AMD Phenom X4 and FX 6300

[xXzombieXx]

Will this work with the mushkin? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455

 

[xXzombieXx]

Can 1600 and 1866 be used on the same motherboard for ram?

 

[Rast]

8gb good enough for gaming. better cooling solution is always good.

 

[Rvenger]

If you ordered boxed FX6300 ,nope, no need for aftermarket cooler. You are all set with the stock cooler which is pretty decent(even for some moderate OCing).

I hope its not the same cooler as the boxed FX-6100. If it is, then its most certainly not good enough. The 8 core coolers are good.

 

[Plimogz]

Newegg.com often has the CM 212+ for 19.99 (from 29.99 before rebate) with free shipping. If you don't mind filing a rebate (which you really shouldn't given how often that's where the best deals are), this is a solid price/performance cooler which would be right in it's place atop an FX-6300.

While the Evo (and others) are marginally better, the + really hits a sweet spot for OC and decreased noise on a budget.

 

[xXzombieXx]

Do I absolutely need a cpu cooler to overclock

 

[Plimogz]

No. The bundled heatsink will provide a certain margin of overclocking headroom, regardless. But a third party solution like the one I linked would ensure lower temperatures at given clock/voltage and thus higher maximum OC, while being quieter than the stock HSF at pretty much any given point.

The fact is that if you don't value the lower noise level at all, the stock HSF usually proves to be the best value. But a good price/performance tower heatsink like the 212+ can actually pull it's weight when mesured by increased-performance-from-higher-max-OC/total-system-cost in CPU bottlenecked scenarios -- particularly if you assign some moderately-above-zero value to lower noise.

 

[xXzombieXx]

So is the 212+ the best for under $30?

 

[DominionSeraph]

Yes.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

If not the best, it is still one of the best in the $30 range.

 

[Firestorm007]

Just got my son a 6300. It's a nice chip. I overclocked it to 4.1. He played Crysis 3 with a 7770 Sapphire vapor x and was getting 30 fps or so on medium at 1080p.

 

[xXzombieXx]

$50 or less best cpu cooler

 

[FalseChristian]

I have 8GB of DDR1333 overclocked to 1600 and sometimes I almost run out of memory just doing simple things like surfing the web. I'm going to get another 8 GB of Kingston ValuRam. 16GB will be the sweet spot for the future. Remember, if you have Windows 7 Home Premium it only supports up to 16GB of RAM.