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Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD250HJ)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk
6GB (2x1GB || 2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE 896MB GDDR3 TV-OutDual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (BFGEGTX260MC8960CXE)

Ok been trying to play Arma2 and its clear that my bottle neck is the cpu :(.

I've been reading the forums, google about overclocking the E2180. From what I could tell you can get away with O'clocking the E2180 to 2.7Ghz with stock cooling and voltages.

I'm a noob when it comes to overclocking, but I started off with the simple way by upping the FSB.

Results so far:

FSB 240
Multiplier x10
Everything else stock
Result: stable Temp: 50 degrees under 100% load

FSB 250
Multiplier x10
Everything else stock
Result: Posts, but windows blue screens before getting to logon screen

FSB 250
Multiplier x10
Increased stock voltage 1 notch
Result: Does not post

I've tried a selection of settings recommend by people for speeds up to 3Ghz, vlotages around 1.32 but it still will not post. Seems if I touch the voltages of the CPU it refuses to play ball.

Unfortunately I don't know about any of the other settings, like ram speed and ratios so not brave enough to change them yet, I've read the guides but still can't get my head round it.

Ideally I'd like to run at 2.8Ghz, although I see it can easily go to 3.2Ghz on stock cooling.

So, is my problem the MotherBoard or just my settings?

If anyone could give me some settings for running at 2.8ghz that would be great, although I'd require all the settings I needs, and maybe an explanation as to why I need these settings. Sorry to be so demanding, I'm sure its simple once you understand, I just need that ureaka moment!

FSB
Multiplier
DRAM freq
PCI-E freq
Core voltage
RAM speeds

:D
 
remember mileage may vary with overclocking..... also you may struggle with your ram especially as you are using all four slots at once. Try overclocking with just 4gb as this will be fine for games (make sure they are in the appropriate slots - your manual will assist with this). You may also need to push some more volts through your north bridge and check the divider and speeds/timings for your memory
 
I got 3GHz out of mine on stock cooling and voltage, I just upped the FSB headers to max on P35 Neo2-Fr and hey presto 3.0GHz. I didnt even have it running at stock when I installed it.
 
From reading the threads I think it may be my Ram causing the problem, when I first installed my RAM it was very unstable until I upped the voltage, how much do I need to drop my RAM by, and which setting is this?

Thanks

Luke
 
Hi
Ok, I removed the 2x1GB sticks of RAM, these were the 2 causing me trouble when I first installed them.

I'm currently running at:

2.66Ghz
266Mhz
10xMultiplier
DRAM ratio 800Mhz

Theres something in my BIOS settings which does an auto DRAM ratio, based on the FSB.

Thing is my performance is now worse than when it was at 2.4Ghz.

Do I need to up the voltage? Or is my RAM speed wrong, I assume you have to get the ratio to match the speed of the RAM?

I remembered the name of the RAM:
OCZ Technology 2X2GBKIT REAPER 240PIN PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHZ

:)

Luke
 
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Hi
I've noticed something that may be causing inconsistent results. Example:

If i start and reboot my computer in this order as an example:

#1:Stock settings - 0% Overclocked = Success
#2:Overclock settings - 10% = Success
#3:Overclock settings - 20% = Blue screen
#4:Overclock settings - 10% = Blue Screen
#5:Overclock settings - 5% = Blue Screen
#6:Stock settings - 0% Overclocked = Success
#7:Overclock settings - 10% = Success

Basically, if I get a BSOD on windows startup, it dosn't matter what OC settings I go to it will always BSOD, until I go back to stock settings, if I then overclock from fresh it will be fine, wired ay?

I think its something to do with the "do you want to start windows in safe mode screen" as that's the only difference in bootup.

Luke
 
Caracus2k said:
remember mileage may vary with overclocking....
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Exactly. And I think the OP is being a tad optimistic if he thinks he can get 3.2 with stock cooling. Not impossible, but lots of luck required. I had two identical rigs with E2180s under Thermalright Ultra 120A, both with S-Flex 1600s, and both on P5K-E WiFi APs. One wouldn't hold 3.2 and had to stay at 3.1, the other had no trouble at 3.2 at all. The voltage required to hold 3.2 on the later was rather less than the first required to keep 3.1 stable. As the man says, YMMV.


M
 
Hi
Lol, I've read in places you can OC to 3.2 with this processor, but the max I was going for is 2.8Ghz :D

I've also realized that when I first started changing the FSB settings I wasn't changing the DRAM ratio.

When I whacked the FSB to 240 wit 10xmulti, the ram was being overclocked to approximately 1050, it should 800 afaik.

Now that I'm running at 2.4Ghz with RAM backed down to 800 my bench marks have reduced considerably.

I'll probably buy 4GB's of PC-8600 and get rid of the current RAM on Ebay or something.

I'm not really fussed about killing my cpu (although I doubt it will) as hope to get a quad soon.

Cheers

Luke
 
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