My E4300 Overclock Results

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nj_gamer said:
So shall i increase theVcore to 1.4 and VRAM to2.0V?
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NO..
u will fry it..
increase it to the next higher voltage rating in the BIOS..
if not, then try the next rating and post results..!!

nj..u need to read around a little bit..dont do anything u dont know about..
search around a little bit and u will easily find enough threads on E4300 o'cing..
 
@baasha
Trust me i'm reading through a lot of forums...The more i read the more confused i get.Many ppl use water coolers and don't mention it,which is dangerous..Now You are telling it will get fried @1.40 and thebanik tells to bump it to 1.40... Thats why i'm doing all my ocing through this thread itself.
Since i'm getting help from u,deepak,thebanik,200mph and others..I really trust TE guys..They know what they are doing.
 
Do the following :

1. Try move around the PCIE Freq a bit, from say 100 to 105

2. Up the north bridge voltage a single notch and see.

200mph did it with his ASUS P5N-E SLI
 
Hey nj_gamer...either you are getting out of luck or something, i have now successfully OCed my Ram to 733Mhz(same ram as yours), the volts are @ stock, timings are 4-4-4-12, but let me give you a serious piece of advice, when i was running my CPU with stock cooler, i ran @ only 2.6Ghz(though was able to reach 3.3 Ghz with stock cooler as well), coz after that the high temp would freeze up my comp. after a few hours. So be happy with the OC results for now and hold up your OC'ing till you get yourself a better cooler.
 
Deepak said:
Do the following :

1. Try move around the PCIE Freq a bit, from say 100 to 105

2. Up the north bridge voltage a single notch and see.

200mph did it with his ASUS P5N-E SLI
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He always gives the right advise :hap2: ...i forgot bout upping the north bridge voltage :@ , though remember to get some good case cooling(we do not give much importance to NB coolers but that certainly helps in stable OCing)...but i think PCI freq would not help much, if he is not OCing the GC.
 
Well the RAM is at 1.9V and Vcore is @1.40 Yet the comp is unstable even @2.8GHZ
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Upping the vCore will only help up to a point.

If you have "spread spectrum" entries turn them off.

Don't cache BIOS.

Make sure you have the latest nvidia chipset drivers installed.

If your motherboard has "HPET function" setting - turn it off.

If you have "Linkboost" turn it off.

If you have "Limit CPUID MaxVal" it should also be turned off.

Up the north bridge voltage a single notch and see
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This is unlikely going to make any difference, leave it at auto.

If you are currently overclocking your RAM - don't, overclock your cpu first until it is stable, then overclock your ram. Make sure your ram is set at the correct timings from the manufacturer (incorrect timings can effect your overclock)

As is often the case with overclocking... you may be trying to overclock too much at the same time... to achieve a good overclock it is necessary to know what is holding you back, and which settings are working/not working for you. Do it slowly and change one setting at a time. When that setting is as stable as you can make it, then go on to the next setting.

Make sure you have good airflow in your case, and a good after market cooler. You should not expect the same overclock as everyone else, cpu's come from different batches and are NOT the same, people have better cases and different hardware than others, and every overclock will be different :) :D
 
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ArtfulDodger said:
Upping the vCore will only help up to a point.
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What are you talking man???? Please explain what you mean by this. Should I show you what you can achieve by upping the vCore, now nj_gamer do not try these settings on your pc...thats a e4300 running @ ~3.5Ghz because of the higher vcore voltage.
 
