Anyone OC'd an E5200 on stock cooling?

SteveU · 18 Mar 2009 at 16:14

I'm running an E5200 on an ASUS P5N73-CM board and want to up the CPU speed from 2.5 to 3.0 GHz (I believe this is not a lot to ask of the stock Intel cooler).

I'd be interested to know if anyone has pushed the stock cooler much higher than this?

BTW I'm not a PC gamer, I just can't leave things alone and have to tinker, lol

Steve

Robzere31 · 18 Mar 2009 at 16:18

I had my old E2180 which is a similar spec CPU, @ 3.2GHZ (1.4v) 24/7 on a stock cooler.
Temps were always round 60c (F@H)

Blackwhite · 18 Mar 2009 at 16:21

If your PC case have good air flow shouldn't be any problems.

SteveU · 18 Mar 2009 at 16:47

Sorry yeah should have mentioned, Case has 14cm front fan, 12cm rear exhaust fan, 8cm side fan & PSU has it's own 12cm fan also. All controlled with an Aerocool Electronic fan speed controller.

latercomer2 · 18 Mar 2009 at 17:07

Up until monday I was running my new E5200 at 3.3GHz on stock cooling but it was getting a bit hot at full load (65 degrees) and my case is an old Antec with just one intake and one exhuast fan.

p4radox · 18 Mar 2009 at 17:08

latercomer2 said:
Up until monday I was running my new E5200 at 3.3GHz on stock cooling but it was getting a bit hot at full load (65 degrees) and my case is an old Antec with just one intake and one exhuast fan.

Clock it further! I was happy with mine at 4GHz and hitting over 70 degrees.

Life's too short to worry about temperatures...

latercomer2 · 18 Mar 2009 at 17:11

I've just fitted an Asus cooler on it and I'm working on getting it further. I've got it pretty stable at 3.575Ghz at the moment but still need to do some long stress tests on it.

I also need to do more reading on the various voltages that may need tweaked as I push it further.

Gribs · 18 Mar 2009 at 19:23

I got mine to about 3.4ghz on the stock cooler. Any more needed more volts and temps in the mid to high 70's.

latercomer2 · 18 Mar 2009 at 19:52

What cooler are you using now?

SteveU · 19 Mar 2009 at 12:05

Just spotted on another forum that some crazy fool has pushed an E5200 up to 3.6GHz on the standard cooler!!

I certainly won't be doing that but the more I read the more impressed I am with this fantastic CPU and it's Overclocking capabilities.

Steve

Ducky Spud · 19 Mar 2009 at 12:43

yea, the lower end intel cards (e2200, e5200 etc) overclock great, even with the stock cooler! Just keep an eye on the temps and stop when you think your pushing a bit too far

Should be able to get a decent increase before it gets to 60 degrees + (my limit, dont like it getting much over 60)

latercomer2 · 19 Mar 2009 at 13:41

I've been trying to get mine over 3.6GHz last night but no joy. Going to try dropping the mult and increasing the FSB and Vcore now I've got better cooling. I'm determined to get a little more before throwing in the towel

SteveU · 20 Mar 2009 at 10:16

Ok so far I've run a quick stress test in Orthos (10mins) at 3.0GHz (240x12.5) with only an extra 50mV on the Vcore (raising from 1.19v to 1.24v) and it's very stable with temps only reaching 60deg after 10 mins (and that's with the Asus Q-Fan only on the medium setting).

Am gonna run it for longer tonight and then once I'm happy it's stable, I'll then be cranking it up towards 3.5GHz (will probably need Q-Fan on full speed though with the stock cooler).

Will post back with results.

Steve

latercomer2 · 20 Mar 2009 at 13:21

Good luck.

I'm not having a great deal of luck with mine at the moment but then I dont have much time to spend on it. What kind of level do people have their chipset/northbridge voltage at?

SteveU · 21 Mar 2009 at 11:19

Update: Ran for over an hour at 3.0GHz with the fan speed at approx 1200RPM and the temps max'd at 60deg.

I then cranked the fan up to max (2300RPM) and ran it again for over 2 hours and the temps this time max'd at 53deg.

So on the standard cooler I've got about 7deg to play with (trying to use 60deg as a safe max) which I don't think will get me to 3.5GHz as I'm alomst certainly going to have to pump more volts into the CPU in order to raise the speed.

I think I'll shoot for 3.2 for now and then upgrade the cooler when I get paid at the end of the month and then try for more after that.

Will keep updating as I'm sure this info will prove useful for some.

Steve

p4radox · 21 Mar 2009 at 14:07

70 degrees is where you should start being concerned. Clock it up, you big jessie.

Bizarre · 21 Mar 2009 at 14:40

Currently running an e5200 in my gf's pc at 3.5ghz / 1.306v on the stock cooler.

I'll be leaving it at that until I buy her a new cooler though as temps are already hitting 74c after 3hrs of Orthos. :eek:

Jolteh · 22 Mar 2009 at 09:25

It's worth bearing in mind that if you're clocking the chip to the very edge of it's acceptable limits of temp and volts, then over the next few months when the days get hotter, your PC is likely to fail.

p4radox · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:04

Bizarre said:
Currently running an e5200 in my gf's pc at 3.5ghz / 1.306v on the stock cooler.

I'll be leaving it at that until I buy her a new cooler though as temps are already hitting 74c after 3hrs of Orthos.

That's a good clock.

Kudos for braving the high temps as well.

latercomer2 · 23 Mar 2009 at 11:39

I got mine up to 3.68GHz on friday after upping both the core and chipset voltage and it seems to be stable. Further testing required but ran Prime for 2.5 hours without any problems. temps were around 62/63 IIRC.