Overclocking my Fx 4300

[m_lowe]

I have a and fix 4300 and I'm looking to overclock, its my.first time overclocking and I was wondering if anyone.had a stable setup I could use to overclock it.

 

[Fidgetmaster]

26 gflops is pretty sad.....

 

[Fidgetmaster]

Zalman may be a bit more pricey....hyper TX3 isn't even that good few other similar heat-sinks that perform like it... the low end arctic freezer's probably do even better, their better ones are actually pretty nice ....and the dang 212 EVO is beyond overrated....when clearly even Zalman has just as good/better quality heatsinks..

 

[Pcbuilder123]

The tx3 isn't too good, except with my noctua nf-a9x14, it is quite and perfroms well. The zalman are good just a bit ugly.

 

[Gilonator]

<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/giles_smith1/embed/slideshow/"></iframe> pics as requested

 

[Gilonator]

26 gflops is pretty sad.....

Whats you best score on the intel burn test

 

[Fidgetmaster]

with the 920?? like 50-65 at 4ghz....

 

[Pcbuilder123]

+Gilonator

So I have the 4300 with a ga78lmt-usb3 (760g chipset, vrm's run way too hot even at 4.1ghz), and I have pretty good specs.

Xfx force 750w (coming in the next few days, enough for the fastest 780ti)
Nzxt Phantom 240
2tb segate green
120gb pny xlr8 ssd
8gb ddr3
2gb asus 7770 (after I upgrade my monitor near Christmas, I am getting an r9 280x)
fx4300 @stock for good temps w/ noctua fan
ga78lmt-usb3


So yeah, I will be upgrading my monitor, gpu, and then after that cpu, mobo, and possibly ram. When I make the switch, should I go for the 990fx mobo and an 8350 or intel z97 w/ ddr4, because it will be out by that time.

 

[JRFret]

Gilonator is right the 4300 gflops is just abysmal not much better with six core FX's either

the 8350 is much more acceptable...

 

[Gilonator]

+Gilonator

So I have the 4300 with a ga78lmt-usb3 (760g chipset, vrm's run way too hot even at 4.1ghz), and I have pretty good specs.

Xfx force 750w (coming in the next few days, enough for the fastest 780ti)
Nzxt Phantom 240
2tb segate green
120gb pny xlr8 ssd
8gb ddr3
2gb asus 7770 (after I upgrade my monitor near Christmas, I am getting an r9 280x)
fx4300 @stock for good temps w/ noctua fan
ga78lmt-usb3


So yeah, I will be upgrading my monitor, gpu, and then after that cpu, mobo, and possibly ram. When I make the switch, should I go for the 990fx mobo and an 8350 or intel z97 w/ ddr4, because it will be out by that time.

Yep your board may be the oc problem go with an asus 990fz sabertooth amazing for over clocking. But if you are upgrading your board, can't stress enought how much better and intel cpu and board will be even an i3 is better than amd top cpu in memory tests.

 

[Pcbuilder123]

Hmm, so probably after getting the r9 280x, I will switching to intel.

 

[Gene Shaft]

Hi,

I also have FX-4300 with Corsair H100i. My Motherboard is MSI 970 Gaming. Any suggestions for an OC Profile?

 

[Pcbuilder123]

Hello Gene! I too have the 4300 but with a hyper tx3 and a 760g motherboard. Anyways, how are your temps at the moment (cpu and vrm's) , are you at stock, and how much are you hoping to realistically overclock? Anyways with a good chip and great cooling like you have, you can most likley get upto close to 4.4-4.8ghz, quite the boost (I saw a video with a nzxt kraken x61 and a 990fx motherboard and it got upto 5ghz)

 

[Gene Shaft]

Hello Gene! I too have the 4300 but with a hyper tx3 and a 760g motherboard. Anyways, how are your temps at the moment (cpu and vrm's) , are you at stock, and how much are you hoping to realistically overclock? Anyways with a good chip and great cooling like you have, you can most likley get upto close to 4.4-4.8ghz, quite the boost (I saw a video with a nzxt kraken x61 and a 990fx motherboard and it got upto 5ghz)