What are you talking man???? Please explain what you mean by this.
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:) What I mean is that it will only take you so far, you can't keep on upping the voltage indefinitely, or you will fry your cpu. At a certain point you need to stop, there are other factors involved in achieving a stable clock as well. I am not saying that some additional voltage won't help, but it will increase your temps, so when max temps have been reached you will need to stop. :)
 
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:) What I mean is that it will only take you so far, you can't keep on upping the voltage indefinitely, or you will fry your cpu. At a certain point you need to stop, there are other factors involved in achieving a stable clock as well. I am not saying that some additional voltage won't help, but it will increase your temps, so when max temps have been reached you will need to stop. :)
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the vcore voltage mentioned is a very mild raise and would not raise the temp. so much as to fry the CPU, in any case heard of CPU throttling?
 
the vcore voltage mentioned is a very mild raise and would not raise the temp. so much as to fry the CPU, in any case heard of CPU throttling?
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There is no need to be sarcastic, you were quite nice when you have previously asked for my help :P

The response I made was that there is only so far it will be of use, I did not say that it was incorrect... I was inferring that there are other things that should be considered as well ;)
 
ArtfulDodger said:
There is no need to be sarcastic, you were quite nice when you have previously asked for my help :P
The response I made was that there is only so far it will be of use, I did not say that it was incorrect... I was inferring that there are other things that should be considered as well ;)
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ok maybe its late at night and need to go to sleep but when did i ask you for help? anyways you are right, there are too many things to be considered when ocing, its simply not about bumping up the numbers.:hap2:
 
Np :) it's early here, and I haven't finished my 1st cup of coffee yet :P

but when did i ask you for help?
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In a thread about 2 months back... no big deal though. I enjoy trying to help others, it's all about giving back to the community, many many people have helped me over the years too.
 
@thebanik, Intel's throttling reduces the risk of frying your CPU, it doesn't *eliminate* the risk completely. And ensuring your overclock is stable is more important than your overclock itself ;) Bumping up the vcore isn't always safe, watch the temps as well... better safe than sorry.

What vcore does that chip require to do 3300mhz? What's the approximate vdroop of your board? What temps are you seeing at those speeds?

I'm picking up an E4300 + 650i board for testing this week... my plan is to find the highest stable overclock using the stock cooler (and maybe I'll throw in my X6800 cooler to see what difference it makes ;)).
 
RiO said:
@thebanik, Intel's throttling reduces the risk of frying your CPU, it doesn't *eliminate* the risk completely. And ensuring your overclock is stable is more important than your overclock itself ;) Bumping up the vcore isn't always safe, watch the temps as well... better safe than sorry.

What vcore does that chip require to do 3300mhz? What's the approximate vdroop of your board? What temps are you seeing at those speeds?

I'm picking up an E4300 + 650i board for testing this week... my plan is to find the highest stable overclock using the stock cooler (and maybe I'll throw in my X6800 cooler to see what difference it makes ;)).
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nj_gamer has been trying to oc for a couple of weeks now, he has been advised to keep an eye on the temp., these core2 duos are not power hungry and hence dont run too hot @ vcore volt of 1.4, so no question of frying it and thats the point i was trying to make.

3300 is possible even with the stock cooler but temps are frightening...with stock cooler 2800ghz is pretty fine since temps @ load are around 62-65C but with 3 120mm case fans(in my case), for 2800 a meagre ~1.365v would do, for 3300 it would be around 1.425v, i dont use this board so wont be able to tell you the vdrop.
 
I was asking you about your setup and the vdroop of your board :) But 1.365v for 2.8ghz is a lot if you've used an E6600 or better chip... anyway, once I get the chip and board I'll post the highest stable overclock possible with the stock cooler ;)
 
RiO said:
I was asking you about your setup and the vdroop of your board :) But 1.365v for 2.8ghz is a lot if you've used an E6600 or better chip... anyway, once I get the chip and board I'll post the highest stable overclock possible with the stock cooler ;)
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hmmm...now that you ask, maybe on this board it requires the higher volts, since on my P5b-dlx, i was able to run it on default volts..that was somewhere around ~1.31V, vdroop on this mobo(p5nesli) is a bit higher, if i set 1.5 in the bios it actually drops to 1.46-1.47 in windows under load. So to have a stable operation have to set the vcore higher.
 
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