FX-6300 Light Overclock Help

[GrantSor+1]

Im planning to OC my FX-6300 tomorrow after I install my freshly bought ssd and AIO cooler(Specs are on my sig)

I know that my board is lousy for Overclocking because of its 4+1 powerphase.
I plan on overclocking without touching the Voltage

On http://extreme.outervision.com/tools.jsp#cpuoc It says that my stock vcore is at 1.3V

So I should set it at 1.3volts and the increase the multiplier to its max stable frequency right?

What should I not touch in the bios? what should I leave at auto or turn something off?

Here's the motherboard manual

Also I have a question,

when overclocked, is the CPU is always running at The Overclock speed? does it downclock itself when at idle?
 

[Altecice]

So I should set it at 1.3volts and the increase the multiplier to its max stable frequency right?

What should I not touch in the bios? what should I leave at auto or turn something off?

Here's the motherboard manual

Also I have a question,

when overclocked, is the CPU is always running at The Overclock speed? does it downclock itself when at idle?

 

 

Question 1) Yup set it to stock voltage and bump the multi up (testing at each increase)

Question 2) you really don't have to touch anything for a small OC but turn off your C states and perhaps bump the LLC up.

Question 3) it can down clock its self if you have C states still enabled. You should turn this off to find your max OC but its fine to turn them back on after.

[jayctech]

Question 1) Yup set it to stock voltage and bump the multi up (testing at each increase)

Question 2) you really don't have to touch anything for a small OC but turn off your C states and perhaps bump the LLC up.

Question 3) it can down clock its self if you have C states still enabled. You should turn this off to find your max OC but its fine to turn them back on after.

Interesting.. Would you know if the method is similar for a 6350? I've been considering OCing mine.

[GrantSor+1]

Question 1) Yup set it to stock voltage and bump the multi up (testing at each increase)

Question 2) you really don't have to touch anything for a small OC but turn off your C states and perhaps bump the LLC up.

Question 3) it can down clock its self if you have C states still enabled. You should turn this off to find your max OC but its fine to turn them back on after.

What's C states and LLC?

 

Interesting.. Would you know if the method is similar for a 6350? I've been considering OCing mine.

a 6350 is a factory overclocked 6300

[jayctech]

What's C states and LLC?

 

a 6350 is a factory overclocked 6300

Oh yeah.. I knew that actually.. My question should be can I even OC the 6350 then?

[GrantSor+1]

Oh yeah.. I knew that actually.. My question should be can I even OC the 6350 then?

yes you can, as long as your board has a good power phase design unlike my board which has 4+1

[jayctech]

yes you can, as long as your board has a good power phase design unlike my board which has 4+1

Asus M5A97 R2 I think the board is, any good?

[Altecice]

Interesting.. Would you know if the method is similar for a 6350? I've been considering OCing mine.

 

yep its the exact same just your CPU was higher binned than the OP's so came out the factory at a higher clock (same with the FX-8320,8350)

 

What's C states and LLC?

 

a 6350 is a factory overclocked 6300

 

C states are what allow your CPU to down clock its self. So turning it off stops the CPU doing this... Like I said you can enable it again once you have a OC that is stable to save some power.

 

LLC = Load Line Calibration, it allows your CPU to pull more voltage when it feels its needs to (such as 100% prime95 test) Not having this configured correctly can result in a stable OC not being stable during testing as it is not "allowed" to pull the extra voltage it needs to prevent vdoop.

 

Oh yeah.. I knew that actually.. My question should be can I even OC the 6350 then?

 

I believe you can yes.

[GrantSor+1]

 

yep its the exact same just your CPU was higher binned than the OP's so came out the factory at a higher clock (same with the FX-8320,8350)

 

 

C states are what allow your CPU to down clock its self. So turning it off stops the CPU doing this... Like I said you can enable it again once you have a OC that is stable to save some power.

 

LLC = Load Line Calibration, it allows your CPU to pull more voltage when it feels its needs to (such as 100% prime95 test) Not having this configured correctly can result in a stable OC not being stable during testing as it is not "allowed" to pull the extra voltage it needs to prevent vdoop.

 

 

I believe you can yes.

DISABLED C states when testing the max OC; After getting the max OC , enabled it
LLC - How do I actually configure this
 

I cant place an image, it says i cant use it. (forum error)
NOTE: Pictures are from the internet and these are not my settings - I cant actually see where are Cstates and LLC located maybe they have another/alternate name?

 

http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1448044/width/350/height/700/flags/LL

if you cant see it, it has
Bclock core control
CPU northbridge frequency
HT Link frequency
CPU CLOCK RATIO

Here are the voltage settings - what will I leave at default,off or at auto?

link http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/24/quvuzege.jpg
 

memory - should I touch this?s

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143393&stc=1&d=1398920200

Heres a vid on 970A-DS3P overclocking