Is the AMD FX-6300 Stock Cooler any good?

[AleksH]

I've bought an AMD FX-6300 CPU for my PC and I'm going to have to use the stock cooler for a few months. I'm planning to do a lot of gaming on it and I was wondering if it would be safe for the CPU to use the stock cooler? I have a CiT Vantage Midi Mesh Gaming Case which has 4 120mm fans and good air flow. I was also going to download some software to speed up the CPU fan because I will have a 700w PSU, any recommended software for that?

 

[CTurbo]

Yes the stock cooler is perfectly safe at STOCK clock speeds. It is the ONLY cooler that is supported under AMD's warranty. AMD wouldn't put it in the box if it didn't do the job. Just do NOT overclock on it.

 

[rds1220]

It depends. For everyday cooling with no over clock it is fine. If you want to actually over clock than no it is not good. Neither AMD or Intel heatsinks can handle the extra heat from over clocking.

 

[chairsgotoschool]

I've heard you can OC a little with it. with the boost core mine ran at up to around 50c so I disable it. It would get to about 3.8ghz when gaming but got super hot. disabled and my fps are the same but cpu is cooler. stock cooler and I dont go above 40c very often, I dont think I've seen it that high except when I ran prime95 for 30+min it got very hot but thats at %100 load (got to around 59 before I shut it down) so it will do fine at stock speeds even with boost core. I just disabled it mainly because I saw no improvement and It was causing some stutter in games, plus the rather high temps for the cpu.

 

[FALC0N]

You can overclock on it. Just watch the temps under load. If Its too hot, back down.

 

[SillyGamerTag]

You are all saying the stock cooler works fine? I ran Planetside 2 on ultra and the temps were in the 70's on my fx-6300! I just built this new rig, does that mean there is something wrong with it?
Another question, if I were missing say a chipset driver, would that cause it to run hot? My bios says my cpu idles at 38C. Is that normal?

I've been getting bsod's for the last week on a three week old rig. I'm baffled as to why.

System specs:
CPU: fx-6300 Stock clock speeds
Motherboard: Gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud3
GPU: EVGA GTX 750ti
RAM: Corsair Veneance 8Gb(2x4Gb)
PSU: OCZ 650w

 

[CTurbo]

Those temps are too high.

1. Are you running stock speeds or overclocking?
2. Do you have adequate airflow in your case? How many case fans intake and exhaust? Is your cable management terrible?
3. Are you SURE you seated the heatsink correctly?
4. I am not aware of any driver missing or not causing temp issues.


My first guess is your heatsink is not installed correctly.

 

[SillyGamerTag]

Those temps are too high.

1. Are you running stock speeds or overclocking?
2. Do you have adequate airflow in your case? How many case fans intake and exhaust? Is your cable management terrible?
3. Are you SURE you seated the heatsink correctly?
4. I am not aware of any driver missing or not causing temp issues.


My first guess is your heatsink is not installed correctly.

I'm running at stock speeds. I have VERY adequate airflow and have excellent cable management. Yes, I'm sure the heatsink in properly installed. Though I a didn't have any good thermal paste at the time, so I used the stock paste.

 

[rds1220]

If its that hot at stock on the stock cooler than there is something wrong. Either you used to much thermal paste (if you applied your own) or the heatsink isn't on right.

 

[GrimCZ]

I have stock cooler and 4 GHz OC... 65°C on 90 to 95% of load.

 

[haruspexod]

It depends. For everyday cooling with no over clock it is fine. If you want to actually over clock than no it is not good. Neither AMD or Intel heatsinks can handle the extra heat from over clocking.

You say that, but I've been running my AMD FX 4130 at 4.3ghz for almost 2 years now (stock clock 3.8ghz) and I've not had any issues

 

[jeffredo]

They're fine for stock or mild overclocks (in a well ventilated case), but your ears will thank you if you buy almost any 120mm aftermarket cooler for it.

 

[PandaBear270]

Consider this: The 6300 and the 6350 have the same exact cooler. The 6350 is clocked at 3,90 while the 6300 is at 3,50. This means you can push the 6300 to 3,90 or 4,00 safely on the stock cooler.

 

[rds1220]

It depends. For everyday cooling with no over clock it is fine. If you want to actually over clock than no it is not good. Neither AMD or Intel heatsinks can handle the extra heat from over clocking.

You say that, but I've been running my AMD FX 4130 at 4.3ghz for almost 2 years now (stock clock 3.8ghz) and I've not had any issues

Well big woop good for you but I would never overclock a CPU with the stock cooler.

 

[JamesS1234]

The stock cooler on the 6300 isn't a bad unit at all. I overclock mine to 4.0 no problems at all, during gaming I don't go past 55C. The only time it will get dangerously hot is with synthetic tests such as prime95.

If you only wanna game take it to 4.0 or even 4.2 with the stock cooler, although overclocking CPU for gaming does very little for your FPS in most cases

 

[sweg4 life]

You are all saying the stock cooler works fine? I ran Planetside 2 on ultra and the temps were in the 70's on my fx-6300! I just built this new rig, does that mean there is something wrong with it?
Another question, if I were missing say a chipset driver, would that cause it to run hot? My bios says my cpu idles at 38C. Is that normal?

I've been getting bsod's for the last week on a three week old rig. I'm baffled as to why.

System specs:
CPU: fx-6300 Stock clock speeds
Motherboard: Gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud3
GPU: EVGA GTX 750ti
RAM: Corsair Veneance 8Gb(2x4Gb)
PSU: OCZ 650w

yeah i had the same problem and i have the same processor its because at default amd has a program called turbo boost so it increases your ghz from 3.5 to 4.1 so you have to go into bios and change it from auto to disabled and mine never goes above 48c now

 

[TheDVIMaster]

Yes the stock cooler is perfectly safe at STOCK clock speeds. It is the ONLY cooler that is supported under AMD's warranty. AMD wouldn't put it in the box if it didn't do the job. Just do NOT overclock on it.

Can you fully overclock whit a Thermaltake Contac 16 in a Cooler Master Silencio 452?

 

[Matt_14]

Consider this: The 6300 and the 6350 have the same exact cooler. The 6350 is clocked at 3,90 while the 6300 is at 3,50. This means you can push the 6300 to 3,90 or 4,00 safely on the stock cooler.

I run mine at 4.1ghz continuously. I disabled the turbo core function and locked in the multiplier so that it always runs at 4.1ghz. At Idle I get 28 degrees celcius. Under load I get 58 degrees MAX. I think under circumstances like several hour long gaming sessions I have seen it go as high as 60. Anything higher than that I would say is not very good for the cpu. It wont kill it but it will shorten its lifespan.

 

[gonf]

any stock cup cooler will work. but the key word here is "any good". no it is not that good. in fact almost any low budget after market cpu cooler will beat it by a lot. to start it will work. but in time it will fail when it at load. you will need to start cleaning dust off the heat sink more and more in time for the cpu to work at load. so in the end you will likely to get a after market cpu heat sink in time. so why not do it right the first time? beside the noise level will be much lower.

 

[Oliver_21]

Yes the stock cooler is perfectly safe at STOCK clock speeds. It is the ONLY cooler that is supported under AMD's warranty. AMD wouldn't put it in the box if it didn't do the job. Just do NOT overclock on it.

I'd rather not say that. I got an i3 4160 and get temps between 65 and 69 degress while gaming. Keep in mind that I'm using a 54W TDP CPU not a 95W one. Maybe the processor doesn't die now but in the future you will regret it also I don't mind how it could sound at full load.