correct way to clock e4300 to e6600 speeds?

ThriceNightly · 1 May 2007 at 17:24

hello

my current set up is as follows:

e4300 with stock hsf
gigabyte 965p- s3
2gb ballistix PC5700

I am only looking to mildly clock to E6600 speeds i.e 2.4ghz 1066fsb with the emphasis on keeping the rig Cool and Quiet as possible.

so far i have:

set system memory to 2 x i.e. 1:1

increased fsb to 266 x9 = 2400

i have not manually adjusted ram speeds which are currently at 5.0-3-3-13

i have not increased any voltages (volts= heat) and all appears orthos prime stable after 1 hour

temps recorded by TAT are 42/38 at idle and 62/61 Orthos stable

just need to know have i gone about this clock correctly? any advice appreciated

thanks

WJA96 · 1 May 2007 at 17:34

Hi,

There is a full overclocking guide for that series of boards here;

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17610180

The S3 and the DS3 are the same board and pretty much everything you could ever want to know about your motherboard is in that thread. You can search in that thread as well.

Specific E4300 things you'll need to know - 1.45V (as suggested in that thread) is quite high unless you're going for an extreme overclock. I would suggest 1.375V instead.

For your Ballistix, I would suggest 2.2V ([+0.4] setting).

Once you've read that lot, if you have any other questions then please ask!

WJA96 · 1 May 2007 at 17:36

ThriceNightly said:
i have not increased any voltages (volts= heat) and all appears orthos prime stable after 1 hour

The problem with leaving the Volts on [AUTO] is that it doesn't mean minimum - it means as much as the board thinks it needs, which isn't what most people think it means.

ThriceNightly · 1 May 2007 at 17:45

thanks for your reply

i have read a lot of the ds3 thread but could not find a lot of reference to the e4300 with the ballistix ram. also the overclocking advice relates to achieving a maximum overclock (not a mild overclock like i am after)

ThriceNightly · 1 May 2007 at 17:46

WJA96 said:
The problem with leaving the Volts on [AUTO] is that it doesn't mean minimum - it means as much as the board thinks it needs, which isn't what most people think it means.

my dram voltage is manualy set to 1.8v and the rig is stable at that voltage but i have not manually adjusted the timings (set on auto) at 5.0-3-3-13

WJA96 · 1 May 2007 at 17:58

ThriceNightly said:
thanks for your reply

i have read a lot of the ds3 thread but could not find a lot of reference to the e4300 with the ballistix ram. also the overclocking advice relates to achieving a maximum overclock (not a mild overclock like i am after)

The basis is exactly the same.

WJA96 · 1 May 2007 at 17:59

ThriceNightly said:
my dram voltage is manuualy set to 1.8v and the rig is stable at that voltage but i have not manually adjusted the timings

What is your CPU voltage? [AUTO] does not mean 1.325V - it means whatever the board BIOS thinks it needs to give you to give stability. It can be surprisingly high (and therefore hot).

ThriceNightly · 1 May 2007 at 18:14

WJA96 said:
What is your CPU voltage? [AUTO] does not mean 1.325V - it means whatever the board BIOS thinks it needs to give you to give stability. It can be surprisingly high (and therefore hot).

hi, thanks for your advice

my system voltage is set to manual

vcore voltage is shown as normal i.e. 1.325v

WJA96 · 1 May 2007 at 18:25

ThriceNightly said:
vcore voltage is shown as normal i.e. 1.325v

Excellent - then I would think you should just decide what your maximum voltage will be and ramp up the FSB until you're not stable any more.

There are guys on here running 3GHz on E6600's at 1.28V completely stable and while the E4300's are not the same as E6600's it gives you an idea of what is possible even with an under-volted CPU.

I would say you should try for FSB333 at 1.325V and if it's stable at that then try reducing the voltage until you lose stability.

The reason I would suggest 333FSB is it's 3GHz, which is a nice round number and a 50% overclock. It's also the rated speed of the RAM so you can just set that at 3-3-3-8-15-20 and leave it.

ThriceNightly · 1 May 2007 at 18:55

once again thanks for your help.....sorry if i have not made myself clear

with my current rig (mostly used as a media centre/htpc) i am only looking to achieve a maximum clock to 2.4gz on standard system volts

mild overclock cool and quiet is my only requirement

to recap, I have achieved 2.4ghz running stable orthos but just need confirmation that i have gone about the clock correctly i.e.

set ram 1:1 - set fsb to 269 x9 -= 2400

ram timings (on stock volts 1.8v) in bios are shown as 5.0-3-3-13 ...... are these timings ok or do i need to manually adjust them to anything else ?

thanks

WJA96 · 1 May 2007 at 19:04

You did make yourself perfectly clear, but if your aim to run cool and quiet then 2.4GHz is a decent overclock, but with 1.325V you could do better. Or you could keep the 2.4GHz and turn the voltage down as you probably don't need that much. Try 1.3V and that will run cooler.

If you're content with 266MHz then you should pick a divider that will run the RAM faster than the CPU 3:2 will run the RAM at 400MHz which is fine for that RAM and then set the timings to something like 4-3-3-8-15-20. 5:4 will give 333MHz which is the rated speed and then you can use 3-3-3-8-15-20.

ThriceNightly · 1 May 2007 at 19:14

WJA96 said:
You did make yourself perfectly clear, but if your aim to run cool and quiet then 2.4GHz is a decent overclock, but with 1.325V you could do better. Or you could keep the 2.4GHz and turn the voltage down as you probably don't need that much. Try 1.3V and that will run cooler.

If you're content with 266MHz then you should pick a divider that will run the RAM faster than the CPU 3:2 will run the RAM at 400MHz which is fine for that RAM and then set the timings to something like 4-3-3-8-15-20. 5:4 will give 333MHz which is the rated speed and then you can use 3-3-3-8-15-20.

cheers thats very helpful of you...i will go and have a play and let you know how i get on