Overclocking an AMD FX-6100

[claec]

Hey guys,

I took the plunge and bought an AMD FX-6100 CPU and a Gigabyte 990FX UD3 motherboard with the intention of hitting 4.5-4.75 Ghz on the CPU.

I have Kingston HyperX DDR3 1333 RAM (16gb) and 2x 4870 GPUs. The CPU is cooled by a Xigmatek Dark Knight cooler. I have it wrapped in a Thermaltake V5 case (Don't judge me, it was cheap) powered by a Thermaltake TR2 650 watt PSU.

Basically, I want to overclock the CPU in the BIOS, but, though I have been building PCs for years, this is my first foray into the world of manual overclocking. I would like to know what MOBO features to disable/enable, as well as a good method for determining voltage. I've scouted around for guides, but I really couldn't find any good ones, especially for this CPU/MOBO.

-Any- help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks a lot!

 

[deadjon]

This is hilarious. Absolutly hilarious.

You guise are making my day at work fun! Carry on, please Carry on!

I used to be an AMD Fanboy - Then I got Kentsfield - And I still stand by the fact that for some bizzare reason the Kentsfield Architecture is still ahead (in terms of Perf Per Clock) Than the Deneb arch. Which people are now saying is quicker than the Bulldozer arch. So wait...Let me get this straight. Your saying, a hyped up, 2011 Shiny new 8 core is clock for clock slower than a Q6600?

Im definatly a Kentsfield fanboy, I intend to take my Q6600 to the grave. If only this little gem had a capable motherboard to live in, I feel bad for him. The 680i LT is like the council estate of LGA775 mobos xD

But really - Bulldozer was a failure, but an FX6100 or a 8150 CAN reach the 4.8ghz mark - which should put em ahead of a 4.2ghz PII. I really do hope AMD stay in the game though, Intel needs AMD otherwise they strike a monopoly - which unless you have a small idea about business mechanics sounds good (THEY OWN ALL THE MARKET SHARE YAY) the problem is that a Monopoly tends to be Illegal and desperate measures are sometimes taken to fix this...

 

[iam2thecrowe]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-overclock-crossfire-ssd,3098-10.html < all you need to do is read that and you wont bother with this FX joke of a cpu, and get yourself a phenom II or intel SB.

 

[noob2222]

your comparing an 8 core bulldozer with a 6 core phenom......people expected more from 8 cores........and not to mention intel i5 2500k is faster than both and comes with on-chip gfx for those that don't want to use a dedicated card and just need a fast cpu, saving a bit extra cash right there........ bulldozer makes no sense for anyone to purchase right now. period.

who is?

i just posted a bunch of reputable sites all showing that the fx6100, and even the fx8150 is slower than the 1100t in most applications.

Aside from 3ds max and after effects, the PII x6 get blown out of the water on the entire page. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043-15.html

Its also quite competitive to your 2500k god, faster in a lot of cases.

How does that make no sense for anyone?

Trolls and fanboys always change their reasoning as long as it proves their point even when they stated just the opposite.

 

[benikens]

Seriously there's no point trying to tell these fools BD is bad, they are just Trolls. If they knew anything at all they would be aware it's a poor performer, they probably know this and just want to troll.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

who is?

i just posted a bunch of reputable sites all showing that the fx6100, and even the fx8150 is slower than the 1100t in most applications.

Aside from 3ds max and after effects, the PII x6 get blown out of the water on the entire page. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043-15.html

Its also quite competitive to your 2500k god, faster in a lot of cases.

How does that make no sense for anyone?

Trolls and fanboys always change their reasoning as long as it proves their point even when they stated just the opposite.

again, your comparing an 8 core BD cpu to a 6 core PII, would hope it would win some benches, but it also loses just as many. But were not comparing that 8 core BD, were comparing the 6 core fx6100 to the 6 core phenom, and its slower. I give up, there is no point trying to convince stubborn minded people when they can't accept a fact that is right in front of your nose. And i suppose your poo doesn't stink either........

 

[noob2222]

again, your comparing an 8 core BD cpu to a 6 core PII, would hope it would win some benches, but it also loses just as many. But were not comparing that 8 core BD, were comparing the 6 core fx6100 to the 6 core phenom, and its slower. I give up, there is no point trying to convince stubborn minded people when they can't accept a fact that is right in front of your nose. And i suppose your poo doesn't stink either........

Who is?

dude, even in the most threaded apps the 8 core bulldozer cant keep up with an 1100T,....

your only talking about the fx-6100

.... , its pretty clear that if the 1100t is faster than an 8 core bulldozer in the majority of situations, .....

your only talking about the fx-6100

..... but as i said, the 1100t 6 core equals or bests the fx 8 core, ....

your only talking about the fx-6100

.... and even the fx8150 is slower than the 1100t in most applications....

your only talking about the fx-6100

and not to mention intel i5 2500k is faster than both .... bulldozer makes no sense for anyone to purchase right now. period.

thats right, your only comparing the 6-core

guess what, the only time you didn't use the 8-core in your arguemens was in the first post. Who is trying to compare it to the 8-core cpus? If your not talking about the fx-8150, then don't, its simple as that.

