fx6300 overclock asistance

[EnduranceZ]

Hi guys,
Not new to building PCs but new to overclocking.
Im running the amd 6300fx on a m5a97 r 2.0.
Firstly, I do not want much overclocking only a very mild clock, what I care for is a good stable experience when I play bf4. etc.
The mobo seems to have alot of vdroop currently running at 3.9 ghz at 1.272 stable, but under stress in p95 and occt the vcore droops down to 1.18-1.200 however the system is stable with 2.5 hours of p95, and 3 hours on octt. The part I do not understand is when I enable LLC the vcore goes up to 1.30x under load. Am I better off leaving llc off what is the difference? Or is this voltage fluctuation under load fine?

thanks for your input.

 

[Darkbreeze]

What settings do you have the LLC set to? Are the turbo boost and cool and quiet disabled? C states? I don't think 1.3v is too high but it depends on your particular chip, as well as other hardware. The PSU plays a HUGE factor in this, especially if it's a unit with poor voltage regulation.

To start with that board isn't the greatest overclocking platform, though with 4+2 it's better than some budget boards. More importantly, what is the brand and model number of your PSU? In fact, what are your complete system specs?

 

[EnduranceZ]

hi dark breeze thanks for the response,
my voltages are on manual and the only thing changed is my vcore set @ 1.275v.
My llc is set on off and under max load vcore droops to 1.18-1.2, but when I enable it it goes up to 1.3 under load.
I do not have instability with it off, so Im guessing its fine this way.
My psu is an FSP raider 650 watts 80+.
cpu= fx6300 + hyper 212 evo
mobo= asus m5a97 r2.0
gpu= asus gtx 760 oc 4gb
ram= gskill rip jaws x 2x4gb, 1,5v 1600mhz
case= zalman z9plus, with 6 fans on it.

The system has been stable ever since, so Im guessing its fine. Its only the LLC and voltages bugging me.

 

[Darkbreeze]

You want the LLC ON to offset the vdroop. There should be about four or five different manual LLC settings. Low, Medium, High, Very High and Ultra. It might be somewhat different for your particular board, but it should be similar. With only a 400mhz overclock it shouldn't be terribly obvious but I'd say to set it at medium or high. That aside, as I said, the 1.3v should not be an issue. My 8320 which is very similar to the 6300, basically the same chip with two cores disabled, runs very stable and very much cool at 1.35v with a 4.5Ghz OC. I'd say 1.3v is fine and if you run CPU-Z you'll probably see it fluxuates somewhat anyhow.

If the vdroop isn't a issue, don't sweat it. If it is, set the LLC as mentioned and it should be fine.

 

[EnduranceZ]

unfortunately on my mobo, llc is only set to disabled,auto,and enabled and enabled gives a near 20c increase in socket temps, Im guessing it sets it to something like ultra.

 

[Darkbreeze]

You're right about the settings, but none of the boards I've ever worked with have suffered from a major temp increase simply from enabling the LLC regardless whether they had manual settings or simply the basic on/off auto functions. After doing a bit of research however it seems that the M5A97 r2.0 does have some issues with the LLC overvolting the cpu. It might be better if you left it off and simply bump the vCore up a little to compensate, if it's necessary even.

At 1.3v you shouldn't be seeing a 20c temp increase at idle though. Is that at idle or is that a max temp increase? Your stock voltage with no low power states on should be around 1.35v@3.5Ghz as seen here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1974845/stock-voltage-6300.html