-Athlon64 4000+, COOLER:-BIG stock one, BOARD:-MSI something*, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz ECC transcend, GPU:-ati 9800se@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-2x maxtor 80gb,
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CASE:-ML110 G4, CPU:-xeon 4030, COOLER:-stock leaf blower, BOARD:-stock raid 771 board, RAM:-2x2GB 666mhz kingston ECC ddr2, GPU:-9400GT 1GB, PSU:-stock delta, RAID:-JMicron JMB363 card+onboard raid controller, HDD:-320gb hitachi OS, 2xMaxtor 160gb raid1, 500gb samsungSP, 160gb WD, LAPTOP:-Dell n5030, CPU:-replaced s*** cel900 with awesome C2D E8100, RAM:-2x2GB 1333mhz ddr3, HDD:-320gb, PHONE's:-LG optimus 3D (p920) on 2.3.5@300-600mhz de-clock (batteryFTW)
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yeah its a low end vrm, watch the voltage, maybe find a speed you like (4.2ghz?) and see how low you can get teh voltage before ti fails prime, i persoanlly test it for an hour, most overclocks will fail fairly quickly and itll be as stable as you need if it passes an hour, im ocd but i wouldnt run it for 6 hours like some people do, it just eats electric and puts me out of a pc for 6 hours...

OK, ill see. Voltage is at 1.44 now, ill lower it allile now

lowered it to 1.42, ill se how it works

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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OK, ill see. Voltage is at 1.44 now, ill lower it allile now

it might be okay at that... im just saying, overclocking only has a few benefits, mostly in heavily threaded apps like folding or rendering...but if you was doing that you'd of been better off with an 8320, at 4.0-4.4 or whatever you'll likely never bottleneck, your voltage wont be through the roof and your motherboard and cpu will have a nice long prosperous gaming life :D

make sure to keep an eye on load voltage with cpu-z load line calibration can throw things way off.

happy overclocking piledriver buddy!

Falcon: Corsair 750D 8320at4.6ghz 1.3v | 4GB MSI Gaming R9-290 @1000/1250 | 2x8GB 2400mhz Kingston HyperX Beast | Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula | Antec H620 | Corsair RM750w | Crucial M500 240GB, Toshiba 2TB, DarkThemeMasterRace, my G3258 has an upgrade path, my fx8320 doesn't need one...total cost £840=cpu£105, board£65, ram£105, Cooler £20, GPU£200, PSU£88, SSD£75, HDD£57, case£125.

