Help overclocking my fx 6300 with multiplier and FSB

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tensai27

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I've already managed to overclock my FX 6300 up to 4.2ghz through the multiplier. I have the NB and HT set to 2200mhz and LLC is enabled. I raised the voltage up to 1.39v(stock was at 1.36v). It's a stable overclock and has passed several hours on OCCT.
I have read on forums that a lot people were able to get higher overclocks with lower voltages by doing a mix of multiplier and FSB. I don't really have any experience with overclocking through the FSB, as I have always preferred multiplier due to it's simplicity. I know when you mess with the FSB, it changes a lot of other values such as ram frequency.
I'm just really unsure as to where to go from here. I have reasonable temperature room. Stress tests at 4.2ghz only get me up to 46'c. Should I back off the multiplier and raise the FSB? Should I overclock or under clock the ram? How about NB/HT?
Here's my specs:
FX 6300 @4.2ghz w/ hyper 212 EVO
ASUS M5A97 r2.0
1x 7200rpm hdd
8gb ddr3 1333mhz (4gbx2)
MSI R9-280x
SeaSonic S12II Bronze 520W PSU

4.2ghz isn't that bad but I'm hoping to be able to reach 4.4-4.5ghz to help reduce fps drops in cpu intensive games. I appreciate any assistance. Thanks!
 
Solution
leave the bus speed at auto. For me setting it at 200, or anything other than auto, has caused instability. When at auto mine reads at 200.63 in CPU-z. Leave CPU LLC at auto too, both. i dont remember off the top of my head if hpc mode has an auto setting but if it does set it to auto. Are you setting anything in the RAM timings? go into dram timing control and make it auto.

Once youve done all this ^
toggle Dram voltage between auto and 1.5 manually.

I can post a couple of my configs for you if you want, i have a 4.3, 4.4, and a 4.6 stable profiles saved, i think
Same here. I tried 2400mhz but kept failing with all kinds of voltage so I left it at 2200mhz. I might shoot for 4.5ghz but I'm not sure if it's worth using 1.45v (the voltage I will most likely be using based on the pattern)for. Especially with llc enabled. I'm also going to try tightening my ram timings to 10-10-10-[something lower]. Thanks for the help in getting my cpu past 4.2ghz even if it isn't at the best of voltages, it's still better than the last time I tried it.
 

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