 

[Matrikz]

Seriously there's no point trying to tell these fools BD is bad, they are just Trolls. If they knew anything at all they would be aware it's a poor performer, they probably know this and just want to troll.

wait we're the trolls for posting in a thread that was meant for someone asking about the AMD FX cpu when all you have been doing is bad mouthing AMD... hmmm I think someone doesn't know the deffinition of the word TROLL

 

[ashrafi]

I just build 16 Render Nodes - I was comparing BD to Phenoms , When i Did my maths , I figured one thing pretty easily - BD are not worth the investment - I had 2 options either 1100T or 1090T for the amount I further went to buy 1090T as for price and mere difference in performance its a good buy.
Now the whole discussion about FX 6100 vs Phenom X6 , as far as i know AMD went back to redesign the chip and came up with New architecture for Bulldozers! which was only (lets agree) slightly better !
i would not agree to anyone saying FX blows it away - Yes i will agree it is " SLightly " better in "Most" benchmarks . BUT in real life price / performance! Phenom X6 all the way.!

 

[Matrikz]

I just build 16 Render Nodes - I was comparing BD to Phenoms , When i Did my maths , I figured one thing pretty easily - BD are not worth the investment - I had 2 options either 1100T or 1090T for the amount I further went to buy 1090T as for price and mere difference in performance its a good buy.
Now the whole discussion about FX 6100 vs Phenom X6 , as far as i know AMD went back to redesign the chip and came up with New architecture for Bulldozers! which was only (lets agree) slightly better !
i would not agree to anyone saying FX blows it away - Yes i will agree it is " SLightly " better in "Most" benchmarks . BUT in real life price / performance! Phenom X6 all the way.!

real life price to performance that the Phenom II x6 is better? how so when the FX 6100 is less in prices and still outperfroms it even if it is slightly better. If you ask me when something that costs less and still is slightly better the price to performance goes to the product that costs less

 

[loneninja]

real life price to performance that the Phenom II x6 is better? how so when the FX 6100 is less in prices and still outperfroms it even if it is slightly better. If you ask me when something that costs less and still is slightly better the price to performance goes to the product that costs less

FX 6100 is slower than a Phenom II X6 1100T at almost everything.

Reviews that actually cover the FX 6100.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-fx-8120-6100-4100.html

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx-8150--8120-6100-and-4100-performance-review/1

 

[icedtee84]

your right, they do perform well in well threaded apps, the few of them that are available, but as i said, the 1100t 6 core equals or bests the fx 8 core, let alone the 6 core even in threaded apps, your just too ignorant to see that. if you read any review you would see that is the case.

You might want to shut up about your idiotic opinions about things in which you do not have and have no experience with. 1st off I am for intel, my current rig runs on an intel core i7 3960x, evga gtx 660ti and 16gb DDR3 1600MHZ RAM and i am happy with it. But when my sister asked me to build her a gaming rig in which she could afford i built her a set up built around the AMD FX 6100 black edition with 8gb's of 1333mhz DDR3 RAM, EVGA GTS 450 on a gigabyte mobo. and guess what? regardless what those dumb benchmarks say or show on paper, it is the real life applications and real life experience that matters to the end user. There is nothing that my intel setup can do that my sisters AMD FX 6100 build cant! we both play Skyrim, BF3, COD M/W,D3. play and burn bluray video's, do graphic editing and compress and un-compress file's while burning video's and watching you tube at the same time. The FX 6100 chip in real life almost feels like my intel core i7 3960x, other than boot time 12.7sec difference and photoshop launch 0.8sec difference but for those few second difference i paid $1k and my sister paid $160. now talk about bang for the buck. i think it is your out dated system spec's that's making you feel like new things are slow thinking that your system is still new.

 

[Matrikz]

you guys keep talking about comparing an 8 core FX 8120/8150 to the 6 core Phenom IIs, I got a little bit of news for you, the FX cpus aren't 4, 6, and 8 cores, the 4xxx series is 2 core 4 threads, the 6xxx series is 3 cores 6 threads, and the 8xxx series is 4 cores 8 threads (that means 2 threads per core)... I'll tell you guys again, do proper research on the products you're trying to bash before you open your mouths

 

[benikens]

You might want to shut up about your idiotic opinions

You know what's Idiotic? Raging on a post 8 months to late.

 

[Menace1337]

I remember when people first did the jump between single to dual core CPU's, at first there was no software based implementation in order to utilize having multiple cores, to my knowledge, there is no OS that can properly juggle more than 4 cores, windows 8 has an advanced scheduler which can juggle more cores, ive been using windows 8 a while now and i must say, the benchmarks look much different, GTAIV/EFLC benchmarks for instance.. battlefield 3 is actually playable at higher detail levels. Have faith that these chips are at the forefront of modern technology.

