AMD FX-6300 Overclocking CPU temperature safe?

[stephen993]

Hello readers, I have a quick question.

Real quick, here are my specs:

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5 ghz (4.1 Turbo)
Motherboard: ASUS M5a97 R2.0
PSU: Corsair CX600
RAM: Kingston Fury 8 GB (4x2)
GPU: Radeon R9 280
CASE: CORSAIR ATX 200r Mid-Tower

.::COOLING::.
Fan on ceiling of case blowing out
Fan on bottom blowing up
Cooler Master Seidon (something I don't recall and I do apologize it's been awhile since I put it together)

I over clocked my CPU to 4.3 Ghz with 1.38 voltage
My temperatures at idle if I'm not doing anything are 36c.
My temperature at load hit 55c and i ran aida64 (which i know doesn't max out temperature to my understanding) I've had multiple associates tell me prime95 isn't the best for FX cards. Anyways...
Whenever I'm playing a game such as Arma III, Battlefield 4, or GTA IV (horrible) , etc it reaches 52c which is the highest i've seen it so far. I've heard the safe zone with AMD cpu's are roughly 60-65 degrees Celsius. I just would like to hear it from another knowledgeable bunch.

Now I've posted on Tomshardware and am not very aware on the community's respect and behavior, so I would just please get to the point and don't bash me.
Thanks.
Excuse my grammar..I'm polish ha

 

[Bezzell]

52C is extremely low for AMD or INTEL chips.

 

[Thaisnang]

52C is safe but watch out for your motherboard VRM temperatures as well they heat up really fast when overclocked especially on AMD boards with liquid cooling.

 

[stephen993]

52C is safe but watch out for your motherboard VRM temperatures as well they heat up really fast when overclocked especially on AMD boards with liquid cooling.

How would I go about doing that?
I see my motherboard temperature is always around 30c or a little more.
That's probably not the same though?

 

[Bezzell]

cpu-z HWmonitor. *Not the trial pro version. Just plain HWmonitor.

 

[stephen993]

cpu-z HWmonitor. *Not the trial pro version. Just plain HWmonitor.

I have HWMonitor, and I've gone through it, and I only see GPU VRM temperature 1 and 2.

 

[Bezzell]

You don't have motherboard temps at the top?

Also, you can dremel out 2x 120mm holes in the front of the 200r and buy some $3 fan filters for better intake cooling.

http://cdn.overclock.net/4/4d/4df38f4c_DSC_0133.jpeg

 

[stephen993]

You don't have motherboard temps at the top?

Also, you can dremel out 2x 120mm holes in the front of the 200r and buy some $3 fan filters for better intake cooling.

http://cdn.overclock.net/4/4d/4df38f4c_DSC_0133.jpeg

I decided to just reset my bios to optimized settings, it's too much to worry about it lol. Quick question, I know it's irrelevant to the topic, but if I go "Control Panel" and then "Power Options" and click "High Performance" will that diminish the life of the CPU at all? I know you're thinking "You just overclocked dummy!" But I'm just wondering. 😛

 

[Thaisnang]

There is no software to check motherboard VRM temps as far as I know. Some high end motherboards have those kind of features though. The only way you can do it is to use the Thermometer Gun.

 

[Thaisnang]

I decided to just reset my bios to optimized settings, it's too much to worry about it lol. Quick question, I know it's irrelevant to the topic, but if I go "Control Panel" and then "Power Options" and click "High Performance" will that diminish the life of the CPU at all? I know you're thinking "You just overclocked dummy!" But I'm just wondering. 😛

Putting it to high performance would just keep the CPU clocks highest as possible but within what has been set in the BIOS.
If you Put it to balanced then clocks will be lowered when not needed.

 

[madmatt30]

Your CPU temps are very very good mate - at 1.38v I wouldn't worry about vrm temps at all on a R2 board - it has very good quality MOSFETs.
Your throwing less voltage through them than a stock 8350 so you're pretty safe IMO.

 

[Bezzell]

Yes, you're overthinking and almost panicking over nothing. Your temps are very low, and that chip will probably run for 30 years 24/7 at that overclock.

I had, and still have in the closet, an AMD64 2800+ that ran overclocked at 80c for nearly 8 years, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Would still boot up I'm sure if I could find a motherboard for it.

Gaming laptops get near 80-90C during long gaming sessions. Modern silicon dies and electronics are manufactured, designed, and expected to operate under temps that may seem hot to an organic organism, but they are silicon. The rules are different.

These modern processors are almost impossible to kill. Notice how you never see pages of forum posts about people killing their processors? Very few die before they become obsolete. Very, very few.

 

[stephen993]

Yes, you're overthinking and almost panicking over nothing. Your temps are very low, and that chip will probably run for 30 years 24/7 at that overclock.

I had, and still have in the closet, an AMD64 2800+ that ran overclocked at 80c for nearly 8 years, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Would still boot up I'm sure if I could find a motherboard for it.

Gaming laptops get near 80-90C during long gaming sessions. Modern silicon dies and electronics are manufactured, designed, and expected to operate under temps that may seem hot to an organic organism, but they are silicon. The rules are different.

These modern processors are almost impossible to kill. Notice how you never see pages of forum posts about people killing their processors? Very few die before they become obsolete. Very, very few.

Thank you , that made me feel a lot better!

Thank you everyone else as well for your knowledgeable information.

 

[cmi86]

Not to be rude but you should know these things before even attempting to overclock your CPU. Remember there is a right way and a wrong way to do things.

Always know the max CPU temps and voltages specified by the manufacturer before messing with things.

 

[stephen993]

Not to be rude but you should know these things before even attempting to overclock your CPU. Remember there is a right way and a wrong way to do things.

Always know the max CPU temps and voltages specified by the manufacturer before messing with things.

That is very true. I did hours of research on overclocking the Fx-6300, but didn't read too much into the Motherboard VRM temperatures. I just wanted to hear other's opinions on the situation. I saved the profile in my Bios, and will probably switch back, thus creating me to research even more beforehand.

What you said wasn't rude.

 

[cmi86]

Not to be rude but you should know these things before even attempting to overclock your CPU. Remember there is a right way and a wrong way to do things.

Always know the max CPU temps and voltages specified by the manufacturer before messing with things.

That is very true. I did hours of research on overclocking the Fx-6300, but didn't read too much into the Motherboard VRM temperatures. I just wanted to hear other's opinions on the situation. I saved the profile in my Bios, and will probably switch back, thus creating me to research even more beforehand.

What you said wasn't rude.

Good deal. Knowing these things ahead of time can save you a lot of time, worry and hardware. Enjoy overclocking that 6300 they are fun. With some tweaking I got mine to 4.5 on less than stock voltage !