Overclocking FX-6300

[Littlelaner]

Is it safe to overclock my FX-6300 with my stock cooler? If so how far can I push it and could you give me tips on overclocking?(basically how to do it) I have never done it before, but just bought a 1060 and wanted to bump up performance a little bit until I upgrade my CPU. 

Thanks. 

[don_svetlio]

No, it is not. Keep the CPU under 67*C

[Bananasplit_00]

its safe to OC as long as your temps are fine, which should be basically not much at all in your case but anyway go into the BIOS and raise the CPU multiplier a bit and then boot and run a stress test like AIDA64 for 10min and if it crashes up the voltage a little bit and then raise the multiplier if that works and then just keep doing that untill you cant go higher or your CPU goes above 85C-90C ish

 

*edit*

i have never overclocked an AMD chip btw this is just a standart tutorial on how to do it in general and with the stock cooler it might not be the best idea in the world

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

its safe to OC as long as your temps are fine, which should be basically not much at all in your case but anyway go into the BIOS and raise the CPU multiplier a bit and then boot and run a stress test like AIDA64 for 10min and if it crashes up the voltage a little bit and then raise the multiplier if that works and then just keep doing that untill you cant go higher or your CPU goes above 85C-90C ish

Max safe temps for FX is 67*C. 85*C would kill it.

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Max safe temps for FX is 67*C. 85*C would kill it.

really? weak chip wow... also i added an edit

[Littlelaner]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

No, it is not. Keep the CPU under 67*C

Ok, thanks for letting me know. 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

really? weak chip wow... also i added an edit

Since when is CPU performance measured in thermal durability? What are you even talking about? Please stop giving bad advice and/or trolling. Thank you.

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Since when is CPU performance measured in thermal durability? What are you even talking about? Please stop giving bad advice and/or trolling. Thank you.

i just think that most CPUs can handle more then that, thats all

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

i just think that most CPUs can handle more then that, thats all

That does not depend on the CPU. It depends on the socket. Intel use LGA type sockets which have higher thermal limits and allows them to be lazy with the stock coolers. AMD use a different socket design which is not meant to go over 70*C

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

That does not depend on the CPU. It depends on the socket. Intel use LGA type sockets which have higher thermal limits and allows them to be lazy with the stock coolers. AMD use a different socket design which is not meant to go over 70*C

huh thanks for the info, i thought it was all about what the silicon could handle before getting to hot 

[LeStringMan]

With the stock cooler you can probably get 3.8 ghz across all 6 cores, maybe more, but i wouldnt go a whole lot higher. Go into the bios and disable Turbo Core and APM, you shouldn't need to touch voltages for 3.8, max temp on the FX line is 61c(as recommended) by AMD, throttle temp is should be around 70c, AM3/3+ max socket temp is 70c, so watch those too, if your board has a socket sensor.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

huh thanks for the info, i thought it was all about what the silicon could handle before getting to hot 

Not everything is made of silicon. Silicon can handle much more than 100*C yet intel doesn't allow you to go over that.

[Bananasplit_00]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Not everything is made of silicon. Silicon can handle much more than 100*C yet intel doesn't allow you to go over that.

i had never thought the socket would be the first thing to go from heat. well i wish i would have known this earlier tbh

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 hour ago, Littlelaner said:

Is it safe to overclock my FX-6300 with my stock cooler? If so how far can I push it and could you give me tips on overclocking?(basically how to do it) I have never done it before, but just bought a 1060 and wanted to bump up performance a little bit until I upgrade my CPU. 

Thanks. 

It is absolutely safe as long as you do it... safely That is, always monitor your temperatures. Try little by little, and whenever it starts to get too hot, well, that's your limit on that cooler. If you don't push it despite seeing high temps, the worst that can happen is that you have to give up too soon and settle for a disappointing OC until you improve your cooling, nothing more.

 

But it applies to any cooler really, stock or not.

[Curious Pineapple]

I just used AMD Overdrive as it monitors the temps, loads up the CPU and slowly cranks the clock and voltage within defined limits. Cinebench score went up by a fair amount. I'm at 4.1 GHz stable with the stock cooler and no thermal throttling. When I get a better cooling solution I'll do some manual tweaking, but I'm happy with performance for now. FX-6300 too