Over-Clocking AMD FX 6100

[Anthrax50551]

So Which is the most suggest one would you say? Thank you for taking the time to sort all that out, I don't wanna cheap out on ram Either, I am looking for performance, But damn that is some cheap ram...Is it good enough for say? Cause i wouldn't mind spending more than that, The current ram i have i would consider Trash, I did also have fault cause my cpu amd drivers i accidently uninstalled Sigh... Not used to having a cpu with a GPU embedded in it so i made a mistake there and caused alot of my own errors. So which do you think is best? I noticed how u said this Choice Etc Etc, I just am unsure of what to choose!! I am really liking 2 and 3

 

[RGone]

@ Anthrax50551, I am not sure what to say to your question about the ram I use being inexpensive. All DDR3 ram right now to me is cheap compared to what I paid for fast DDR2 ram.

Of the sticks I HAVE already, I even went to the trouble to say how far they would overclock to. So performance? Hale yes and in spades as far as I am concerned.

I know this internet thing is all over the world and that cultures read english different than those who think in it everyday and use it everyday. So maybe what I wrote did not say that as far as I was concerned you could not buy better ram. You could buy more expensive ram. You could buy ram with tall heatspreaders that get in the way of air coolers. You could buy faster ram than the next kit I am going to buy but I don't see a need for ram that is just faster. Which one forum member has asked me to get a kit of and ship to him when it comes. But I don't use Corsair unless they give it to me. I have no need of Crucial. Kingston does as they please when making ram sticks. So knowing and feeling as I do...there are few real choices left and Gskil has been good to and for me. About it.

 

[Anthrax50551]

Thank you very much, I am going to order a set of that G.Skill ram right now I heard good things about it, so you think its wise to only go with 8GB? and not more, Sometimes i am running alot of things at once and might find use for more Ram but im looking for speed.

 

[Anthrax50551]

What about this? Anything to say about the sniper Series?!?! I couldnt tell a Difference Other than it looks really cool ahaha.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231460

 

[RGone]

Humh...

Anthrax50551:
Don't have that ram. Likely will not since ram looks is not anything to me. How it works no matter the brand does matter to me. Strokes for folks.

The ram you linked is surely priced well. Specs seem good for the speed.

New Egg reviewer #3 >> Cons: it not a low profile ram just keep that in mind with CPU coolers

NewEgg reviewer #4 >> Also for my cooler, they barely offer enough clearance and weren't as low of a profile as I thought, based on the reviews.

I have my doubts that most people can effectively use 16gigs of ram. Notice that is my opinion. I see people getting more and more ram. Probably just because it is cheap. That always moves people whether the real results make the extra ram a good thing.

I do think more and more ram makes a system less over-clockable. It has been so for a long time and expect it is today still. So if one has a hefty overclock in mind, I think I would get enough ram but not go wild in loading the IMC of the processor down with ram that produces no real results.

In certain situations without any thought to overclocking, I could see 16gigs might help with certain heavy duty editting situations but beyond that it feels like they have more ram because they can and maybe not because it is a great improvement for the money spent. IMO. YMMV.

 

[Anthrax50551]

Anthrax50551:
Don't have that ram. Likely will not since ram looks is not anything to me. How it works no matter the brand does matter to me. Strokes for folks.

The ram you linked is surely priced well. Specs seem good for the speed.

New Egg reviewer #3 >> Cons: it not a low profile ram just keep that in mind with CPU coolers

NewEgg reviewer #4 >> Also for my cooler, they barely offer enough clearance and weren't as low of a profile as I thought, based on the reviews.

I have my doubts that most people can effectively use 16gigs of ram. Notice that is my opinion. I see people getting more and more ram. Probably just because it is cheap. That always moves people whether the real results make the extra ram a good thing.

I do think more and more ram makes a system less over-clockable. It has been so for a long time and expect it is today still. So if one has a hefty overclock in mind, I think I would get enough ram but not go wild in loading the IMC of the processor down with ram that produces no real results.

