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I have an fx 6300 running at 3.5ghz, but its hot as hell out here and I am using a regular stock cooler so it keeps shutting down whenever i play any demanding game for over an hour. 
I have tried just bringing down the multiplier until the speed is lower but it still seems to be the same. So am i supposed to undervolt the cpu too? Or do i just have to suck it up and buy a new cooler. 

 

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I have an fx 6300 running at 3.5ghz, but its hot as hell out here and I am using a regular stock cooler so it keeps shutting down whenever i play any demanding game for over an hour. 

I have tried just bringing down the multiplier until the speed is lower but it still seems to be the same. So am i supposed to undervolt the cpu too? Or do i just have to suck it up and buy a new cooler. 

yeah. lower multoplier and voltage.

 

Or get a better CPU cooler.

 

I feel you, FX-6300 here, had it for a while on stock.

 

Now i have custom loop.

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New cooler bro. You can pickup a cooler master evo for like $15

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I dont think undervolting or underclocking is gonna make a big difference until you start seriously underclocking.

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New cooler bro. You can pickup a cooler master evo for like $15

You underestimate taxes in Europe. At the end it end up costing me like I am running a custom water loop. 

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$15 coolermaster 212 evo. Works great, might be too big though.

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a chip at stock should not be crashing, something else is wrong most likely

Yeah its 35C outside. That's why. 

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I have an fx 6300 running at 3.5ghz, but its hot as hell out here and I am using a regular stock cooler so it keeps shutting down whenever i play any demanding game for over an hour. 

I have tried just bringing down the multiplier until the speed is lower but it still seems to be the same. So am i supposed to undervolt the cpu too? Or do i just have to suck it up and buy a new cooler. 

What are the temps? Assuming they are too hot, open Catalyst Control Center(CCC.exe) and go to the "CPU Power" Tab, and drag the slider to the desired speed.

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New cooler bro. You can pickup a cooler master evo for like $15

actually, its more like $30.

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Get a better cooler.

 

Stock cooler should meet demands at the stock speed. Try reapplying the thermal paste, or maybe it's just your hot room and not-so-well ventilated case.

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I would get a Cooler Master Evo. I have the N520, and it's loud as hell with both fans running, I only run it with the pull fan and I works fine, and it's only a 1-2 degree difference. It does, however, overclock my 6300 to 4 GHz.

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What are the temps? Assuming they are too hot, open Catalyst Control Center(CCC.exe) and go to the "CPU Power" Tab, and drag the slider to the desired speed.

Temps are high enough for it to shut down. as i said it steadily builds up to about 80C in about an hour. 

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You underestimate taxes in Europe. At the end it end up costing me like I am running a custom water loop. 

How high are they?

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How high are they?

 

Taxes in Europe can be from shy of 10% to about 30%. Plus shipping.

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Slowly lower the voltage until it gets unstable, then up one notch.

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omfg taxes here are 6.25%, and for New Hampshire there is no sales tax. That's mental tho, I feel sorry for you.

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omfg taxes here are 6.25%, and for New Hampshire there is no sales tax. That's mental tho, I feel sorry for you.

 

And some people wonder why us Europeans complain about hardware costing disproportionately more than what it would in the US.

 

It's crazy. The EU is kinda dumb like that...

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And some people wonder why us Europeans complain about hardware costing disproportionately more than what it would in the US.

 

It's crazy. The EU is kinda dumb like that...

Its the price of having universal free healthcare and education. 

 

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You underestimate taxes in Europe. At the end it end up costing me like I am running a custom water loop. 

I live in australia, paying 2x the price of a gpu...

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Its the price of having universal free healthcare and education. 

 

 

I guess there's that...

 

Rather be paying a bit more for hardware than paying up the goddamn nostril for medicine for glue ear. Rather have the free healthcare in that sense.

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I guess there's that...

 

Rather be paying a bit more for hardware than paying up the goddamn nostril for medicine for glue ear. Rather have the free healthcare in that sense.

What's glue ear

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What's glue ear

 

It's where your earwax becomes softer and more oily, sometimes runny.

 

I have it. It's kinda not nice.

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