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Niyaa64

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Hello guys.. I am planning to upgrade my desktop and really need help. These are my specs :

AMD FX 6300 3.5GHz

GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 rev6.0

2x8GB DDR3 HyperX Fury

Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB

Seasonic SS-750KM3 X-Series 750W Modular Power Supply

ASUS GTX STRIX 1060 6GB

2 x 500GB Seagate 7200RPM HDD

1 x 2TB Toshiba 7200RPM HDD

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222BB ATA Device

Generic Non-PnP Monitor (1366 x 768 @60Hz).

CIRCLE CC821 Prime Cabinet

Is there anything I should know?
 
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The s2 is only a 3+1 phase vrm , you could possibly do 4ghz at a push at the max.

In all honesty (& if I kept track of my posts I could point you to the proof) if you disable turbo core & set a straight 3.8ghz base clock you actually get better than stock performance with no power or temp increase.

The usb3 the op has , even though it's a very similar board number has a 4+2 heatsinked vrm setup & is way way better when it comes to overclocking or running 8 core chips.


Is the GA-78LMT-S2 bad for overclocking then? I tried overclocking my 6300 (running at 3.8 GHZ because of turbo boost or something? Idk it runs higher than base clock speed) and I Tried overclocking it to 3.9 GHZ and it crashes, I'm not doing legit overclocking either tho i am using the AMD OverDrive software
 

In theory you should be able to overclock on that motherboard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU5SF1hC43o

 
The s2 is only a 3+1 phase vrm , you could possibly do 4ghz at a push at the max.

In all honesty (& if I kept track of my posts I could point you to the proof) if you disable turbo core & set a straight 3.8ghz base clock you actually get better than stock performance with no power or temp increase.

The usb3 the op has , even though it's a very similar board number has a 4+2 heatsinked vrm setup & is way way better when it comes to overclocking or running 8 core chips.
 
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