How far will be e2180 overclock?

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I am prepared to buy a decent cpu cooler, but i don't want to be running it dangerously. I want to run it at a speed where it is stable and not overheating..

I have the akaska zen case.

How far will this overclock, safely?

Thanks.
 
To be honest, you just need to keep the CPU under 60c at load and it should be fine, theoretically of course ;).
 
got mine at 3ghz @ 1.360v (cpu-z) bios reports it higher 1.39375v i think.
idles @ 31 -33 (TAT)
passed 12 hrs of orthos
load temps 60-62

Thats on a big typhoon if its any help.
 
Ive just clocked an E2160 from 1.8 to 2.34 on the stock cooler. 8 hours load and its 61deg. Fine by me. Id much prefer a better cooler tho tbh.
 
mine runs at 3Ghz at no more than low 60's under load on a big typhoon at stock volts of 1.3 although it does not seem to want to go above 3Ghz even sticking it at 1.4v it still falls over at 3.1Ghz which is weird tbh :confused:

will let you know what the stock cooler is like in a few hours as i've just built my dad's new rig which also has a e2180 but is all stock, just got to stick windows on it first
 
da_ging said:
will let you know what the stock cooler is like in a few hours as i've just built my dad's new rig which also has a e2180 but is all stock, just got to stick windows on it first
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Cool that would be very helpful, thanks.
 
got one in my Shuttle,

similar issues, stable with little more than stock volts up to 3.0-3.1, doesn't want to go higher even sticking +0.15v through it
 
lolage said:
Cool that would be very helpful, thanks.
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you shouldn't have any trouble getting 2.5Ghz with the stock cooler , i whacked my dads straight upto 3Ghz and although only briefly tested it, it was only just over 60.C after 10mins, so 2.5 should be more than fine with the stock cooler

Stephen B said:
got one in my Shuttle,

similar issues, stable with little more than stock volts up to 3.0-3.1, doesn't want to go higher even sticking +0.15v through it
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well i tried my dads 2180 to see if his was any better at doing +3ghz and it was very much like mine 3ghz stock volts no problem but needs a fair increase to go further, just tried mine again and 1.425v seems to get me stable at 3.1Ghz where as 1.325 is all i need at 3Ghz
 
I've just built my new PC around the 2180 with an ASUS P5K-E WIFI mobo. It overclocked to 3GHz (300 FSB x 10) with all other BIOS settings on Auto. Temps were about 25/26c at idle and 50c ish when stressed (Tuniq Tower fan on minimum).

I'm experimenting still, but currently got it clocked at 3.4GHz (340 FSB x 10) with 1.5V and RAM at 5:8 ratio (1088) and 5-5-5-15 timings. This pushes temps to 40c at idle and up to 77c under stress (with the Tuniq Tower fan at max!). I can probably push it to 3.6GHz if I drop the RAM frequency but this will likely put another 5-10c on the temps, which are a bit high already for my liking. The other option is to stick with 3.4GHz and try and drop the voltage a little to reduce temps. I've not had to touch any other voltages yet.

A few posts I've seen elsewhere suggest 370 FSB approx is the max on an ASUS P5K mobo (or similar) with this chip using a CPU voltage of 1.5-1.6V - no temps were posted with this though....

I'm keen to know what temps others are seeing when OCing the 2180? I'm also wondering if if need to refit my Tuniq Tower or try some new fans - I've just has 2 Scythe Kama 1200 PWM fans delivered so I'll try those first. Any advice welcome!
 
i generally stick to the 'no higher than 75°c max load temp' rule, i don't encode, or, infact, do anything that stresses my cpu's to orthos/prime levels, and thus, generally wont go any higher than 10-15°c LESS than orthos max temp. (ie, if orthos hits 75°c, my max temps during use will be 60-65°c, im perfectly happy with that...)

Had an e2140 that did 3.2ghz (100% clock...)
Have an e2160 that does 3.5ghz (nearly a 100% clock ;))
Had another e2160 that did 3.2ghz on stock cooler (orthos temps hit 76°c though..)

Some can reach a 400mhz fsb, so, if you had a 2180, you may be able to hit 4ghz, but 3ghz - 3.4ghz is fairly common these days...
 
V|per said:
i generally stick to the 'no higher than 75°c max load temp' rule, i don't encode, or, infact, do anything that stresses my cpu's to orthos/prime levels, and thus, generally wont go any higher than 10-15°c LESS than orthos max temp. (ie, if orthos hits 75°c, my max temps during use will be 60-65°c, im perfectly happy with that...)

Had an e2140 that did 3.2ghz (100% clock...)
Have an e2160 that does 3.5ghz (nearly a 100% clock ;))
Had another e2160 that did 3.2ghz on stock cooler (orthos temps hit 76°c though..)

Some can reach a 400mhz fsb, so, if you had a 2180, you may be able to hit 4ghz, but 3ghz - 3.4ghz is fairly common these days...
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Thanks for the advice Viper (and all). I've dropped the voltage to 1.4v and temps have dropped about 10c at stress to 65ish, but still seems stable (Orthos 1hr). I'm going to re-seat my Tuniq Tower and see if that helps, plus reverse my fans to take air in from the back of the case and blow it out the front (which sorta makes sense as the Tuniq is the last stop on the cooling route at present and air temp outside the case should be a few degrees cooler). I'll be back for 3.6GHz once the cooling is sorted..... :D
 
When overclocking this will i need to insert better fans? Or is it down to the heatsink?

Im going to be overclocking to about 3.0GHz with a Arctic freezer pro with the default fans which came with the akasa zen case.
 
I'm currently testing mine at 3.2Ghz with 1.288V (cpuz).

temps were about 25 degrees idle, and currently at 55 degrees after 75mins orthos stress testing.

i might try for 3.4GHz next.
 
I got my e2180 to 3Ghz with no problems only had to up the Vcore slightly but to get to 3.2Ghz it was a pain and I had to up my Vcore to 1.35v (CPUz)
 
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