E2160 OC Q's

NozzaC

NozzaC

NozzaC

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I've OC'd my E2160 on a Gigabyte P35-DS3L with 2 x 1GB PC2-6400, 2GB Kit (4-4-4-12 2.1v rated) and the stock HSF with Arctic Silver 5 paste.

I've got it to 3Ghz using 9x333 with a voltage of about 1.26v. To do this I've upped the RAM voltage to the rated 2.1v level and changed the RAM timings to the 4-4-4-12 (they were at 5-5-5-18 when I looked at the BIOS). I set the RAM SPD so it matches the rated RAM speed of 800.

It's stable on a blend torture test on Orthos running all day. Temperatures are about 39/40c when idling (speedstep disabled) and averaging about 63c when 100% stressed, maxing out at 66c occasionally. Northbridge temps pretty much match the core temps - maybe a degree or two less.

How does that all sound to you experienced guys?

Reading other people's posts I see most of them are running at higher voltages to get the same speed. I'm wondering: if my voltage is relatively low then why are the temps as high?

Also I read somewhere that some people are getting better results turning the step down to 8 and upping the FSB. Why would this work? What would the temperature effects be?
 
Reading other people's posts I see most of them are running at higher voltages to get the same speed. I'm wondering: if my voltage is relatively low then why are the temps as high?
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Your using the stock cooler. Theres a possibility you havn't fitted in properly, though id imagine you have at those temperatures. Other coolers can do a significantly better job. Scroll down on this link to see a temperature comparison graph: http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=2981&p=3

It sounds to me like you have a pretty good chip,get a decent cooler and push for 3.2ghz+ imo :)
 
You shouldn't be getting idle/loads temps like that with such a low vcore, even with the stock cooler. I think it needs a resit.
 
Do you have any tips on that? I take it I just unclip the HSF and clean off the AS5 paste with alcohol?

I used the thin line method as described on the AS site. Is there are more reliable method?
 
BTW do you think it could have anything to do with fan settings? I'm sure the temps were lower before I started messing about with FanSpeed and trying to manually up the fan speeds. Are changes (accidentally) made in FanSpeed permanent? Any way to reset them? Is there a simple way of controlling fan speeds?

Thanks
 
NozzaC said:
Do you have any tips on that? I take it I just unclip the HSF and clean off the AS5 paste with alcohol?

I used the thin line method as described on the AS site. Is there are more reliable method?
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Dunno about AS5 on 775, only ever used it on my old AMD rigs, where it was thinly spreading over the whole core.

I use MX-2 now, and a think line down the centre works spot on for me.
 
To be honest - with the weather we've had a last few days, your temps sound about right. My e2160 is running at 3.15Ghz and is idling at about 44 degrees as my house is quite hot inside.
 
Sounds right to me. It's hot at the moment. Even my watercooling is returning temps around 5c-8c warmer than a couple of weeks ago.

Also worth mentioning that compared to other C2D's i found that e2*** chips tended to rum quite warm anyway.

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Thanks for the comments so far guys.

I use Core Temp, Real Temp and SpeedFan - all read the same.

I got my new case through last night so I took the opportunity to reseat my HSF whilst I had the mobo out. The result wasn't a drop in temps but now one core is 3C different to the other.

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Anyway the new case has an extendible plastic tube thing that supplies air from the outside to near to the CPU/HSF. I stuck an 80mm Zalman fan (which comes with a resistor to drop voltage down to 5.5v) between it and the case vent so it blows air directly over that area. The result has been a drop in temps of about 5c. The NB temps have dropped the same.
 
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