Hello,

I'm currently in 4.1ghz Auto Voltage Profile with 25-28deg in a normal run like playing BF4 and etc using H100i. I'm monitoring it using Specy but I don't know w/c is the best tool I could use to stress test and monitor my temps and stability. I'm also afraid to do another step because my Motherboard is just new and I'm still searching some reviews on how far MSI 970 Gaming can go if I OC'd my 4300 beyond 4.1ghz. Can you suggest a tool I could use to monitor my temps like my Vcore and VRM while making stress testing to check my performance and the stability of my hardware?

 

[Kenrou]

With a good MB and PSU u can get away with A LOT with this chip, im running 4.8ghz with AIR COOLING at 1.35v. Hit 4.6ghz with 1.3v, then 4.7ghz with 1.325v then my current settings. CPU/NB 1.2v, HT Link and NB at 2400mhz. Not thinking about upgrading anytime soon, can play anything current at 1080p with settings on very high or ultra


QuadCore AMD FX-4300, 4800 MHz (24 x 200) CPU 1.35v - CPU/NB 1.2v
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - 1x120mm stock
Asus Crosshair V Formula
MSI GeForce GTX 660ti - N660Ti PE 2GD5/OC
8gb Corsair Vengeance LP CML8GX3M2A1600C9 - 9-9-9-24 1600mhz
64gb M4-CT064 M4SSD2 - System
500gb WDC WD50 00AAKX-08U6AA0 - Games
1tb WDC WD10 EARS-22Y5B1 - Backups
Corsair Enthusiast Series™ TX750 — 80 PLUS® Certified Power Supply
Zalman Z9 U3 - 3x Evo Labs 140mm 1000rpm (front, top) - 2x Evo Labs 120mm 2300rpm (back, bottom (PSU was taking too much space for a 140mm fan))
Acer H223HQ 21.5" Wide LCD Monitor
Windows 7 Professional 64bit

 

[Sneak]

Hello all,

i am currently in the line to OC this cpu!

I have

FX4300 3.8ghz
8GB Gskull DDR3 1600
Gigabyte 78lmt-usb3 6.0 motherboard
Artic freezer 13 CPU cooler

I have changed the frequency from 200 to 221 (3800 - 4190) and everything seems fine i dont wanna go any higher than that! is there anything else i would need to change anyways?

Cheers!

 

[Pcbuilder123]

Hello all,

i am currently in the line to OC this cpu!

I have

FX4300 3.8ghz
8GB Gskull DDR3 1600
Gigabyte 78lmt-usb3 6.0 motherboard
Artic freezer 13 CPU cooler

I have changed the frequency from 200 to 221 (3800 - 4190) and everything seems fine i dont wanna go any higher than that! is there anything else i would need to change anyways?

Cheers!

Run a stress test for some time, and if nothing seems too out of place (temps or crashing), the you're good. Voltage will be fine at stock too then. Just make sure your vrm temps are low, because that can shorten the life of a motherboard by quite a lot

 

[ipwnhackers123]

Hello all,

i am currently in the line to OC this cpu!

I have

FX4300 3.8ghz
8GB Gskull DDR3 1600
Gigabyte 78lmt-usb3 6.0 motherboard
Artic freezer 13 CPU cooler

I have changed the frequency from 200 to 221 (3800 - 4190) and everything seems fine i dont wanna go any higher than that! is there anything else i would need to change anyways?

Cheers!

