Welcome.
First thing you should do is fill out the rig builder.
Secondly, what is your budget for upgrading, as a 24/7 stable 5GHz overclock can be elusive and even then is pricey to attain.

 

Recently, as in Saturday, I got my fx-6300 to a stable 5 GHz with a 1.525 vcore. Obviously the heat and power consumption was crazy (I had my radiator bathed in water, that was amazing). Clearly, I am going to say go with a 6300 and a 990fx chipset.

 

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Originally Posted by p4inkill3r

Welcome.
First thing you should do is fill out the rig builder.
Secondly, what is your budget for upgrading, as a 24/7 stable 5GHz overclock can be elusive and even then is pricey to attain.

I did fill it out. I'm new to these forums, so im not sure if it saved or not

 

EDIT: I'm also thinking about a AMD APU, but only for the CPU (A10-7850K) i heard they OC like a dream,

 

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Originally Posted by CtXPL

Recently, as in Saturday, I got my fx-6300 to a stable 5 GHz with a 1.525 vcore. Obviously the head and power consumption was crazy (I had my radiator bathed in water, that was amazing). Clearly, I am going to say go with a 6300 and a 990fx chipset.

I hope i can do that, the FX-6300 is selling around $110, which is really good, thats what i bought my 965 for 1 year ago.

 

Go 8350 cheapest with the most potential. If you can get to one microcenter sells them for cheaper than anywhere. 130-140. Plus if you bundle a board with it which I recommend bc it makes a big difference in overclocking you get another 50 dollars off. I tried overclocking my 8350 on a gigabyte board and it couldn't handle it. I bought he sabertooth and now it can overclock over 5ghz. Part of that is I run to large rads and under water. But you need a good oc board to run a good overclock. Fx6300 is not bad either but for an extra 40 8350 is very nice.

 

990fx board big you can microcenter 8350 and sabertooth mobo will run about 300

 

Shoot for 4.8 bc 5ghz will almost always require a jump from 1.46 to 1.55 volts. Not worth the money you will need to cook it off and the gains from. 4.8 to 5 is minimal

 

Bare minimum I would go with the FX-6300. Four core FX chips will only hold you back, and BNIB they are about the same price as the Six core 6300. If you can stretch your budget, I would go for an 8320 or 8350.

 

I hear the APUs are a bit tricky to oc ad far as the higher clock rates go

 

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Originally Posted by emsj86

Shoot for 4.8 bc 5ghz will almost always require a jump from 1.46 to 1.55 volts. Not worth the money you will need to cook it off and the gains from. 4.8 to 5 is minimal

I won't be settleing for less, i know it sounds bad, but i will hit 5.0ghz, even if i fry my chip.. (Aka 2.0 Volts) Just kidding, but you get my point.

 

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Originally Posted by m70b1jr

I won't be settleing for less, i know it sounds bad, but i will hit 5.0ghz, even if i fry my chip.. (Aka 2.0 Volts) Just kidding, but you get my point.

Since you already have the Radeon GFX, you could probably go with a microATX board to save some money, and a 6300 then screw the whole case, because you're going to me making a ton of heat on that north bridge and whatnot. Then, with the money you have left just make a custom water loop for the cpu so you can keep it from melting itself.

Heck, just mount the board to your wall.

 

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Originally Posted by CtXPL

Since you already have the Radeon GFX, you could probably go with a microATX board to save some money, and a 6300 then screw the whole case, because you're going to me making a ton of heat on that north bridge and whatnot. Then, with the money you have left just make a custom water loop for the cpu so you can keep it from melting itself.

Heck, just mount the board to your wall.

Maybe he doesn't want to make custom loops & mount the board to a wall?

I was in the same scenario as the you (OP) -- I was on a bit of a budget.. I went for a FX-4130 & eventually settled on an FX-8320E ($125 from NewEgg).. FX-6300, FX-8320 would have my votes too.

I have an R9 270, R9 280X & R9 290 in my possession.. I actually really like my R9 270 that you have, it runs cool & does pretty damn well. Stay away with APU's -- you already have an adapter.

 

Whether you make a custom look it not to overclock to a good overclock which is what he said he wanted. You need a good motherboard Oman and simple

 

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Originally Posted by ultrasparc

Maybe he doesn't want to make custom loops & mount the board to a wall?

