Consider whether the benefits of overclocking your FX-6300 outweigh the potential risks and effort.
Consider whether the benefits of overclocking your FX-6300 outweigh the potential risks and effort.
Hi there, I'm looking for some guidance and hope you can assist me.
I'm currently using this setup: FX-6300 with EVO 212, Gigabyte 970 UD3p, R9 380 4G MSI, 8gb DDR3, 120gb SSD, EVGA 600W power supply.
When I try to overclock my CPU, I reach 4.1ghz at a voltage of 1,3875 and it stays stable for about 30 minutes. However, when I attempt 4.2ghz, I need to set the voltage to 1.4, but it still doesn't reach the desired speed, and the computer restarts before I finish.
My question is: is it beneficial to push the Vcore to 1.4 for 4.2ghz? And how much higher would I need to go to achieve around 4.4–4.5ghz?
I mainly use it for gaming, so I wonder if there would be any noticeable difference in frame rates since my GPU seems to be the bottleneck. When I run Riva Tune on Dota2, the GPU usage is around 60%, while the CPU is at 80–90%.
Thanks in advance.
When you obtain a functional setup, it’s wise to save frequently. You possess around ten distinct profiles in the BIOS, which prevents repetitive work and is a solid habit to adopt. Overclocking often requires trial and error, and crashes are common realities.
The UD3P supports dual booting the BIOS, making it highly reliable—only about 0.99% chance of failure after several incorrect initializations.
I plan to review my configurations at a later time, possibly tomorrow, and I might post updates then if I have something valuable to share.
For now, please keep all power-saving features active by default, disable turbo, and set the clock speed to 20x. Maintain the standard voltage and turn on HPC settings.
Hi!
I have the same board (rev 2) and CPU with an Hyper 212 + and a GTX 960. I overclocked it to 4.2ghz and noticed improved frame rates in games such as Witcher 3 and Fallout 4. However, my Vcore is lower than yours. I understand each chip is different, but I believe most FX6300 owners reach 4.2ghz with a Vcore around 1.35. Have you disabled Turbo Core?
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Hi!
I have the same model (rev 2) and CPU with an Hyper 212 + and a GTX 960. I overclocked it to 4.2ghz and now I notice improved frame rates in games such as Witcher 3 and Fallout 4.
My Vcore is lower than yours, but I believe most FX6300 owners reach 4.2ghz with a Vcore around 1.35.
Have you disabled the Turbo Core setting?
Yes, I did. I also turned off the power saver settings, so when I go to Advanced I mostly have everything disabled. The only changes were increasing the multiplier and Vcore. I don’t think I need any further adjustments, but I still can’t match the performance you’re seeing.
I know my CPU isn’t powerful enough for the GPU, but I bought it to overclock it. Now I’m trying to set an unrealistic Vcore just to get a bit better than Turbo, which is why I’m asking—because even if Turbo doesn’t run all six cores, some games only need two.
That’s why I want to improve performance a little more.
I plan to test 1.36v with an llc at maximum settings. This should result in around 4.2ghz, even with a less than average processor.
For turning off all power-saving features, just disable them. Only the turbocore should be turned off, and the high-performance computing mode should be enabled. Everything else can remain active.
Consider disabling all power-saving features and instead turn on turbocore with high-performance computing mode enabled. Keep other settings as usual. Why enable HPC? I'm testing at 1.3625v on a 4.0ghz processor with LLC on medium, planning to boost if it doesn't crash in 15 minutes of stable 95 performance.
Because HPC turns off power-saving modes only when under heavy demand.
The processor can still reduce clock speed and voltage during idle or light usage while HPC remains active and additional features like cooling and quiet mode stay enabled.
This approach is more efficient than completely disabling power-saving functions.
It makes sense to run six cores at 4GHz or higher just for basic tasks like browsing the web or watching videos.