FX 6300 Overclock issue

[Philldo]

Hi guys,

 

I have decided to give overclocking a go and after watching countless tutorials i manage to overclock to 3.9ghz. My aim is to get to 4.3ghz but as soon as i overclock my CPU over 4ghz my GTX 1050 TI OC windforce shits the bed and my display driver fails to start. help????

[Princess Luna]

That is because your silicon on the FX 6300 seems to hit its limit at 3.9ghz, if your system becomes unstable and crashes past that then not much else you can do.

[Philldo]

People seem to be able to hit 4.4ghz with the same CPU though, could this be a motherboard issue?

[Ryujin2003]

3 minutes ago, Philldo said:

People seem to be able to hit 4.4ghz with the same CPU though, could this be a motherboard issue?

Silicon lottery. Sometimes you can do it, someone's not. My old FX 6350 wouldn't make it much post 4.5. 4.6 would bomb out. Went from 970 to 990 chip set, and that helped me only get that .1 increase and no more.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

3 hours ago, Philldo said:

Hi guys,

 

I have decided to give overclocking a go and after watching countless tutorials i manage to overclock to 3.9ghz. My aim is to get to 4.3ghz but as soon as i overclock my CPU over 4ghz my GTX 1050 TI OC windforce shits the bed and my display driver fails to start. help????

The driver crashes just like any other software could crash: your OC simply isn't stable.

 

You mention you increased thw clock, I suppose by increasing the multiplier, but you don't mention voltages. If you never moved vcore beyond its stock value, it is normal to hit a limit at around the default boost clock of the CPU or slightly higher. What you need to do is to increase vcore slightly and test the PC. If it fails, increase it agin, and test again, etc.

Also, if you are not stress testing at all, you may not even be stable at 3.9 HHz (just because the PC manages to boot it doesn't mean that you won't have any problem under load). So, remember to

1. Stress test
2. If failed, increase vcore and test again 
3. If succesful, increase multiplier and test again

Until you reach your target speed or the voltage becomes scary/too much for your motherboard/temps get too high. Always monitor temperatures during all tests.

 

In addition, you may find it harder to use RAM at rated OC speeds (XMP, etc) when overclocking. You may need to raise the CPU-NB voltage a bit to restore stability. Failed RAM OC is a very common reason to get crashing drivers in OCed computers.

[Philldo]

13 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

The driver crashes just like any other software could crash: your OC simply isn't stable.

 

You mention you increased thw clock, I suppose by increasing the multiplier, but you don't mention voltages. If you never moved vcore beyond its stock value, it is normal to hit a limit at around the default boost clock of the CPU or slightly higher. What you need to do is to increase vcore slightly and test the PC. If it fails, increase it agin, and test again, etc.

Also, if you are not stress testing at all, you may not even be stable at 3.9 HHz (just because the PC manages to boot it doesn't mean that you won't have any problem under load). So, remember to

1. Stress test
2. If failed, increase vcore and test again 
3. If succesful, increase multiplier and test again

Until you reach your target speed or the voltage becomes scary/too much for your motherboard/temps get too high. Always monitor temperatures during all tests.

 

In addition, you may find it harder to use RAM at rated OC speeds (XMP, etc) when overclocking. You may need to raise the CPU-NB voltage a bit to restore stability. Failed RAM OC is a very common reason to get crashing drivers in OCed computers.

[Philldo]

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