How far will it go (e8400)

Walter Sobchak · 26 Jan 2009 at 21:03

sweet

Gone2mars · 27 Jan 2009 at 17:31

liquidex said:
Looks good, though for an E0 stepping I am pretty sure you can lower the voltage to reach 4ghz on an e8400 (~1.15V I think). If you leave the core voltage on auto in the bios it automatically raises it depending on the fsb.

Ummm .... i very much doubt you'd be able to get 4.0ghz with your volts set to 1.15. Your looking at absolute 1.33 minimum i'd say

As for your core voltage, leaving it on auto will mean the board is likely to overvolt your chip and for my P5Q-E at least, Auto is no good for anything above 3.8ghz, i'd bet money you wouldn't get it stable and if you did i'd go double or quits that your CPU burns out within the year lol

demon8991 · 27 Jan 2009 at 18:11

Gone2mars said:
Ummm .... i very much doubt you'd be able to get 4.0ghz with your volts set to 1.15. Your looking at absolute 1.33 minimum i'd say

As for your core voltage, leaving it on auto will mean the board is likely to overvolt your chip and for my P5Q-E at least, Auto is no good for anything above 3.8ghz, i'd bet money you wouldn't get it stable and if you did i'd go double or quits that your CPU burns out within the year lol

So is what i got bad then?

Shall i change it?

liquidex · 27 Jan 2009 at 18:35

Gone2mars said:
Ummm .... i very much doubt you'd be able to get 4.0ghz with your volts set to 1.15. Your looking at absolute 1.33 minimum i'd say

As for your core voltage, leaving it on auto will mean the board is likely to overvolt your chip and for my P5Q-E at least, Auto is no good for anything above 3.8ghz, i'd bet money you wouldn't get it stable and if you did i'd go double or quits that your CPU burns out within the year lol

Yeah thats what I meant with the auto thing on the asus boards that they tend to overvolt.

Would not say you need 1.33V minimum. I can hit 4ghz at around 1.3V and 3.88ghz at 1.2V in cpuz on my C0 stepping so would expect a lot better with the E0s. I mean the e8600s I have seen on the web hit 4ghz at 1.09V so would have thought a e8400 at 1.15V would hit it, though it seems ~1.25V is more of the norm.

95thrifles · 27 Jan 2009 at 19:31

@ corex2
at that voltage youre seriously degrading its lifespan, tbh im suprised it hasnt burnt out within a month, and I echo porta's scepticism about it being truly orthos stable at that speed on that board, prove it!!!

demon8991 · 27 Jan 2009 at 20:37

What about mine will i be ok should i change anything? Im new to this and i dont know what is the safest bet?

Thanks

95thrifles · 27 Jan 2009 at 22:13

Demon - If its all running stable Id just leave it, its not a problem having voltage on auto (if thats what youre asking about) as long as it remains stable, thats the advantage of a decent mobo, the auto works, you only need to start fiddling with it when you get to higher end of OC'ing or if you've got a crap board which cant manage on auto. as yours is fine just sit back relax and enjoy

Bradley8988 · 27 Jan 2009 at 22:15

95thrifles said:
Demon - If its all running stable Id just leave it, its not a problem having voltage on auto (if thats what youre asking about) as long as it remains stable, thats the advantage of a decent mobo, the auto works, you only need to start fiddling with it when you get to higher end of OC'ing or if you've got a crap board which cant manage on auto. as yours is fine just sit back relax and enjoy

Well that and it isnt sticking over 1.45v through his chip.

95thrifles · 27 Jan 2009 at 22:38

his CPU-z screeny is showing 1.32 so all good, unlike corex2 who has exceeded the 1.45 barrier, lol

demon8991 · 28 Jan 2009 at 09:18

Brilliant well i am extremely happy with my system but then again i have had a monumental jump from my previous system.

AMD Athlon 'Barton' 3200+
2GB DDR400
ATI X800 XT PE

So im very happy!!!