In certain situations without any thought to overclocking, I could see 16gigs might help with certain heavy duty editting situations but beyond that it feels like they have more ram because they can and maybe not because it is a great improvement for the money spent. IMO. YMMV.

Thank you for all your insight in regards to that my system barely uses 20-40% it seems of the ram as it is so im not going to upgrade that, I think i will go with the sniper DDR3 or one of the ones u have picked, still deciding, looks dont matter much to me but i like to show off the looks of the inside sometimes so maybe it will make my cable management look a little better ahaha

 

[CoolerHeads]

I am going for it! Hi all. Thanks in advance to the wealth of knowledge I have found here I am approx 1 week into an OC learning curve. I just upgraded my rig to a FX-6100 on an Asrock 880GM-LE. Steep but interesting learning curve. I just PASSED a 2h5m PRIME test @ 4.5Ghz, CPUv1.5250 NBv1.1250 A previous 90min PRIME Test @ 4.5Ghz ended with an ERROR: ILLEGAL SUMOUT using CPUv 1.5125 & CPU NB 1.1750v. One of the cores spiked above 70C & shut down the worker. Surprisingly system remained stable. This time temps stayed between 58C - 61C, reaching 65C once for approx 2mins. Plus I'm able to use the system while PRIMING without notice or adversely impacting temperature. I'm so pleased I want to know what else I mean it can do lol


FYI: I like the GUI in OCCT & the ability to set cut off limits on each core as well as the CPU TIN. I prefer the test abort than overheat CPU and/or reboot unexpectedly. Also I'd rather not physically monitor each test configuration likely to push temps to the limit. Once I suspect a configuration will work I test it again in PRIME & let OCCT monitor/record PRIME stress test. I find their temps are within 1 degree if not the same as HWMonitor most of the time and always within 3. Plus OCCT updates more often and records changes less than 1 degree.

PRIME fluctuates CPU between 1.4Ghz - 6.3Ghz using the APM. However my normal use and/or opening every resource intensive program on the system simultaneously/consecutively keeps the CPU nicely around 4.5Ghz. I will still compare it with 4.4Ghz. I reached these levels of stability manipulating only CPU Multiplier, CPUv DRAM and CPU NBv. I hope that the more experienced minds here can advise other settings that would be more effective?

The following are PRIME benchmarks stock & current respectively and results from 2h5m PRIME test. Let me know if you would like any further info omitted.

[Sat Feb 09 19:42:47 2013]
AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
CPU speed: 3306.32 MHz, 6 cores
CPU features: RDTSC, CMOV, Prefetch, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE4
L1 cache size: 16 KB
L2 cache size: 2 MB, L3 cache size: 8 MB
L1 cache line size: 64 bytes
L2 cache line size: 64 bytes
L1 TLBS: 32
L2 TLBS: 1024
Prime95 64-bit version 25.11, RdtscTiming=1
Best time for 768K FFT length: 12.454 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 15.031 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 16.979 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 21.479 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 25.828 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 31.380 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 34.975 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 46.959 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 57.516 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 68.530 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 76.589 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 99.375 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 120.810 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 145.671 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 161.117 ms.
Timing FFTs using 2 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 9.728 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 11.683 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 13.502 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 16.303 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 19.533 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 23.559 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 26.426 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 34.969 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 42.501 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 50.593 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 57.127 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 73.964 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 89.188 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 108.999 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 121.247 ms.
Timing FFTs using 3 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 7.642 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 7.891 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 12.143 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 10.451 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 12.561 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 15.113 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 17.050 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 22.505 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 27.429 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 32.883 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 36.969 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 47.844 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 57.773 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 70.165 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 78.119 ms.
Timing FFTs using 4 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 7.176 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 7.915 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 11.349 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 9.078 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 10.807 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 12.450 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 14.112 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 18.407 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 22.290 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 26.809 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 30.098 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 38.782 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 46.929 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 56.813 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 63.521 ms.
Timing FFTs using 5 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 6.529 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 7.138 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 10.583 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 7.683 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 8.956 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 10.331 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 11.654 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 14.869 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 17.630 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 20.996 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 23.727 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 30.479 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 36.746 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 44.893 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 50.140 ms.
Timing FFTs using 6 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 6.443 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 7.034 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 10.349 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 7.491 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 8.735 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 10.010 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 11.233 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 13.911 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 16.289 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 19.251 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 21.735 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 27.435 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 32.894 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 39.732 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 44.456 ms.
Best time for 58 bit trial factors: 2.937 ms.
Best time for 59 bit trial factors: 2.898 ms.
Best time for 60 bit trial factors: 2.900 ms.
Best time for 61 bit trial factors: 3.038 ms.
Best time for 62 bit trial factors: 3.165 ms.
Best time for 63 bit trial factors: 3.417 ms.
Best time for 64 bit trial factors: 4.120 ms.
Best time for 65 bit trial factors: 5.258 ms.
Best time for 66 bit trial factors: 6.290 ms.
Best time for 67 bit trial factors: 6.255 ms.


AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
CPU speed: 4500.15 MHz, 6 cores
CPU features: RDTSC, CMOV, Prefetch, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE4
L1 cache size: 16 KB
L2 cache size: 2 MB, L3 cache size: 8 MB
L1 cache line size: 64 bytes
L2 cache line size: 64 bytes
L1 TLBS: 32
L2 TLBS: 1024
Prime95 64-bit version 25.11, RdtscTiming=1
Best time for 768K FFT length: 9.553 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 12.089 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 13.990 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 17.249 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 21.212 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 25.093 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 32.116 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 43.119 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 54.403 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 59.401 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 70.583 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 99.652 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 113.134 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 140.049 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 158.240 ms.
Timing FFTs using 2 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 7.587 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 9.792 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 11.927 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 14.721 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 17.073 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 19.159 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 25.039 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 36.605 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 44.054 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 50.084 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 56.794 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 80.188 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 91.603 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 120.465 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 134.220 ms.
Timing FFTs using 3 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 6.622 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 6.880 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 10.696 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 9.247 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 11.180 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 13.250 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 15.835 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 20.111 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 25.606 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 35.359 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 37.949 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 45.700 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 60.331 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 75.865 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 83.519 ms.
Timing FFTs using 4 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 6.881 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 6.946 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 10.738 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 8.064 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 9.661 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 11.505 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 13.440 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 16.921 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 21.241 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 27.777 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 30.009 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 38.543 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 50.308 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 63.711 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 67.660 ms.
Timing FFTs using 5 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 5.816 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 6.629 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 9.347 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 7.103 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 8.289 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 9.750 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 11.348 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 15.167 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 22.372 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 21.538 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 24.498 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 34.571 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 44.448 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 49.714 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 63.260 ms.
Timing FFTs using 6 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 6.291 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 6.610 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 9.501 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 7.167 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 8.463 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 9.895 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 11.412 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 14.640 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 19.200 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 22.674 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 24.095 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 39.857 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 43.711 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 51.743 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 62.111 ms.
Best time for 58 bit trial factors: 2.178 ms.
Best time for 59 bit trial factors: 2.156 ms.
Best time for 60 bit trial factors: 2.157 ms.
Best time for 61 bit trial factors: 2.255 ms.
Best time for 62 bit trial factors: 2.346 ms.
Best time for 63 bit trial factors: 2.542 ms.
Best time for 64 bit trial factors: 3.065 ms.
Best time for 65 bit trial factors: 3.959 ms.
Best time for 66 bit trial factors: 4.811 ms.
Best time for 67 bit trial factors: 5.069 ms.

Do the results include 2 hours of Prime 95 running in Blend mode and the temps not exceeding 70c on cpu and 60c on the package aKa core temps? If it passes that, there is a good chance you could call it stable otherwise it is sitll only a moon shot for giggles. .