CPU Overclocked But Lower FPS in Games?

[LeopardStrike]

Hey guys.
So the other day, I got a new motherboard and i got Corsair's h80i Liquid Cooling System.
I decided to overclock my CPU, which is an AMD FX-6300. I followed a guide on youtube on how to overclock the same processor that I have.
I raised multiplier to 21.5 (4.3 ghz), and voltage to 1.4v. I did all the fancy things like disable turbo and what not.
So, I was excited to test out Bad Company 2 (yea its not that hard to run, but I love the game), and I'm in the menu, and it suddenly freezes. My mouse can obviously move, but the menu is frozen, my fps (from fraps) is frozen. I had to ctrl+alt+del and close it.
Weird...
I decided to run Call of Duty, Advanced Warfare, which I can get a constant 90 fps (capped) without my CPU being overclocked. I loaded up a game, and my fps was fluctuating from 68 to about 85 (max and rarely).
****I ran "Intel Burn Test (v2)" on standard (which is the recommended mode) and it completed all 10/10 tests, everything stable, temp at 38 c max (100 F).

Why am I getting worse fps (and bf bad company 2 freezing at menu) with my overclock. The only thing I didn't follow in the whole OC guide was overclocking North Bridge voltage (from 1 to 1.23), but my friend says it's not too necessary.
Another thing is he said my vrams might be overheating, as my motherboard does not have heat sinks (I know heat sinks are important and what they do, but I thought my motherboard had them and I was wrong).

Is my overclock bad because of not having heatsinks? Or not increasing NB voltage?
I couldn't find a single thread online about overclocking lowering fps.

Thanks for the future help guys!

 

[brandaxv]

Hey guys.
So the other day, I got a new motherboard and i got Corsair's h80i Liquid Cooling System.
I decided to overclock my CPU, which is an AMD FX-6300. I followed a guide on youtube on how to overclock the same processor that I have.
I raised multiplier to 21.5 (4.3 ghz), and voltage to 1.4v. I did all the fancy things like disable turbo and what not.
So, I was excited to test out Bad Company 2 (yea its not that hard to run, but I love the game), and I'm in the menu, and it suddenly freezes. My mouse can obviously move, but the menu is frozen, my fps (from fraps) is frozen. I had to ctrl+alt+del and close it.
Weird...
I decided to run Call of Duty, Advanced Warfare, which I can get a constant 90 fps (capped) without my CPU being overclocked. I loaded up a game, and my fps was fluctuating from 68 to about 85 (max and rarely).
****I ran "Intel Burn Test (v2)" on standard (which is the recommended mode) and it completed all 10/10 tests, everything stable, temp at 38 c max (100 F).

Why am I getting worse fps (and bf bad company 2 freezing at menu) with my overclock. The only thing I didn't follow in the whole OC guide was overclocking North Bridge voltage (from 1 to 1.23), but my friend says it's not too necessary.
Another thing is he said my vrams might be overheating, as my motherboard does not have heat sinks (I know heat sinks are important and what they do, but I thought my motherboard had them and I was wrong).

Is my overclock bad because of not having heatsinks? Or not increasing NB voltage?
I couldn't find a single thread online about overclocking lowering fps.

Thanks for the future help guys!

i also have that CPU, what is your motherboard? overclocking involves keeping the CPU cool and stable but if the motherboard isn't that good it will not work properly.

 

[LeopardStrike]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157364
Motherboard is ASRock 970 Pro3 r2.0

Like I said, I thought it had heatsinks but it turns out it doesn't. And I THINK that might be the main cause. Still looking for a sure answer.

 

[madmatt30]

Raising the voltage to 1.4 will be pushing huge temps through the vrm's mate.
You've gone at over clocking like a bull in a China shop here.
Dropping big voltage increases like that in one hit is a big no-no in the overclocking world.

You should be upping the multiplier incrementally with the voltage at stock to the point where you do actually need a voltage increase.
I'll tell you for a fact ,every 6300 I've ever used apart from 2 (around 30 builds) will hit 4ghz on stock voltage.
I'm currently running at 4.2ghz at 1.272v.
Drop your bios back to default & start again.
1.4v is way too much & also there is no way on this planet you're topping out at 38c at those clocks/volts with a h80 - not possible mate.
Use hwinfo64 to monitor clocks while stress testing - no doubt they're throttling - and amd overdrive to monitor temps

 

[LeopardStrike]

Hey thanks, it makes more sense now.
But like I said, i have a liquid cooling system. I do in fact get around 40C while gaming (this is stock though). So I might be able to overclock this puppy a bit if I have the patience (I am an extremely impatiant person aha)
And also I do think it is my motherboard's lack of heatsinks.