Possible to OC FX-6100 with standard cooler?

[vald0]

Hey , quick question for you more experienced OC:ers: Would it be possible to Overclock this CPU just a bit to gain som performance boost? If it helps, this is my setup:

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
GPU: Sapphire ATi HD 7850 2GB GDDR5
And a 600W power supply

And this is my CPU fan(picture taken when pc was on): http://imgur.com/mEKMFpf
( i know a bit dusty inside which i'll handle soon 😉 )

So, with this info i've provided you.. Is it possible to clock this shitty CPU a bit without buying a new cooler with all cores unparken etc?

Thanks!

 

[Suztera]

Not a good idea to overclock on a stock cooler.

 

[vald0]

Not a good idea to overclock on a stock cooler.

hm okey.. so you mean i cant even go up like 1-2 Mhz? Cause im getting sick of this CPU that i thought would do well but are in fact shitty as f*ck in diffrent games ... :/

 

[Suztera]

Not a good idea to overclock on a stock cooler.

hm okey.. so you mean i cant even go up like 1-2 Mhz? Cause im getting sick of this CPU that i thought would do well but are in fact shitty as f*ck in diffrent games ... :/

Going up 1-2Mhz won't improve the gaming performance that much.

 

[vald0]

Not a good idea to overclock on a stock cooler.

hm okey.. so you mean i cant even go up like 1-2 Mhz? Cause im getting sick of this CPU that i thought would do well but are in fact shitty as f*ck in diffrent games ... :/

Going up 1-2Mhz won't improve the gaming performance that much.

ah okey.. Well thanks for answer! 😀

 

[Michael Clancy]

I've only OC'ed on a non-stock cooler in one of my systems, 5 other pc's I've overclocked over the years have been on stock cooling, however, I never do super duper major overclocks and I always monitor my temps.

Currently I have an fx-8320 with the stock cooler, it's base clock is 3.5Ghz but I have it overclock to 4.1Ghz completely stable and temp under 100% load during prime95 or OCCT never gets above 54c core or 65c socket temps. To me if the stock cooling can keep your temps below the thresholds your fine. The mobo or cpu doesn't know your using stock cooling or magically know your using aftermarket cooling and sure the hardware may be cheaper or less sturdy but I've never fried a system. I think you should be fine with stock cooling and a moderate overclock just monitor your temps under full load stress testing (which you will almost certainly never hit those same temps gaming).

The first thing I would do is find out what your cooling is like at stock setting and determine if you want to even try overclocking and this way you get a baseline.

You don't want socket temps above 73-75c or core temps above 62c as a quick reference.

 

[lukelaw]

FX-x1xx Series processors have trouble running at stock on the in boxed coolers so probably a no, try a cheap cooler master evo 212+