HELP me overclock my E5200

Spooter · 24 Dec 2009 at 11:27

Just started trying to overclock my E5200. I have read the above guide but still have some questions.

Board - Zotac 9300 ITX
Chip - E5200 Lapped
Cooler - Some piece of rubbish that could fit the case
Memory - Black Dragon 2 x 2Gb PC2-8500

So far I have disabled the cool n quiet sort of stuff, unlinked the ram and upped the FSB to 225. PC booted straight up at 2.8.

Should the memory but unlinked?

Core Speed - 2812.3Mhz
Multi - 12.5
Bus Speed - 225Mhz
Rated FSB 899.MHZ

Memory

FSB : DRAM 8:14
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Spooter · 24 Dec 2009 at 15:28

Well I have stuck with 3Ghz on stock volts 1.250.

240 x 12.5

I was going to go higher but when I upped the volts in the bios it didnt seem to apply. I guess 3Ghz is quite good on stock though.

timmymeuk1 · 25 Dec 2009 at 12:32

I managed to get a e5200 to 3.5 on 1 stick of 2gb 800mhz and with a cheap msi motherboard and stable, with stock cooler also. Not really sure how its possible but it was nice haha

scotty365 · 26 Dec 2009 at 13:33

I seen many results of e5200 hitting 3.8-4.0GHz on good air cooling

pastymuncher · 26 Dec 2009 at 14:11

E5200's are very hit or miss when it comes to clocking. Some max out at 3.2Ghz and sometimes (rarely though) they manage 4Ghz+. Normally it's 3.4-3.6Ghz. It does'nt matter what cooling you have either. Mine maxxed out at 3.6Ghz no matter what voltage i gave it and that's with a decent custom water cooling set-up. I ended up selling mine for what i paid for it and got a E6300 Pentium dual core. That does 3.5Ghz on stock volts and 4Ghz with a Zalman CNPS 9500 air cooler.

Spooter · 28 Dec 2009 at 18:52

Cheers for the replies.

Im just trying to get my 3.0Ghz stable now. Seemed ok on stock volts but one of the cores failed after a few mins of prime95.