Mild overclock of FX-6100

I just realized my voice is VERY quiet in the video, and for that I'm sorry

anyway demonstrating FX-6100 stable at 4.2 ghz and 41 degrees C with a mild voltage bump and multiplier change.
I do a bit of Folding@Home to load the CPU, though I had previously tested it Prime95 stable for 8 hours. At the pace the WU was going i'd be on for around 5200 PPD, not counting early-return bonuses. This is not an accurate barometre though due to CamStudio consuming CPU resources.

Cooler is a Corsair 600 T Special Edition, CPU Cooler is a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus

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Gaming

Tags:

• Overclocking
• Bulldozer
• AMD
• Bulldozer (processor)
• corsair
• coolermaster
• Cooler Master
• FX-6100

[sumiiii1]

I'm new to OC, can I OC my fx6100 with Asus M5A78L-M ? with it's cooling stock?..

[pikaporeon]

@sumiiii1 you should be able to, but keep a close eye on your temperatues with something like speedfan, and take it slowly and incrementally. - once temps start hitting around 57-58 under load i'd stopp trying to increase.

[SuperMangn]

that all you do is up the voltage and multipler ? What motherboard chip sets can overclock

[pikaporeon]

@SuperMangn It's not so much a chipset that lets you overclock as it is a BIOS configuration, most enthusiast manufacturers (ASUS when it's not rebranded, Gigabyte, MSI, etc) motherboards will have overclocking settings in their BIOS

[OmorMusica]

I have my 6100 @ 4,2 GHz by 1,384 Volt (in bios 1.385 Volt)<IDLE: 34° LAST 51°C[AKASA TRIO] I use the Akasa Trio measure the temps, because the core temperature sensors are not calibrated on the B2 Stepping Bulldozer- o keap dangerous by overclocking an FX CPU!

[solarlightning]

@lolzxDrofl my box is a zalman 79 plus which has 4 120mm fans(i moved them around to better spots to sucking in the front one pushing air out in the back and one sucking in air on the side next to the gpu then i have the power supply corsiar 750wat witch pushes out air in the back on the bottom. and my cpus cooler is a Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B Black-Pearl Nickel Plating Blue LED 135mm CPU Cooler

[lolzxDrofl]

@solarlightning oic wut kind of cooler do u have?

[solarlightning]

@lolzxDrofl ohh ok i was like wtf kind of cooling does he have but at idle mines hotter but on load mines stays at 55-60..my fans are set really low unless needed

[lolzxDrofl]

@solarlightning lol... its 24 degrees idle 60-62 degrees on load... and yeah i learned that its fine max temps is 70 degrees and i went to 4.6ghz as a risk and same Voltage it stayed 63 degrees i voltage for the 4.4ghz was too high

[solarlightning]

@lolzxDrofl i have mine at 4.3ghz and its running at 30C.thats pretty hot