I was in the same scenario as the you (OP) -- I was on a bit of a budget.. I went for a FX-4130 & eventually settled on an FX-8320E ($125 from NewEgg).. FX-6300, FX-8320 would have my votes too.

I have an R9 270, R9 280X & R9 290 in my possession.. I actually really like my R9 270 that you have, it runs cool & does pretty damn well. Stay away with APU's -- you already have an adapter.

Didn't say he had to? I was just saying if he was worried about temperature issues he could do that. Plus wall mounted systems look pretty neat, provided they are done right.
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Originally Posted by emsj86

Whether you make a custom look it not to overclock to a good overclock which is what he said he wanted. You need a good motherboard Oman and simple

Again, temperatures. Air cooling can be effective, but it can also be super loud.

 

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Again, temperatures. Air cooling can be effective, but it can also be super loud.

A NH-D14 or D15 is going to be quieter than just about any AIO setup.

 

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Originally Posted by CtXPL

Since you already have the Radeon GFX, you could probably go with a microATX board to save some money, and a 6300 then screw the whole case, because you're going to me making a ton of heat on that north bridge and whatnot. Then, with the money you have left just make a custom water loop for the cpu so you can keep it from melting itself.

Heck, just mount the board to your wall.

I'm new to water cooling, i got my first one (H60) Saturday, and i love it to death.
I have a decent case i guess, had a hard time adding the radiator, and i already have a micro motherboard, but i don't think i'll get one, because i want to crossfire in the future.
Mounting it to the wall?
Never thought of that, and thats amazing. I might, might, might try it, but i also like to bring my PC to friends houses.

Right now i think i might do this.

Get the FX-6300 OR the FX-8320E
And a AM3+ 2 Pci-E motherboards.

My goal is to get one of these chips at 5.0 GHZ, anqd get a MAXIMUM of 70 Celcius during gaming.

Also, do you think my H60 will do good? it's a decent cooler i heard, only reason why i got it because it was on sale for $35, and couldn't beat the offer.
Also, i have 2 tubes of Artic 5 silver thermal paste to help.

 

The H60 is not going to be able to dissipate enough heat to get you to 5GHz stable.

 

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The H60 is not going to be able to dissipate enough heat to get you to 5GHz stable.

1000x this, I had to put mine in ice water in order to get mine to 5GHz

 

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Originally Posted by p4inkill3r

The H60 is not going to be able to dissipate enough heat to get you to 5GHz stable.

Well, i forgot to mention, temps are not important to me at all - i just want to know if i can get a chip at 5.0ghz, and i'll work up from there. I'm also willing to do 1.55 Volts although i heard that's bad as well.

 

Uhhhhh

 

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Originally Posted by CtXPL

1000x this, I had to put mine in ice water in order to get mine to 5GHz

Yea i saw the picture, that was really cool, and i would consider doing that, except in something more like a thermos, add freeon (A/C Coolant) and some ice, and throw that in the bottom of my PC Case.

 

Just because temps are not important to you doesn't mean they aren't important to the process. You cannot just arbitrarily state that you want 5GHz and make it so, there's a process involved. You're at the mercy of the CPU, first of all. There are chips that won't do 5.0GHz regardless of the voltage you put into them.

My advice is to let us know what motherboard/PSU you have now, and what dollar figure you'd be willing to spend in order to get to that mythical 5GHz overclock.

 

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Originally Posted by m70b1jr

Well, i forgot to mention, temps are not important to me at all - i just want to know if i can get a chip at 5.0ghz, and i'll work up from there. I'm also willing to do 1.55 Volts although i heard that's bad as well.

Heat isn't fun for CPU's, granted they are designed to take it, but you run the risk of shortening the life span of it. Hey, while you're at it, would you mind testing super chilled ethanol in a cooling loop for me?

 

What mobo are you using? That's a lot of voltage for 4.1. I run my 965 at 4.0 ghz just because there isn't alot of return after 4.0 on my chip compared to the heat and power it requires to go higher...

As stated above, an fx 6300 is a great chip and you can toss it on a $50 Gigabyte board and hit 4.5 easily. I have an 8370e running 4.3 ghz on the same board and it's only a 4 +1 phase.(LOTS OF AIR COOLING....LOTS AND LOTS). Unfortunately, a decent 8+1 990fx mobo is going to set you back about $130 for a UD3 or a Sabretooth, but they are really good boards.

5 Ghz 24/7 is going to be a balance of $$$, testing ability, and silicon lottery luck...and water cooling.