E6300 - OC or Bin?
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Everyone seems to have the e6300, DS3 and 2gb of geil RAM
Had one at 3.4Ghz with a DS3 and 3Gb of Geil RAM
Should manage 3gig easy enough without too much extra voltage if any... and 3gig is enough to push any current game with an 8800GT. I saw a decent performance boost pusing my core 2 CPUs from 2.4gig to 3gig - but even with a 260GTX I see little gains once I go above ~3gig unless I'm benchmarking 3D Marks or HL2.
I'm not a fan of overclocking RAM as once you start turning the voltage up above rated it has a nasty tendancy to die quickly - but you should be able to hit between 850 and 880MHz on stock timings/voltage - if in doubt memtest. I do reccomend if possible running the RAM 1:1 with the FSB and keeping the timings as tight as possible for the best overall results tho with the LGA775 platform RAM has little impact on performance.
I'm not a fan of overclocking RAM as once you start turning the voltage up above rated it has a nasty tendancy to die quickly - but you should be able to hit between 850 and 880MHz on stock timings/voltage - if in doubt memtest. I do reccomend if possible running the RAM 1:1 with the FSB and keeping the timings as tight as possible for the best overall results tho with the LGA775 platform RAM has little impact on performance.
Hey Rroff, merry xmas!
I have found the opposite to be true, Core 2 LGA775 responds really well to faster memory!
For an all round faster and balanced system you need to consider three things
Processor Speed (CPU)
System Bus Speed (NB)
Memory Speed (RAM)
If you have an uBer fast processor and Northbridge but you are running the ram 1:1 you are in fact crippling the performance . . .
E6300 (7x266) 1862MHz
System Bus (266x4) 1066MHz
Memory 1:1 sync (266x2) 532MHz
You can see that any data passed from the Northbridge to Memory get reduced in speed by 50%
E6300 (7x266) 1862MHz
System Bus (266x4) 1066MHz
Memory 1:2 async (532x2) 1064MHz
So even a humble stock E6300 circa 2006 can fully utilize DDR2-8500, once you start overclocking the situation doesn't change, a data hungry CPU still needs feeding, even more so but sadly DDR2 has it's limits
E6300 (7x400) 2800MHz
System Bus (400x4) 1600MHz
Memory 1:2 async (800x2) 1600MHz
Of course there is no way that I'm aware to get DDR2 running at 1.6GHz effective speed so you play with the divider to get it as fast as possible in balance with your overall overclock and you would want to get your memory running as fast and as close a speed as possible to match your system bus.
This effects most intensive computer tasks including gaming, do some testing yourself if in doubt.
After understanding this myself it became clear to me why some high end LGA775 board can utilize DDR3 memory, every little bit helps!
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Pretty much what every one else has said really, i sat a E6300 under a stock non copper E2160 intel cooler and kept it 100% stable at 2.7GHZ on stock volts. ill tell you this for nothing, you will notice a massive differance in everyday tasks and in games there will be noticable increase.
Ive only now looked into replacing the motherboard to get it past 3GHZ after i reached 3Ghz with a new aftermarket cooler.
Do it its an upgrade for free!!!
Ive only now looked into replacing the motherboard to get it past 3GHZ after i reached 3Ghz with a new aftermarket cooler.
Do it its an upgrade for free!!!
Again, thanks for all the advice, huge eye-opener. Oh, and a Merry Christmas to you all!
Last night I realised I've been doing the wrong test in Orthos to really stress the CPU on its own (d'oh). I was doing blend tests but after revising the sticky guide here, started trying Small FFTs and my CPU is far from stable under that :/. After about 3-7 secs of starting the test the responsivity of my whole system decreased massively, so I was hitting 'stop' with no response for about 10 seconds. This problem has affected both blend and FFTs tests now, even after reducing the FSB to 380.
The thing is, I've been playing games such as Farcry 2 and L4D for hours at a time without any problems (this was with the FSB at 410). I was tempted to just say screw the tests as this is what I use my computer for in the main, but I'm sure I'll see the effects of that in the future if I don't stabilize now.
I'll keep everything said in mind, especially the stuff about RAM timings and ratio thanks! I think I've been a bit too hasty, only doing 2 hour tests on settings I'm concerned about. Need to start again and do overnight tests.
Cheers, and hope Santa brought you more than a scarf and a pair of wooly socks ffs (I'm not bitter in the slightest!).
Last night I realised I've been doing the wrong test in Orthos to really stress the CPU on its own (d'oh). I was doing blend tests but after revising the sticky guide here, started trying Small FFTs and my CPU is far from stable under that :/. After about 3-7 secs of starting the test the responsivity of my whole system decreased massively, so I was hitting 'stop' with no response for about 10 seconds. This problem has affected both blend and FFTs tests now, even after reducing the FSB to 380.
The thing is, I've been playing games such as Farcry 2 and L4D for hours at a time without any problems (this was with the FSB at 410). I was tempted to just say screw the tests as this is what I use my computer for in the main, but I'm sure I'll see the effects of that in the future if I don't stabilize now.
I'll keep everything said in mind, especially the stuff about RAM timings and ratio thanks! I think I've been a bit too hasty, only doing 2 hour tests on settings I'm concerned about. Need to start again and do overnight tests.
Cheers, and hope Santa brought you more than a scarf and a pair of wooly socks ffs (I'm not bitter in the slightest!).