Run a stress test for some time, and if nothing seems too out of place (temps or crashing), the you're good. Voltage will be fine at stock too then. Just make sure your vrm temps are low, because that can shorten the life of a motherboard by quite a lot

I'm gonna boost this thread. I have 4.40 Ghz put on the FX 4300 on Stock cooler with the Rosewill Galaxy-02 Chassis Voltage is at 1.224 Volts!!!! Didn't think it was possible but I have a pretty bad board. 760GM-P34 and VRM's are fine. I just ordered a MSI 970 Gaming Mobo and a Cooler Master hyper 212 Evo so gonna see how far I can take this baby 😛

 

[Marcio_1]

I have one of these in a Gigabyte motherboard and it overclocked to 4.2ghz using the stock cooler.
I ran Prime95 on it for 14 hours without any faults and it never rose above 60*C.
I left the FSB at 200 and HT at 2000 and just upped the CPU multiplier.
I didn't have to change any of the voltages for it to be stable at 4.2ghz, but I probably will get get it running at 4.3ghz as one of Prime95's workers faulted at this speed. I've got a CoolerMaster X6 heatsink/fan in the post and when they arrive I'll see if I can get up to 4.4/4.5Ghz. I've heard rumours of people getting these chips to 5ghz but I've never seen the specs for this so it might just be someone spreading rumours based on AMD's projected theoretical performacne data.

i have 5.0 Ghz stable -_-" i can prove http://imgur.com/FGXs4Pc

 

[Owlsome_1]

I have one of these in a Gigabyte motherboard and it overclocked to 4.2ghz using the stock cooler.
I ran Prime95 on it for 14 hours without any faults and it never rose above 60*C.
I left the FSB at 200 and HT at 2000 and just upped the CPU multiplier.
I didn't have to change any of the voltages for it to be stable at 4.2ghz, but I probably will get get it running at 4.3ghz as one of Prime95's workers faulted at this speed. I've got a CoolerMaster X6 heatsink/fan in the post and when they arrive I'll see if I can get up to 4.4/4.5Ghz. I've heard rumours of people getting these chips to 5ghz but I've never seen the specs for this so it might just be someone spreading rumours based on AMD's projected theoretical performacne data.

I got my amd fx-4300 to 4.6 ghz at max, i can get 4.8ghz but it wasn't easly stable and temps rose above 40c which i don't like my cpu passing.

 

[Owlsome_1]

no way you did...What board you using? 4.6ghz is pretty high for stock 1.3-1.32 core voltage.....still I bet if you actually ran Prime 95 for hours it would lock up haha..... Core temps were probably pretty high but I would be worried more about the VRM's going crazy.... do not go further....one word "unstable"....

Mines a solid 4.6ghz and it's ran GTA V for 4 hours withought crahing or being unstable

 

[Jani__]

I'm a light OC'er too and the stock voltage is just too high for this processor, i have asus m5a97 r2.0 mobo but vrm's are not hurting that much because i can OC 4,5 Ghz with arctic cooler freezer with vcore 1,34. Temps are 63 max on intel burn test, ~23 Gflops. And the stock vcore was 1.368! If i run my fx4300 stock or just about 4.2Ghz i always undervolt even below 1.3, like 1.28'ish.

 

[kgt1182]

On the internet you usually see people rocking 5.0 GHz on their chips, but I am here to say that not all chips win the silicon lottery. Some can reach 5.2 GHz on air, some cannot even reach 4.6 GHz.

My FX 4350 is an example of a normal chip. Expect this. 4.9 GHz (213×23=4899) with VCore 1.60000V LLC Medium for Prime and IBT stability 1h.

Other clocks
4.5 GHz 1.45000V
4.6 GHz 1.47500V
4.72 GHz 1.49375V
4.89 GHz 1.59375V
4.90 GHz 1.60000V
Never tried above 1.65V. So I never got my FX 4350 even 10 IBT trials stable at 5.0 GHz.

Use this setting
(200×23)=4.60 GHz, VCore= 1.47500V
Freezer 13 Temps = 55°C

(213×23)=4.90 GHz, VCore= 1.60000V
Nepton 280L Temps = 68°C

My stock voltage for 4.2 GHz is 1.41875V.