Overclocking Fx 6300 and Sapphire 7870xt

Redfox25

Hello there.

I built a system from a previous thread here on boards,

ItemPriceAMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+
ASRock Extreme 4 Pro

8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9
Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT Boost, 2GB GDDR5, DVI, HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort, lite retail
BitFenix Merc Alpha
2 x BitFenix Spectre 120mm Lüfter - all black
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s
Samsung SH-118AB schwarz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD
LG Flatron IPS234V
MS Windows 7 64bit (SB-Version) Englisch


Its a pretty sweet system but I decided to try my hand overclocking it this evening.
I have the CPU voltage up to 1.464 and the multiplier up to 24. The clock speed is up to 4.8 using this thread, as suggested by Marco Polo, http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/fx-8350-8320-6300-4300_9.html#sect0
and this one http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/57615-amd-vishera-fx-6300-fx-4300-review-17.html

Luckily it seemed pretty easy, thankfully as I am a newb at this.

I have downloaded Prime 95 to stress test the settings.
I went with Blend testing for 20 mins to trial it out and see if I it was going to melt or explode. I know that thats no where near long enough.

Should I give it a lash with the small FFTS test run and leave it overnight or is it safe to do so? If it overheats will it turn itself off or will it continue on?

For the GPU I downloaded the Sapphire Trixx program and upped the clock speed to 1050/1500, up from 975/1500. I came across an article suggesting 1200 CS but that might be a bit ambitious.

Any thoughts or should I plow on and see how I get on?.

Cheers

BloodBath

Are you checking your temps?

Check your temps for the cpu, vrms and gpu with HWMonitor. Ideally you want to be keeping below 80c or so.

The cpu looks good anyway as long as your temps are ok. I have no idea about safe voltages for those but that seems about right.

You definitely have head room on the card though if the temps are good. Those cores will do 1200+ if you can keep them cool enough.

Redfox25

Cheers Blood

I need to reapply the changes, they were wiped when I powered down. I probably need to apply them in the bios rather than with the Asrock Software.

Still, it will be interesting.
I will have another go at it tonight.