e5200 - What is it ?

sastusbulbas · 8 Mar 2009 at 01:47

Just thought I would chip in, after a Bios update to L2.13a I have my E5200 running at 3125.2Mhz in my cheap Asrock 4CoreDual SataII motherboard. All I did was try different 12.5x settings, before the Bios update I could only get a 12.5x220 to give me 2.7 now I can set it at 12.5x 250 for the above 3.1Ghz @ 1.18v-1.20v

I think thats ok for a chip that cost me £60 to use as a stop gap with a £60 AGP capable motherboard.

clv101 · 8 Mar 2009 at 01:56

Running at stock the E5200 has very low power consumption which makes it great for a 24/7 HTPC box.

Lightnix · 8 Mar 2009 at 02:22

I can only get to 3.57GHz with my E5200 in safe voltage ranges (got it at 1.325V at the moment).

The frustrating thing is, it'll do 3.33GHz at 1.23V 9 hours prime stable, I'm just left wondering why it wants so much more voltage for slightly higher clock speeds. I'll probably clock it back to 3.33GHz if I can't figure out how to make it want less volts.

Banny · 8 Mar 2009 at 07:46

Mines the same regarding voltage.

PanchoVilla · 8 Mar 2009 at 23:31

decto said:
Great little chips for the price.

A 5200 @ 3Ghz+ is plenty fast enough for a 4870 / GTX260 etc and is only £60

The bonus is you can buy a cheap board (with 45nm support) set the FSB to 1066 and you have an instant 3.3Ghz chip.

Bang for buck, little can touch it.

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I'm thinking of going down this route - thanks for your post. I'm a little confused/unread with the latest mobos (p43/p35/p45?!?!) - can you recommend a good cheap board to go with an e5200?

Gribs · 9 Mar 2009 at 10:32

If I was buying now I'd go for this one as it's the cheapest one that should still overclock.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-143-AB&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=

However support will be non existent so if that bothers you the one of the £75 P43 boards would be a better bet.

Sean_UK · 9 Mar 2009 at 11:25

Lightnix said:
I can only get to 3.57GHz with my E5200 in safe voltage ranges (got it at 1.325V at the moment).

Far as im aware E5200's are fine upto around 1.4v on air providing temps are decent?

p4radox · 9 Mar 2009 at 11:35

Sean_UK said:
Far as im aware E5200's are fine upto around 1.4v on air providing temps are decent?

I don't think temperatures are really relevant. The damage caused by high voltage is due electron migration. This can occur at any temperature provided the voltages are high.

edit: mine needed 1.33V for 4.0GHz Orthos stable.

Sean_UK · 9 Mar 2009 at 11:44

Seen a number of people with 1.4v on air 24/7 and claiming that's fine, so hence the question. I've only played around with 2 of these chips, managed fine results of 3.75GHz (1.310v) and 4.0GHz (1.350), both Orthos stable.

shadowscotland · 9 Mar 2009 at 16:25

they work well at .8v or below at stock too - for the undervolters / quiet / HTPC builders

Big.Wayne · 9 Mar 2009 at 16:28

Can't get mine stable at 0.8v

1.0v is good enough though!

p4radox · 9 Mar 2009 at 16:33

Oh, I'd not thought about undervolting. That shall be my next attempt at "pushing" this chip.

shadowscotland · 9 Mar 2009 at 16:34

What board is that with Wayne?
OT - Have my E6600 at 1.1v currently in a P5Q - but always like my chip for it's low voltage OC'ing ability ([email protected]). The asus has just made me like it even more /OT

gurusan · 9 Mar 2009 at 18:21

My current E8500 does 4.2ghz on less than 1.168V

That's less than it's stock VID of 1.175

Lightnix · 9 Mar 2009 at 21:07

Sean_UK said:
Far as im aware E5200's are fine upto around 1.4v on air providing temps are decent?

Yeah, I went right up to 1.38V at 3.75GHz but it wasn't having any of it, I figured I'd back off around there because of all the lovely scare stories I've heard about the 45nm parts and voltages over 1.4V. I'll probably go back to it at some point, I probably did something stupid like forget to set the RAM to 1:1 for those runs.

That said I'd like this chip to at least last until I can upgrade to a low-end Nehalem-like platform or Phenom III or something.

Subliminal Aura · 9 Mar 2009 at 21:28

NOT another email notification for this thread !

Stop willy waving guys - I'm considering unsubscribing from my own thread *DOH*

Didn't ask about overclocking the e5200 ! Already been tried, proved and tested on these very forums...

However !

Most of the questions have been answered expect for the one where I ask how the e5200 compares clock per clock to an e8x00.

Cheeeeoooorrrrs

p4radox · 9 Mar 2009 at 23:05

What's the problem? There's some good advice in this thread...

If you don't want emails then don't subscribe to threads...

Justintime · 10 Mar 2009 at 09:23

Replaced an E6300 @ 2.64Ghz (never could really get more from it as the 965P DS3 did'nt like anything over 378MHz, plus it could'nt go over much 3GHz in a P5K even) in my general media converter machine (VHS-DVD, LP-Mp3 etc..) with an E5200, currently can do 4GHz @ 1.435v (334x12) in the old school DS3 rev.1 ! but temperatures are sky high and because i wanna run the fan at 5v with the TRUE i'm using 1.35v for 3.8GHz. I think the chip has an FSB issue as anything over 350MHz even at lower multiplier is unstable, so using 334MHz for stability sake (334x11.5).

pastymuncher · 10 Mar 2009 at 12:06

Subliminal Aura said:
NOT another email notification for this thread !

Stop willy waving guys - I'm considering unsubscribing from my own thread *DOH*

Didn't ask about overclocking the e5200 ! Already been tried, proved and tested on these very forums...

However !

Most of the questions have been answered expect for the one where I ask how the e5200 compares clock per clock to an e8x00.

Cheeeeoooorrrrs

A E8000 series will crucify it. Question answered. A E5200 can't even keep up with a E6600 let alone a even more powerful E8000 series.

krooton · 10 Mar 2009 at 17:01

pastymuncher said:
A E8000 series will crucify it. Question answered. A E5200 can't even keep up with a E6600 let alone a even more powerful E8000 series.

And this should be obvious to anyone given the difference in price.