gx_saurav
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Hello guys, I need some help for overclocking my AMD FX 6300 CPU. I am using it with Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard & Cooler Master Hyper 212X CPU cooler.
TL;DR
I started with Auto tune available in Catalyst Control centre. It auto tuned my PC to 4.1 GHz at stock voltage. It reached 4.2 GHz too after increasing the voltage. So I stopped the tuning, it rebooted the system and after that I set the maximum frequency in Catalyst control centre to 4 GHz with default voltage.
After a reboot I disabled EPU power saving and Cool & Quite in BIOS. The system remained at 4 GHz at around 38C after a boot at idle and around 54C during load.
Then I enabled Asus EPU & AMD Cool&Quite so now when doing light weight work my CPU clock speed varies from 1.4 GHz to 4 Ghz automatically. When playing a game or stress testing it reaches 4 GHz automatically and stays there as long as there is a load.
When running 3DMark 2013 firestrike at 1080p preset, my GPU usage was around 99 to 100%. I think this means that my CPU is not bottlenecking my GPU.
Here are my temperatures after running Prime95 for about 7 Hrs. I left it to run overnight. The room temperature is around 29C here in India.
I tried manual overclock in BIOS. For this I only changed the CPU multiplier to 20 in BIOS and left everything else at auto. The results were similar. I ran Prime95 for 2 hours and then closed myself as I thought it was enough.
TL;DR
- Which method is recommended for overclocking? Is it setting everything manually in BIOS or using a software method like AMD Over drive?
- What is the safe temperature for a FX 6300? The maximum temperature I have reached on this CPU ever is 60C.
- How do I identify if my GPU or CPU is a bottleneck?
- Should I use AMD Cool&Quite or EPU power saving? I can set my PC to overclock when gaming via a reboot and BIOS profile too though.
- Are my overclocks & temperatures safe and good? What should I keep in mind when using my PC at this state?
I started with Auto tune available in Catalyst Control centre. It auto tuned my PC to 4.1 GHz at stock voltage. It reached 4.2 GHz too after increasing the voltage. So I stopped the tuning, it rebooted the system and after that I set the maximum frequency in Catalyst control centre to 4 GHz with default voltage.
After a reboot I disabled EPU power saving and Cool & Quite in BIOS. The system remained at 4 GHz at around 38C after a boot at idle and around 54C during load.
Then I enabled Asus EPU & AMD Cool&Quite so now when doing light weight work my CPU clock speed varies from 1.4 GHz to 4 Ghz automatically. When playing a game or stress testing it reaches 4 GHz automatically and stays there as long as there is a load.
When running 3DMark 2013 firestrike at 1080p preset, my GPU usage was around 99 to 100%. I think this means that my CPU is not bottlenecking my GPU.
Here are my temperatures after running Prime95 for about 7 Hrs. I left it to run overnight. The room temperature is around 29C here in India.
I tried manual overclock in BIOS. For this I only changed the CPU multiplier to 20 in BIOS and left everything else at auto. The results were similar. I ran Prime95 for 2 hours and then closed myself as I thought it was enough.
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