fx 6300 overclocking help

[Gothickittikat]

Hi I'm new to this site but have been using it for months to research things. I've recently tried overclocking my fx 6300 black unlocked edition. I am unable to get passed 4.0 ghz. last night i tried to get to 4.1 ghz. It just BSOD or the computer is in a constant loop of restarting. (I have windows 10 btw) My cpu cooler is an H60 and my temps seem fine around 26 C at lowest. I also have an r9 280x in my system and a 600 watt psu. Any ideas on what i might be doing wrong. I tried overclocking through amd cpu overdrive and bios. I would really like to push my cpu a bit higher without it crashing on me. Thanks guys

 

[TheDankMemer]

Try upping the voltage

 

[TheDankMemer]

Btw what mobo do you have?

 

[TheDankMemer]

If it is anything under the UD3P dont overclock as it will overheat the VRMs

 

[Gothickittikat]

Try upping the voltage

I have a ga-78lmt-usb3 motherboard.

 

[TheDankMemer]

Ah, I see, don't bother overclocking, you're going to overheat the VRMs

 

[Gothickittikat]

Ah, I see, don't bother overclocking, you're going to overheat the VRMs

i guess i can upgrade it which motherboard would you suggest?

 

[TheDankMemer]

Whats the budget?

 

[Gothickittikat]

Whats the budget?

i'd say about 100 to 150 bucks tops

 

[TheDankMemer]

Would recommend this mobo http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99xevor20

Btw which cooler do you have?

 

[Gothickittikat]

Would recommend this mobo http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99xevor20

Btw which cooler do you have?

awesome thank you so much. Oh i have an H60 water cooler

 

[TheDankMemer]

That should be fine for reaching ~4.4 Ghz

 

[Wisecracker]

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P: $96

The 78LMT-USB3 is a nice budget board, but 4GHz is its effective OC limit.

I'm running an FX-6350 @ 4.7GHz/1.3625v on my -UD3P with a CM T4 air cooler --- 4.4GHz+ should not be an issue for you.

 

[Auzans]

Lucky to get that low voltage at that clock speed. 😛

 

[Wisecracker]

It's a sweet chip --- Week 42 of 2014. I suspect I could crank things a good bit higher, but I'm not greedy, and I'm a bit of a chicken

 

[Riptorz]

Just a suggestion, Im using the 990FXA-UD3 R5 and im able to hit 4.8@1.444v on air right now @68c 6 hour stress testing (70 is the thermal limit) 55-60 in BF4 ultra settings with my GTX 960. it only cost me 110, but i think it just raised to 130 on newegg. Same processor you have though. Fx 6300.

 

[Wisecracker]

NewEgg cut the price $20 last night and added a $10 rebate on the GA-970A-UD3P listed above. (It's always good to get NewEgg E-Blast email alerts )

The 990FXA-UD3 and the 970A-UD3P essentially have the same PWM - - - - not sure what the latest 'R5' version brings to the table over the original 990FXA-UD3. It does have 42 PCIe lanes (24 on the 970A-UD3P) and 2x eSATA if that is of interest.