 CASE:-NZXT S340 Black, CPU:-FX8120 @4.2Ghz, COOLER:-CM Hyper 212 EVO, BOARD:-MSI 970 Gaming, RAM:-2x4gb 2400mhz Corsair Vengeance Pro, GPU: SLI EVGA GTX480's @700/1000, PSU:-Corsair CX600m, HDD:-WD green 160GB+2TB toshiba
CASE:-(probably) Cooltek U1, CPU:-G3258 @4.5ghx, COOLER:-stock(soon "MSI Dragon" AiO likely), BOARD:-MSI z87i ITX Gaming, RAM:-1x4gb 1333mhz Patriot, GPU: Asus DCU2 r9-270 OC@1000/1500mem, PSU:-Sweex 350w.., HDD:-WD Caviar Blue 640GB
CASE:-TBD, CPU:-Core2Quad QX9650 @4Ghz, COOLER:-OCZ 92mm tower thing, BOARD:-MSI p43-c51, RAM:-4x1GB 800mhz Corsair XMS2, GPU: Zotac GTX460se @800/1000, PSU:-OCZ600sxs, HDD:-WD green 160GBBlueJean-A
 CASE:-Black/Blue Sharkoon T9, CPU:-Phenom2 x4 B55 @3.6Ghz/1.4v, COOLER:-FX8320 Stock HSF, BOARD:-M5A78L-M/USB3, RAM:-4GB 1333mhz Kingston low profile at 1600mhz, GPU:-EVGA GTX285, PSU:-Antec TP550w modu, STORAGE:-240gb  M500+2TB Toshiba
CASE:-icute zl02-3g-bb, CPU:-Phenom2 X6 1055t @3.5Ghz, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-Asrock m3a UCC, RAM:2x2GB 1333mhz Zeppelin (thats yellow!), GPU: XFX 1GB HD6870xxx, PSU:-some 450 POS, HDD:-WD Scorpio blue 120GB
CASE:-Packard Bell iMedia X2424, Custom black/red Aerocool Xpredator fulltower, CPU's:-E5200, C2D [email protected]<script cf-hash='f9e31' type="text/javascript"> /* */</script>(so e8500), COOLER:-Scythe Big shuriken2 Rev B, BFG gtx260 sp216 OC, RAM:-tons..
Gigabyte GTX460, Gigabyte gt430,
GPU's:-GT210 1GB,  asus hd6670 1GB gddr5, XFX XXX 9600gt 512mb Alpha dog edition, few q6600's
PICTURES CASE:-CIT mars black+red, CPU:-Athlon K6 650mhz slot A, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-QDI Kinetiz 7a, RAM:-256+256+256MB 133mhz SDram, GPU:-inno3d geforce4 mx440 64mb, PSU:-E-Zcool 450w, STORAGE:-2x WD 40gb "black" drives,
CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra, CPU:-Athlon64 4000+, COOLER:-BIG stock one, BOARD:-MSI something*, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz ECC transcend, GPU:-ati 9800se@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-2x maxtor 80gb,
PICTURES CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra (another), CPU:-Pentium4 2.8ghz prescott, COOLER:-Artic Coolering Freezer4, BOARD:-DFI lanparty infinity 865 R2, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz kingston, GPU:-ati 9550@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-another 2x WD 80gb,
CASE:-ML110 G4, CPU:-xeon 4030, COOLER:-stock leaf blower, BOARD:-stock raid 771 board, RAM:-2x2GB 666mhz kingston ECC ddr2, GPU:-9400GT 1GB, PSU:-stock delta, RAID:-JMicron JMB363 card+onboard raid controller, HDD:-320gb hitachi OS, 2xMaxtor 160gb raid1, 500gb samsungSP, 160gb WD, LAPTOP:-Dell n5030, CPU:-replaced s*** cel900 with awesome C2D E8100, RAM:-2x2GB 1333mhz ddr3, HDD:-320gb, PHONE's:-LG optimus 3D (p920) on 2.3.5@300-600mhz de-clock (batteryFTW)
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it might be okay at that... im just saying, overclocking only has a few benefits, mostly in heavily threaded apps like folding or rendering...but if you was doing that you'd of been better off with an 8320, at 4.0-4.4 or whatever you'll likely never bottleneck, your voltage wont be through the roof and your motherboard and cpu will have a nice long prosperous gaming life :D

make sure to keep an eye on load voltage with cpu-z load line calibration can throw things way off.

happy overclocking piledriver buddy!

At 1.42 prime 95 had an error, im trying 1.43 now

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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This is an interesting read, keep updating us if you can @spwath

Right now im at a stable (for now) 4.2 ghz with voltage at 1.43

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@spwath I would consider a new psu tbh (500 watt cheap cooler master (extreme power plus). You can get a high quality seasonic 550w for 26$ -> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

Just see it as an investment, that thing you have now would literally explode at its full load.

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@spwath I would consider a new psu tbh (500 watt cheap cooler master (extreme power plus). You can get a high quality seasonic 550w for 26$ -> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

Just see it as an investment, that thing you have now would literally explode at its full load.

Yeah i relize that. The problem is, right now the extent of my money is the 10 dollars sitting on my floor.

So either ill get one when i have money, or get a loan from my parents when it explodes.

 

I want to get an evga 750 g2 for modularity and extra power for the future tho.

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