FX-6300 OC Clock / Voltage Results

[bjoneson]

I've done a baseline just to determine the overclocking potential of my FX-6300.

I have the following other system specs:

ASRock FX990 Extreme 4
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB DDR3/1600 - 9-9-9-24
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO
Rosewill RG530-2 PSU
GeForce 8800 GTX

I've got everything set stock in the BIOS, except:
- Disabled all unused I/O Devices
- LLC set to minimize vDroop without over-voltage (In ASRock this is "1/4")
- All CPU / Motherboard Power Management Features disabled.

These were *quick* 5 minute OCCT tests to determine overclocking potential. Was able to get to 4000MHz on Stock Voltage (1.300v)

From there, these were the settings and measurements for a 5 minute OCCT run:

4000MHz - VID: 1.300 - Idle: 1.296 - Load: 1.280 - Socket: 53c - Core: 38c
4100MHz - VID: 1.350 - Idle: 1.352 - Load: 1.320 - Socket: 56c - Core: 42c
4200MHz - VID: 1.375 - Idle: 1.376 - Load: 1.344 - Socket: 58c - Core: 45c
4300MHz - VID: 1.413 - Idle: 1.408 - Load: 1.376 - Socket: 61c - Core: 49c
4400MHz - VID: 1.463 - Idle: 1.456 - Load: 1.424 - Socket: 64c - Core: 55c
4500MHz - VID: 1.513 - Idle: 1.504 - Load: 1.472 - Socket: 70c - Core: 62c

At this point, I think I've hit the upper limit of my cooling setup.

Curious to find out how these numbers sit with other 6300 owners.

 

[Mandrake4565]

Most of the Cpu V numbers I have seen when overclocked are based on running Prime Blend 2 hours to establish stability. It would be tough to compare them to 5 minutes of OCCT. Though I would agree that at 4.5 you have hit your heatwall, that said testing for 24/7 stability you may need more voltage across the board at all clock speeds posted. Therefore, possibly will hit the heatwall at 4400 or lower?

Have a read through this post, where one of our overclockers put a 6300 through it's paces.

 

[RGone]

U be raton air "mandrake", 5 mins of P95 Blending is not enough time in the saddle to tale us much atall.
RGone...ster.

 

[Mandrake4565]

U be raton air "mandrake", 5 mins of P95 Blending is not enough time in the saddle to tale us much atall.
RGone...ster.

Them there's Funnies words Bobgonester.

 

[telep_man]

Did you test it on stock? Just curious to know what voltage it needs. I got mine stable after 5 runs of IBT at 3.6GHz with CPU-Z reporting 1.104V on load. Looks prommissing, doesn't it? Still with stock cooler, tho, so can't push it.