Core 2 Duo E6300 Overclock : Some Questions

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Hi :)

Made the move to Core 2 Duo today, with the following specs

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 B2 "29B Stepping"
DFI LanParty ICFX3200T2R/G
1GB GeIL ULL PC2-6400 4-4-4-12
Cooled by a Scythe Ninja and a 60mm fan near the Northbridge (people weren't kidding when they say RD600 runs toasty :eek: )

Right now, it's quite content running ORTHOS Blend at 400*7, 2.8GHz 1.300V set in BIOS. I'm using Intel TAT to measure Core temperatures but it did catch the corner of my eye that ACPI Thermal Zone Temp was rather high. This Coincides with ITE SmartGuardian's CPU Temp Reading.

So here's the Temps
CPU0 : 55*c
CPU1 : 54*c
ACPI Thermal Zone Temp: 69*c <--- a little high?

Am I right in thinking that I can totally disregard ACPI Thermal Zone Temp as it's the socket temperature reading, which is generally inaccurate? :)
I'm wondering because I've never had a socket temperature that's 10*c HIGHER than Core Temperatures :o

Just wanted an answer to this before I push it further.

Thanks,

Mul
 
Like above, my ACPI temp is reading 0 degrees, lol.

Those temps look fine to me, as per my sig my load temps at my current clock with a slightly raised VCore is 59 -61 degrees.
 
Thanks :)

I'm very pleased with the Core0 and Core1 temps, just needed confirmation that I can safely disregard ACPI Thermal Temp.

I'll push on. Hoping for 3.0-3.2GHz but it's all down to how far the DFI will go without increasing it's Northbridge Volts. It's too hot as it is. :o

Mul
 
A small update from yesterday. Excuse the poor quality, I've barely got any software installed yet :o



I think I'll have to leave it there till I get some real chipset cooling on the RD600 chip. Also need to figure out how to overcome this board's Cold Boot Issue at high FSB's.

Mul
 
Got exactly the same Chip as you E6300 B2 29B, i run it in a DS3 with 2GB Geil ULL and ive got it at 3.4Ghz 8 hours Orthos stable ;) You should be able to get similar providing your mobo can handle it !!

EDIT: Thats with 1.325v vCore and a Thermalright Ultra 120 loading at around 56C
 
BEn_2600+ said:
Got exactly the same Chip as you E6300 B2 29B, i run it in a DS3 with 2GB Geil ULL and ive got it at 3.4Ghz 8 hours Orthos stable ;) You should be able to get similar providing your mobo can handle it !!

EDIT: Thats with 1.325v vCore and a Thermalright Ultra 120 loading at around 56C
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That looks very promising, as have the same setup too but having trouble getting over the 450FSB.

Managed 455 yesterday so may have to try a bit harder
 
How much voltage are you putting through the Geil? Mine needs 2.3v for the above clocks, also make sure your on Bios F11 or F11b as that helped my clocking too :)
 
Ah right, well only on 2.1v, when i tried it at 2.3v i got a lot of beeping and the pc shut down, then restarted then shut down again, and looped like that.

Using the F10 bios as that came with my mobo so may have a look at getting the F11. Which would u suggest, the F11 or F11b?

Cheers
 
Ive found F11b best TBH as i had boot issues with F11 where when i turned the PC off at night and turned it back on in the morning it would reset to stock clocks. Dosent do this with F11b tho, bare in mind im on a Rev1 DS3 where as yours is Rev2 so it may work differently. If your Geil isn't liking 2.3v give it a go at 2.2v set the clock in BIOS and run Memtest on Test 5 for 15 - 30mins if it passes it fine then your RAM should be stable and any instablity *should* be linked to either CPU or NB. Hope this helps :)

Ben
 
Lovely stuff, cheers very much for all your advice, will have a look at that then and post results once tried and tested.
 
BEn_2600+ said:
Got exactly the same Chip as you E6300 B2 29B, i run it in a DS3 with 2GB Geil ULL and ive got it at 3.4Ghz 8 hours Orthos stable ;) You should be able to get similar providing your mobo can handle it !!

EDIT: Thats with 1.325v vCore and a Thermalright Ultra 120 loading at around 56C
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That's good to know. :)

The board should be capable of around 480-510FSB, but it'll need upwards of 1.8V through the Northbridge. It's roasting at just 1.5V as it is! :eek:

So since FSB wise I'm stuck around 430-450FSB I thought I'd see how low a Vcore I can get this CPU stable with. So far I'm at 430*7 with Vcore on default. Default VID for this CPU is 1.25V. ORTHOS stable for 1Hr 20 so far load temps around 50*c according to TAT :)

I had a play with overclocking my memory. I've had it up to 875mhz 5-5-5-12 2.1V.

Mul
 
Yeah my stock VID 1.2375v had it running in widows at 1.0v !! it was at 1600mhz tho :( Ran pretty cool. My DS3 NB is very hot aswell, got a Antec Spotcool pointing at it with a Zalman Flower type Heatsink. Once you get a better NB Cooler you should be aiming at about 3.5GHz providing your RAM and Mobo can take those speeds :)
 
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Yeah, it's actually all down to the motherboard's max FSB as I can run my RAM Async to FSB. I keep it fixed at DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 :)

Mul
 
Thats good then, i can only run my RAM at 1:1 and it runs out of steam towards 490fsb, so providing your mobo is a good clocker i can see 3.5Ghz+ in reach :)
 
Lets hope so :)

As it stands I've got a lot of CPU power but very little as far as graphics go. I've got a 7300GT at the moment as a stopgap solution :o

Mul
 
It's holding up reasonably well (albatron ddr2 version unfortunately) and despite it's passive hsf the core seems stable at 550MHz (up from 350) and 800MHz on the memory (up from 667). It'll be just about matching my old X800 Vanilla at those speeds, I reckon. I'll fire up some 3dmark and see how it does.

Mul
 
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