advice on fx-6300 oc

[polio23]

So I have an fx-6300, a cooler master hyper 212 plus. and an asrock 990fx mobo. What is the most reasonable (meaning efficient and safe) overclock and can perform?

 

[TomTom111]

So I have an fx-6300, a cooler master hyper 212 plus. and an asrock 990fx mobo. What is the most reasonable (meaning efficient and safe) overclock and can perform?

I have the same processor with liquid cooling.
Our motherboard is slightly different though, although in the same ball park.
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3

I currently have my CPU clocked at 4.7 GHz @ 1.5V
This is as far as i was able to push my CPU and maintain stability.
Temps rarely hit 50C under heavy load (The perks of a 95W CPU).

Every CPU is different though, you will have to dial it in with your hardware configuration.

 

[Calculatron]

As long as your motherboard isn't the Extreme3, your processor should be your only limitation.

The Hyper 212 Plus is fairly stalwart. Unless you drew particularly bad for the silicon lottery, I think you'll be able to manage at least 4.2 ghz. Honestly, we won't know until you try it; just remember to play it safe and work it up slowly. Better safe than sorry.

 

[polio23]

I have the extreme 3 what's the damage?

 

[Calculatron]

The damage isn't too much. Your Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) has a heatsink, however, it only have 4+1 phases, which is sub-optimal. You can still overclock, but I wouldn't push it too far.

As long as the voltages are reasonable, you can probably easily match a FX-6350 speed (3.9 ghz) and not have to worry about it. Personally, I would see how far you can overclock with just stock voltages, and call it good there. You might be able to reach as high as 4.2 ghz.

 

[polio23]

anyone else got info?

 

[polio23]

anyone else got info?

 

[Beezy]

I have an Asus m5a97 r2.0. 970 chipset and a hyper 212 EVO. I'm at 4.4 ghz stable and I don go over 60/65°. I feel I could get up to 4.6 with enough tweaking but ATM 4.4 ghz has been very good to me. I launch all programs at once to kinda see. I run blender, mypaint, chrome, sculptris, 3ds Max,libreoffice steam origin all my programs simultaneously and smoothly. Ill post my settings BiOs soon for u

 

[Beezy]

Got to 4.6 Ghz. C6 disabled. voltage is at 1.4125000 for the CPU and CPU/NB is on auto. Multi is at 23 and fsb is auto (mine stays at 200.6) . 200 X 23 = 4.6 GHZ