Help overclocking my E6300!

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 21:24

Hi, Im having bit of trouble overclocking my e6300, i had a target of 3Ghz in mind; is this possible with a DS3 and corsair value ram?

The Max ive had stable is at 2.73Ghz (390x7) at just over stock volts

ive read the ds3 overclocking guide but it says o put vcore at 1.45v which is a bit high i think. My temps are around 45ish idle using tat.

can anyone give me a step by step guide (as im a bit of a noob) on what todo next?

edit: i also have a Akasa AK-961 cooler(would like better but low on funds)

Thanks ben

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 21:46

yeah its 667mhz stuff ive just got to 400mhz fsb stable

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 21:56

420mhz now

Got a surge of luck!! Fingers crossed 3ghz is in sight (@ 2.94 now)

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 22:06

not bad you know! Just crashed at 420mhz

Upped the RAm voltage and loosened the timings a tad now stable

Try for 430 now (3Ghz) :eek:

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 22:22

Yeah ive got a DS3 cant find the RAm dividers anywhere, i hope there is somewhere

CAnt get it to work at 430x7 crashes on startup

same at 430x6 (2.5ghz) so i guess its my RAM

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 22:23

Anymore tips to get to 3GHZ will be apreciated

Thanks, Ben

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 22:37

Yeah theres the option shall i put it up by 0.1v? Also quick question what is MCH seen the option a few times and wondered what it was (didnt want to brake anything)

Thanks Ben

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 22:58

Ok cool ill try +0.1v and go for 430fsb

Wish me luck

BEn_2600+ · 11 Nov 2006 at 23:12

Topgun said:
2xFSB is the lowest RAM multiplier on the DS3.

Yeah sorry just realised that it was the RAM multiplyer

Seems my CPU/RAm cant do the extra 10mhz

Ive tried +0.3v on RAm, +0.1v fsb voltage, +0.1vMCh, 1.33ish vcore no go at 430mhz, but fine at 420

Strange

Thanks for all the help

BEn_2600+ · 12 Nov 2006 at 00:26

Im on BIOS version F5, latest is F7 tried to flash and if said BIOS ID Error so i left if :eek:

I no longer have a floppy drive so if anyone knows how to flash my mobo with a cd etc that will be great

thanks a lot, Ben

BEn_2600+ · 12 Nov 2006 at 00:32

Ill have a look; arnt they known for borking mobos tho as it isnt as stable to do it in windows or something?

BEn_2600+ · 12 Nov 2006 at 01:07

Rroff said:
- if you can get 2.94 stable then I'd have said that was pretty close to 3gig to not make any difference...

Yeah i know but 3Ghz looks nice on cpu-z

nevermind im happy at 2.94Ghz

Thanks to everyone for the help, I borrow a floppy from another PC flashed to F7, still same although ive got a pretty post screen now and a few more controls.

Thanks, Ben

BEn_2600+ · 12 Nov 2006 at 14:50

Incase anyone cares, ive got it stable at 3gig, icreased the RAm voltage a bit, put vcore at 1.35v, increase MCH voltage