 

[Teeroy32]

I built a six core bulldozer a few weeks ago, with 2x 4 gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram and a 560gtx, skyrim and mod 3 with settings maxed run a a solid 60fps, with only a drop to 59 using fraps, for a smidge over $600, I'm as happy as a pig in ***. I gave it a tickle to 4.0ghz and IO even rip a disc of CSI Miami and converted to mp4's using Freemake video converter and it only took 30min, and my dvd is a as cheap as your gonna find, it hasn't even got a brand written on it. It may loose most benchmarls, but real world performance it delivers the goods I need and want

 

[empty213]

You might want to shut up about your idiotic opinions about things in which you do not have and have no experience with. 1st off I am for intel, my current rig runs on an intel core i7 3960x, evga gtx 660ti and 16gb DDR3 1600MHZ RAM and i am happy with it. But when my sister asked me to build her a gaming rig in which she could afford i built her a set up built around the AMD FX 6100 black edition with 8gb's of 1333mhz DDR3 RAM, EVGA GTS 450 on a gigabyte mobo. and guess what? regardless what those dumb benchmarks say or show on paper, it is the real life applications and real life experience that matters to the end user. There is nothing that my intel setup can do that my sisters AMD FX 6100 build cant! we both play Skyrim, BF3, COD M/W,D3. play and burn bluray video's, do graphic editing and compress and un-compress file's while burning video's and watching you tube at the same time. The FX 6100 chip in real life almost feels like my intel core i7 3960x, other than boot time 12.7sec difference and photoshop launch 0.8sec difference but for those few second difference i paid $1k and my sister paid $160. now talk about bang for the buck. i think it is your out dated system spec's that's making you feel like new things are slow thinking that your system is still new.

I've read the whole thread and is new to this forum, one thing i noticed is that the intel guys didn't post no more after this msg.. Lol, in my opinion the intel guys started the whole thing lawl, the topic was about overclocking fx-6100, not "forget the 6100 get the 1090T" keep your options to yourself unless otherwise asked for your opinion..

"forget the 6100 get the 1090T" <<< so out of topic, the topic being Overclocking 6100

how can one believe that x6 are better in real life with 6100 when your using a Core 2 Qxxx! Brains please

 

[demandzzz]

I'm GONNA BUY the FX6100. 😀

 

[empty213]

do not fully trust, 100% trust benchmarks from websites.. companies pay them to do reviews and stuff. one should expect that they'd favor those who sponsor them better or sponsors them the most

 

[TT_uJeed420]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-overclock-crossfire-ssd,3098-10.html < all you need to do is read that and you wont bother with this FX joke of a cpu, and get yourself a phenom II or intel SB.

yea there was a bios update to fix that threading problem now its totally fixed and playing games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyuDePeHquY then after fix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZnFsLXFIeU. these processors blow phenoms away now. as for the overclocking part yea they blow phenoms away on that note also on the price part yea its the same across the board intel fanboys must of started a different post on an intel user only site or somit or there just hiding it out.

 

[caleb boreland]

step 1 - sell fx6100
step 2 - buy Phenom II 1090t and OC to 3.8 - 4ghz
you now have a faster cpu with lower power consumption than a fx6100@4.5ghz.

It's like 5% faster and $350 more expensive. Are you stupid?

 

[retsetan78]

Hey guys,

I took the plunge and bought an AMD FX-6100 CPU and a Gigabyte 990FX UD3 motherboard with the intention of hitting 4.5-4.75 Ghz on the CPU.

I have Kingston HyperX DDR3 1333 RAM (16gb) and 2x 4870 GPUs. The CPU is cooled by a Xigmatek Dark Knight cooler. I have it wrapped in a Thermaltake V5 case (Don't judge me, it was cheap) powered by a Thermaltake TR2 650 watt PSU.

Basically, I want to overclock the CPU in the BIOS, but, though I have been building PCs for years, this is my first foray into the world of manual overclocking. I would like to know what MOBO features to disable/enable, as well as a good method for determining voltage. I've scouted around for guides, but I really couldn't find any good ones, especially for this CPU/MOBO.

-Any- help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks a lot!

 

[retsetan78]

i have the FX 6100 and i have it over clocked to a steady 4.7ghz and a HT Link of 3055.05 Mhz , i have Kingston HyperX Beast 2133 memory clocked at 2192mhz and the MSI 970A-G46 Mobo with bios update 2.4 and a soon to be Gigabyte GTX 760 oc windforce rv2, right now i have the Sapphire HD 7950 oc/with boost stupid thing wont let me over clock the memory over 1500mhz, and my PSU is a Apower 900 watt

 

[no1spank]

I know this thread is old but I'm bored at dinner time at work.
The FX6100 is actually an alright chip for the money regardless of what everyone else is running.
The worst thing about the OP's setup is the 1333mhz memory, the FX will perform a lot better with 1600mhz on tightest timings possible.
4.4ghz would be the overclock I would expect on stock voltage with a decent cooler, to go over 1.4v you will need to crank up the LLC although the chipset will be getting a bit hot then. 1.4v should get between 4.6 & 4.8ghz stable.
The memory settings and Northbridge will greatly affect stability, the highest overclock doesn't always give the best performance.
Although Phenoms work better with most software newer games like Skyrim and Shogun 2 total war seemed to play better (more frames on FRAPS) with the FX chips I've tested.
For 24/7 overclocks you shouldn't need to change too many settings in the bios, every board is different I just go by trial and error.