E2140 @ 1.7ghz LOL!

jonislost · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:25

I'm trying to over clock (btw i'm a complete n00b at overclocking

) my new rig (see sig) so far i'm at a "massive" 1.7GHZ!! I did this with everything at stock apart from the fsb which i put to 220mhz. If i up it even to 221mhz the pc just doesn't start up what so ever, i have to clear cmos and start again. The temps appear fine both cores hover around 27 degrees idle. Anybody know why i can't get the fsb any higher than this?!

peter212693 · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:28

Not bad at least your on the up

It must be a "flat spot" on the chip, take it to 250 or so and try again, you may need a bit more vcore tho

One thing you will find is it all about playing with and changing about to get it right.

jonislost · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:16

Ok i'll try that when i'm home. I have another question actually; it's regarding voltatges: How do i know what to set them to because the bios reports them all as "default" and options are something like:- +0.1v; +0.2v; +0.3v etc. the only one that shows the actual voltage is the Vcore but the Vdimm etc are showing default as mentioned. This makes it hard to know what i need to put because i've read i might need to up the ram to as much as 2.2v to get it to the speed its meant to be!

Street · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:31

The default memory voltage is 1.8v so to get 2.2, you need plus 0.4.. As for the CPU, the default is 1.325V IIRC..

peter212693 · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:33

I have the FSB overvoltage as +0.1v and the MCH thingy set to +0.1v too and thats with my E2160 at 3.1Ghz

jonislost · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:42

Cheers guys

peter212693 · 30 Oct 2007 at 16:09

jonislost said:
Cheers guys

No Problem, good luck

jonislost · 30 Oct 2007 at 18:15

peter212693 said:
No Problem, good luck

Well I've been tinkering around for a while and its at 3.0ghz and stable. Thanks again!

peter212693 · 1 Nov 2007 at 07:42

jonislost said:
Well I've been tinkering around for a while and its at 3.0ghz and stable. Thanks again!

Nice one thats a nice overclock

Vir · 1 Nov 2007 at 08:21

ye looks pretty good for a E2140 right

Andeh · 1 Nov 2007 at 11:11

yep, very nice overclock

jonislost · 1 Nov 2007 at 11:46

Andeh said:
yep, very nice overclock

Thanks! I think once i get a new Case with some decent fans it'll go to 3.2 it ran orthos for 2 hours at 3.2 before failing. With a better case i reckon it'll do 100% over clock

Vir · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:49

jonislost said:
Thanks! I think once i get a new Case with some decent fans it'll go to 3.2 it ran orthos for 2 hours at 3.2 before failing. With a better case i reckon it'll do 100% over clock

I don't know if it has much to do with the cooling, if orthos fails. Might wanna give it a little bit more vcore.

jonislost · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:24

Vir said:
I don't know if it has much to do with the cooling, if orthos fails. Might wanna give it a little bit more vcore.

I think in this case it might becasue if for example i leave the side panel on my case it won't go past 1.7ghz take it off and bingo! Thats an extra 1.3ghz cheers

As for upping the VCore; i thought the more Vcore the higher the temps? Am i mislead on the this? Its currently at 1.375v.

smsmasters · 8 Nov 2007 at 18:34

jonislost said:
I think in this case it might becasue if for example i leave the side panel on my case it won't go past 1.7ghz take it off and bingo! Thats an extra 1.3ghz cheers As for upping the VCore; i thought the more Vcore the higher the temps? Am i mislead on the this? Its currently at 1.375v.

Well let's go back to GCSE Science:

Higher voltage = increased heat output

When you removed your side panel the temperature lowered and you were able to gain 1.3ghz as you say. This suggests that you need better cooling.

However, since orthos fails, this suggests you also need to increase the vcore.