OverClocking AMD FX-6300

[JamesTheGames11]

Hi Everyone!

 

Is it worth overclocking the 6300, would i see much difference in FPS? Or is it worth moving up to the FX-8370 and overclocking that? My GPU at the moment is the MSI GTX 970.

 

Thanks! 

[Aytex]

not worth moving up. save up for a hyperthredded i3 or a low end i5

[Swndlr]

A lil overclocking never hurt I suppose.

[GM_Peka]

If you're running a 300 quid GPU with a 90 quid CPU, you're doing it wrong.

[Majestic]

No amount of OC will ever get you to saturate that GPU. Eventhough it's an nvidia GPU, so you'll not have AMD-levels of driver overhead, it's still a really bad match.

Besides, we can't even be sure overclocking is an option as we don't know the board of cooling.

[Guest trucker2]

Best time to overclock is just before you get a new cpu.

FPS will vary from game to game.

[IateMApoo]

It is worth ocing, but only if you aim for high speeds, 4.4 GHz or above.

[SImoHayha]

Hi Everyone!

 

Is it worth overclocking the 6300, would i see much difference in FPS? Or is it worth moving up to the FX-8370 and overclocking that? My GPU at the moment is the MSI GTX 970.

 

Thanks! 

Nope get an I5 if you are wanting to upgrade. The FX processors will bottleneck any high grade GPU. Overclocking will practically do nothing unless you got some liquid nitrogen handy.

[JamesTheGames11]

Okay thanks for the response guys!

 

So the outcome looks like i should upgrade to an i5. I forgot to mention that i have the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo for cooling the CPU.

[i_build_nanosuits]

So the outcome looks like i should upgrade to an i5. I forgot to mention that i have the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo for cooling the CPU.

if you want to make good use of your GTX 970 and max it out and having high minimum FPS in just about any games out there you DO require an intel haswell core i5 processor or better.

[miagisan]

I saw a very nice bump in some games with an easy OC of 4.5ghz. Your mileage may vary on a game basis.