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***The Official E7200 Overclocking Thread***
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Have started playing
Have it in a GA-P31-DS3L mobo, Zalman CNPS9500 cooler, 2gb OCZ XTC PC6400 and 7600GT.
Temps seem similar to those of my E8400, up to 5C difference between cores at idle but on-load they seem to even out.
@ Stock does SuperPI in 19.9s
Got it to boot at 3.26GHz (343 x 9.5) with stock volts, SuperPI of 15.8s.
Currently looking at 3.51GHz (370 x 9.5) with 1.25v in BIOS, superPI of 14.9s.
Have it in a GA-P31-DS3L mobo, Zalman CNPS9500 cooler, 2gb OCZ XTC PC6400 and 7600GT.
Temps seem similar to those of my E8400, up to 5C difference between cores at idle but on-load they seem to even out.
@ Stock does SuperPI in 19.9s
Got it to boot at 3.26GHz (343 x 9.5) with stock volts, SuperPI of 15.8s.
Currently looking at 3.51GHz (370 x 9.5) with 1.25v in BIOS, superPI of 14.9s.
Soldato
Tempted myself to try one. Looks a cracking cpu
CPU-Z reports 1.184 idle and 1.168 on load
This chip is nowhere near as good as my E8400; the E8400 will do 3.6GHz @ stock volts; the E7200 needs 1.375v in BIOS. SuperPI times @3.6GHz: E8400 - 12.8s; E7200 - 14.4s; E6750 - 14.2s.
Here is a screenshot @ 3.5GHz
This chip is nowhere near as good as my E8400; the E8400 will do 3.6GHz @ stock volts; the E7200 needs 1.375v in BIOS. SuperPI times @3.6GHz: E8400 - 12.8s; E7200 - 14.4s; E6750 - 14.2s.
Here is a screenshot @ 3.5GHz
Aye yes you did! . . . . . . . . but you still posted it in the wrong section!I beat easy to it this time
Hmmm . . . . well a couple of things spring to mind, like did you use the same components (Mobo/Mem/HSF etc) that you were tesing the E8400 with?
I read some cool things about that Gigabyte board but is it really that good? I mean is it good enough to make that Wolfdale shine? I heard maybe it could use some attention to cooling as its quite bare?
Still its early days, look forward to your results and if u got time could you find out what the minimum vCore is to get that chip running at stock speeds pls!
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well it is around 40-50 quid cheaper than an e8400
If I wanted a cheap top performing dual I would probably go for the e8200 over the e7200. Will be interesting to see other peoples results though.
Caporegime
Am I missing something here? - I don't see these for sale on the Oc/UK website.... 
I read some cool things about that Gigabyte board but is it really that good? I mean is it good enough to make that Wolfdale shine? I heard maybe it could use some attention to cooling as its quite bare?
Still its early days, look forward to your results and if u got time could you find out what the minimum vCore is to get that chip running at stock speeds pls!
I have had this board running @400 with the E6750, but that was using BIOS F3, for this chip I have updated to the beta BIOS F9e and I'm finding it almost impossible to boot with the FSB of 350 or above - got it to boot once @370 and 380, but not anymore at any vcore up to 1.45v.
It runs @3.2 (337*9.5) using stock volts like a dream - did a quick orthos check over 4hrs small ffts. Tried 3.2Ghz as 8*400 and it does not want to know, even with extra vcore. Maybe this beta BIOS is giving me problems?
Think I may have to put this chip in the GA-P35-S3 which has the E8400 in, as I know this will do FSB of 500
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Soldato
Am I missing something here? - I don't see these for sale on the Oc/UK website....
Thats because as per usual, they claimed to be getting them last week.........and still haven't..........q9450's all over again!
Soldato
Why's that? It's only got an 8x multiplier. Wouldn't the 9.5x of an e7200 be an advantage for overclocking?
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A high multi is all well and good but if from what Ive seen these e7200 require a fair amount of voltage to scale above 3.6GHz, or have a very low fsb wall it maybe of little advantage.
I may have spoken to early though, a quick glance at other peoples results and it looks like some e7200 may have fairly decent cores. But again people are running crazy high vcores to try and match e8xxx clocks. I swear the cheaper the chip the less people are afraid of frying there processors!
I may have spoken to early though, a quick glance at other peoples results and it looks like some e7200 may have fairly decent cores. But again people are running crazy high vcores to try and match e8xxx clocks. I swear the cheaper the chip the less people are afraid of frying there processors!
Soldato
Just been looking at one that's done 3.85ghz, 550x7 with 1.33vcore.
Looks like there's no low fsb wall and not too much vcore needed. Pretty good for 85 squids.
Looks like there's no low fsb wall and not too much vcore needed.
Pretty good for 85 squids.
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i wonder how badly this chip will do in a p5w dh.
Probably not as bad as you think, a few peeps have managed to get wolfdales stable at 4Ghz using the P5W DH Deluxe mb. This is a copy paste of the settings used to run an E8400 at 3.6GHz on a P5W DH, would imagine them to be pretty similar to what you would use for an e7200....
Soldato
Just been looking at these on the ocuk site. It says on there that they have an 8x multi which i thought was odd because that would mean 317*8. I currently have an e2180 at 320*10. I know my board will do 400fsb (ga-p35-ds3l) but I haven't tested above this. That would only give me 3.2ghz, the same as i run now, so not much of an upgrade. If they have a 9.5 multi then i might have to consider getting one of these
Associate
its wrong, they have a 9.5 multi
Associate
Just been looking at these on the ocuk site. It says on there that they have an 8x multi which i thought was odd because that would mean 317*8. I currently have an e2180 at 320*10. I know my board will do 400fsb (ga-p35-ds3l) but I haven't tested above this. That would only give me 3.2ghz, the same as i run now, so not much of an upgrade. If they have a 9.5 multi then i might have to consider getting one of these
Yup - I noticed the same thing...