4,2 ghz or 4,3 ghz works well with my FX 6300
4,2 ghz or 4,3 ghz works well with my FX 6300
Hi guys, I'm checking the latest results after overclocking my FX 6300. I need to know which clock speed is best. Here are the specs: motherboard GA-78-LMT-USB3 REV5.0, cooler Hyper 212 evo. For 4.2 ghz, max temp with p95 is 59C, voltage 1,3425v. At 4.3 ghz, it's 67C with 1,4025v. All overclock settings work smoothly at p95 without reboots or errors. Other voltages cause p95 issues, so I can't try those. Thanks!
As mentioned earlier, you'll achieve a maximum of 2.4% improvement in gaming performance. This is based on the assumption that CPU performance matches frequency perfectly and that your system is fully CPU-limited, meaning any boost in CPU speed would directly translate to a proportional gain in gaming performance (though this won't happen).
I would choose 4.2 GHz. The additional 100 MHz won't be noticeable, as it's not worth the extra voltage and heat needed.
for that chip, the sole variation from the extra 100mhz comes only from benchmarking. In actual applications, such as gaming, you'll notice almost no advantage. Therefore, I would keep it at 4.2, using lower voltage and temperatures.
I think the FX6300 begins to slow down when it reaches about 65°C, which means your 4.3Ghz at 67°C is an issue. Are you certain that the 4.3Ghz remained steady without any speed drop (throttling)? No, APM and all other settings were turned off, so no reduction in speed was detected (verified with hwmonitor and core temperature).
I wouldn't want to be pushing 1.4v on a 4 phase 760g board (and I know the little gigabyte has fairly decent vrm quality).
The need for such high voltage during that 100mhz jump likely comes from the board itself, not just the CPU.
DavidHL10 :
Hey everyone, the 4.2 to 4.3 ghz range isn't really noticeable for gaming. I did the overclock because I was dealing with bottlenecks on my GTX 1060 with 6gb RAM. It's a 2.4% difference mathematically. If it were that big an impact, you'd see a jump from 60 to 61 frames per second.
As mentioned earlier, you'll achieve a maximum of 2.4% improvement in gaming performance. This is based on the assumption that CPU performance matches frequency perfectly and that your system is fully CPU-limited, meaning any boost in CPU speed would directly translate to a proportional gain in gaming performance (though this won't happen).