Has anyone overclocked FX 6300?

[blake0812]

If so, can you give some tips? I have it OC'd to 3.8Ghz but what should I do to ensure that it can go higher?

 

[SlowSpyder]

I haven't overclocked an FX6300, but have overclocked my FX CPU, in principle it should be pretty much the same. What voltage are you running? What do your temps look like? What motherboard? What cooler are you using?

 

[blake0812]

I haven't overclocked an FX6300, but have overclocked my FX CPU, in principle it should be pretty much the same. What voltage are you running? What do your temps look like? What motherboard? What cooler are you using?

Dunno what voltage, pretty sure it's stock.


My temps are around 30C at idle and around 45C on load.


Motherboard is Asrock 960gm/u3s3 and i'm using the stock cooler with thermal paste.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Dunno what voltage, pretty sure it's stock.


My temps are around 30C at idle and around 45C on load.


Motherboard is Asrock 960gm/u3s3 and i'm using the stock cooler with thermal paste.

I assume you have the cooler with the copper plate and heat pipes? I wouldn't go too crazy on that motherboard. But, if you can't get above 3.8GHz you'll probably need a small bump in voltage. I *think* the FX6300 factory voltage setting is 1.35v. You can't get to 4GHz on that voltage?

 

[blake0812]

I assume you have the cooler with the copper plate and heat pipes? I wouldn't go too crazy on that motherboard. But, if you can't get above 3.8GHz you'll probably need a small bump in voltage. I *think* the FX6300 factory voltage setting is 1.35v. You can't get to 4GHz on that voltage?

I tried before at 4ghz but the surge protector had shut off without warning so I thought it had been drawing too much power. That's probably a separate issue altogether though.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I tried before at 4ghz but the surge protector had shut off without warning so I thought it had been drawing too much power. That's probably a separate issue altogether though.

What kind of power supply do you have? Anything else plugged in the surge protector? I'd get the power situation figured out first.

 

[Abwx]

Which soft was used to load the 6300 ?

For the record intensive computations gets you 66W CPU TDP on the 6300 and 82W on the 6350, so a 95W MB is enough for usual heavy softs but with Prime 95 frequency should be limited to 4GHz at most to stay within 95W ratings.

 

[Abwx]

What kind of power supply do you have? Anything else plugged in the surge protector? I'd get the power situation figured out first.

Total comsumption of the FX 6300 measured at the main with a 990FX MB and a VGC that use 17w is 138W using a heavy loading soft like Fritzbench, the same set up with the 6350 will reach 160W so i really dont see how the power supply could switch off due to allegedly high comsumption unless it is a 200W PSU...

 

[schmuckley]

Yes! This guy:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1251047/epic-amd-cpu-grudge-match-amd-slug-it-out-orama-2012/0_100

 

[SlowSpyder]

Total comsumption of the FX 6300 measured at the main with a 990FX MB and a VGC that use 17w is 138W using a heavy loading soft like Fritzbench, the same set up with the 6350 will reach 160W so i really dont see how the power supply could switch off due to allegedly high comsumption unless it is a 200W PSU...

Right, we both know even an overclocked FX6300 shouldn't pop a breaker on a power strip. But, if it is indeed tripping when he overclocks, I'd look at that PSU (several year old no-name 400-500 watt unit, maybe?) before I tried to overclock or get a new powerstrip. Too much chance of something going bad, in my opinion. Get that settled and then start tinkering.

 

[Abwx]

Right, we both know even an overclocked FX6300 shouldn't pop a breaker on a power strip. But, if it is indeed tripping when he overclocks, I'd look at that PSU (several year old no-name 400-500 watt unit, maybe?) before I tried to overclock or get a new powerstrip. Too much chance of something going bad, in my opinion. Get that settled and then start tinkering.

The 110v main power breaker..??.At less than 200W ?.

Because he stated 4Ghz and the FX63xx CPUs manage to reach 95W at this frequency only with Prime 95...

 

[SlowSpyder]

The 110v main power breaker..??.At less than 200W ?.

Because he stated 4Ghz and the FX63xx CPUs manage to reach 95W at this frequency only with Prime 95...

He said:

I tried before at 4ghz but the surge protector had shut off without warning so I thought it had been drawing too much power. That's probably a separate issue altogether though.

All I'm saying is I wouldn't want to overclock on a PSU that's causing that, or a power strip that is funky and popping at 250 watts load. Whatever the cause, it is my opinion that he should get that figured out before he continues overclocking and/or possibly overvolting.

 

[chrisjames61]

I tried before at 4ghz but the surge protector had shut off without warning so I thought it had been drawing too much power. That's probably a separate issue altogether though.

If your surge protector shut off you have a real problem. Probably with your psu.

 

[blake0812]

What kind of power supply do you have? Anything else plugged in the surge protector? I'd get the power situation figured out first.

The only thing plugged into the SP is the main computer, the AC adapter for the router and the modem. The PSU I got is 80+ Bronze but I know it doesn't exempt it.

The 3 monitors are plugged into a power strip (I do triple gaming alot)

 

[blake0812]

If your surge protector shut off you have a real problem. Probably with your psu.

I dunno if it's a good brand, but it's an EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze

 

[SlowSpyder]

The only thing plugged into the SP is the main computer, the AC adapter for the router and the modem. The PSU I got is 80+ Bronze but I know it doesn't exempt it.

