Messing with FX-6300 overclock

[itachipirate]

Hey! I've overclocked my FX-6300 to 4.2ghz under a hyper 212 evo using auto voltage. After hearing a lot of bad things about automatic voltage, I've switched the CPU and NB voltage to manual. Right now I'm sticking with the stock NB voltage, and 1.3875v on my CPU at 4.3ghz. I have a 212 EVO and my temperature never got over 50DC at 1.4v. This specific CPU seems to be a fantastic overclocker. This is my first manual overclock and it's scary as hell. Should I push the clock speed higher, or drop the voltage? What voltage would be average-ok for this CPU at 4.3ghz? Thanks for the help!

[SImoHayha]

Maybe mess around and use cinebench to see if it's stable with the voltage

[itachipirate]

Maybe mess around and use cinebench to see if it's stable with the voltage

it seemed stable in aida64. I've set the voltage to 1.375 at 4.4ghz and I'm about to see if it's stable

[SImoHayha]

it seemed stable in aida64. I've set the voltage to 1.375 at 4.4ghz and I'm about to see if it's stable

try lower the voltage as well to see if. You won the silicon lottery

[itachipirate]

try lower the voltage as well to see if. You won the silicon lottery

err... at 4.4ghz 1.375v it seems stable. Am I doing something wrong? This all seems wrong to me

[SImoHayha]

err... at 4.4ghz 1.375v it seems stable. Am I doing something wrong? This all seems wrong to me

Nope what I mean is if you can have the overclock be stable at lower voltages it means you won the silicon lottery. Because you don't have to use that much voltage which can increase temps when its higher and lower temps when the voltage is lower.

[Clyne]

Hmm auto voltage sucks anyway, AMD Turbocore caused my PC to freeze a lot.

Since you have 4.4GHZ at 1.375V stable, so downvolt untill it crashes in a test........

Trying to get 1.22V on my 8320

http://valid.x86.fr/waeefi

[dankarlo]

Hi there,

I have the same CPU and I've seen posts about 6300 OC and they vary in voltages depending on the mobo. For example, on Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2 you could get lower voltages (less than 1.2V in stock) than in a Gigabyte board (around 1.3V in stock). Don't know if this is done for stability reasons, but you could google if someone with your mobo has a decent overclock and what voltages to expect. I did 4.2 on all cores at 1.275 volts without any issues (Asrock board) and got 51 C (TT Frio Silent 12 at 1100RPM). I've heard that once you get past 4.4 - 4.5Ghz in order to get a higher overcloick (let's say 4.8) you will have to increase the voltage significantly (~1.45 +volts).Each CPU, mobo is different, so the final results may vary, but if you have a decent cooling you are sure to get 4.4 -4.5 Ghz without a hassle.

[itachipirate]

Hmm auto voltage sucks anyway, AMD Turbocore caused my PC to freeze a lot.

Since you have 4.4GHZ at 1.375V stable, so downvolt untill it crashes in a test........

Trying to get 1.22V on my 8320

http://valid.x86.fr/waeefi

I'm trying to get mine to crash by downvolting it... but it just won't! I've lowered the voltage to 1.362 and it still finishes Cinebench fine at 4.4ghz. I'm going to try 4.5ghz and if it won't crash I'll lower the voltage again

[dankarlo]

I'm trying to get mine to crash by downvolting it... but it just won't! I've lowered the voltage to 1.362 and it still finishes Cinebench fine at 4.4ghz. I'm going to try 4.5ghz and if it won't crash I'll lower the voltage again

Sometimes it will not crash under load, but in general use. Try to use the target voltage/speed for more than few minutes and go around some of your daily tasks. If it freezes, you'll have to increase it.

[itachipirate]

Sometimes it will not crash under load, but in general use. Try to use the target voltage/speed for more than few minutes and go around some of your daily tasks. If it freezes, you'll have to increase it.

Haha that's what I've been doing when checking on this post

 

It crashed at 4.5ghz 1.368v but it may have been because I disabled CPU LLC. I've went to 1.365v with LLC on medium (25%) and 4.4ghz seems to be stable so far. I'll bump up the voltage a little bit if it blue screen again but overall I'm really satisfied!