The 3 monitors are plugged into a power strip (I do triple gaming alot)

Do you know the brand/model of the PSU? I'd be worried that you have a cheap PSU that is having some kind of problem and causing the circuit breaker in the power strip to pop. I wouldn't want my hardware connected in case of a power surge or something. That's just me, it might be safe, but personally I wouldn't want my hardware on a power strip that is tripping like that. I think your PSU could be an issue.

*edit, just saw you mentioned that it is a EVGA 600 watt. I'm not familiar with their supplies, but EVGA is generally considered a decent brand. What you mentioned doesn't sound like all that much load to me. An FX6300 @ 3.8 - 4GHz and 7850 isn't going to be that huge of a power drain.

 

[blake0812]

Do you know the brand/model of the PSU? I'd be worried that you have a cheap PSU that is having some kind of problem and causing the circuit breaker in the power strip to pop. I wouldn't want my hardware connected in case of a power surge or something. That's just me, it might be safe, but personally I wouldn't want my hardware on a power strip that is tripping like that. I think your PSU could be an issue.

*edit, just saw you mentioned that it is a EVGA 600 watt. I'm not familiar with their supplies, but EVGA is generally considered a decent brand. What you mentioned doesn't sound like all that much load to me. An FX6300 @ 3.8 - 4GHz and 7850 isn't going to be that huge of a power drain.

It's a GTX 760 actually...

 

[SlowSpyder]

It's a GTX 760 actually...

Either way, it shouldn't be so much load that the breaker is tripping. Something is going on there, I'd get that sorted out. New power strip or new power supply. Maybe just for testing move the monitors and router / modem off the power strip and on to a different circuit.


As far as overclocking, it isn't too hard with the FX. Just adjust the multiplier in the bios and run stability tests. You can always bump the voltage a bit to help things along if you run into instability. Keep an eye on your temps. I'd recommend a decent cooler if you don't already have one. But, 4GHz is probably obtainable on the factory cooler, I would think. My FX doesn't really start to get hungry until I go above ~4.8GHz or so.

And just for comparison, I have a 27" monitor, my modem / router, Logitech Z5500 speaker system, and computer all on my power strip. I've seen my Kill-o-Watt go north of 700 watts on just my PC with everything else on the power strip, I've never once popped a breaker, and I assure you my PC is pulling more wattage than your's when I'm playing around @ 5.35GHz and ~1.6v.

Anyway, I'd get that figured out, it'd be no fun if you lost hardware to a power surge or something.

 

[blake0812]

Either way, it shouldn't be so much load that the breaker is tripping. Something is going on there, I'd get that sorted out. New power strip or new power supply. Maybe just for testing move the monitors and router / modem off the power strip and on to a different circuit.


As far as overclocking, it isn't too hard with the FX. Just adjust the multiplier in the bios and run stability tests. You can always bump the voltage a bit to help things along if you run into instability. Keep an eye on your temps. I'd recommend a decent cooler if you don't already have one. But, 4GHz is probably obtainable on the factory cooler, I would think. My FX doesn't really start to get hungry until I go above ~4.8GHz or so.

And just for comparison, I have a 27" monitor, my modem / router, Logitech Z5500 speaker system, and computer all on my power strip. I've seen my Kill-o-Watt go north of 700 watts on just my PC with everything else on the power strip, I've never once popped a breaker, and I assure you my PC is pulling more wattage than your's when I'm playing around @ 5.35GHz and ~1.6v.

Anyway, I'd get that figured out, it'd be no fun if you lost hardware to a power surge or something.

Yeah I guess you're right. It is quite old, and whenever it shuts down it doesn't beep like it used to do.

 

[KingFatty]

What is your motherboard?

You can probably get comfortably into the 4+ GHz range no problems, but we should know your motherboard too. Some kinds of motherboards get unhappy and cut power to the CPU if the CPU draws too much power from the motherboard.

 

[blake0812]

Sorry for not responding in a while, stuff is happening. Anyway, you guys were right: The SP was old and the one I borrowed from my brother never shuts off.

The only problem is that I have it to 4.0GHz and bumped up the voltage up to 1.265~1.275 (around that area, basically just two bumps up) and it crashes.


Everything else is left alone, but what else can I do to improve stability?

 

[SlowSpyder]

Sorry for not responding in a while, stuff is happening. Anyway, you guys were right: The SP was old and the one I borrowed from my brother never shuts off.

The only problem is that I have it to 4.0GHz and bumped up the voltage up to 1.265~1.275 (around that area, basically just two bumps up) and it crashes.


Everything else is left alone, but what else can I do to improve stability?

Can you go to 1.3v, temps ok? 4GHz isn't a big OC, you should be able to get it there with a little voltage.

 

[blake0812]

Can you go to 1.3v, temps ok? 4GHz isn't a big OC, you should be able to get it there with a little voltage.

I'm not sure about the temps because Speccy doesn't seem to work at all in W10. But i'll try to go to 1.3v

 

[SlowSpyder]

Just to make sure, which factory cooler are you using? The one that looks like this or the one that looks more like this?

 

[blake0812]

Just to make sure, which factory cooler are you using? The one that looks like this or the one that looks more like this?

The first one.

Also it's currently at 1.3v and no problems so far, however I haven't stress tested it (last time I used Prime95 on W10 it crashed so i'm kinda hesitant on using it ATM) or did any heavy gaming. It's also at 3.9Ghz so it's kinda close to that range.