Intel Pentium E5300 Overclocking help...

gibb · 4 Oct 2009 at 13:57

Hi, I have the above chip and here is my current overclock which is ~55c prime95 (voltage goes up to 1.34 when idle):

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=747396

My specs are as follows:
Gigabyte P31-DS3L
4gb 1066mhz OCZ Gold
Coolermaster Hyper TX2

My chip had a VID of 1.28 which I believe is very high for this chip. I have tried 3.8ghz but I have not yet got it prime95 stable and I have been up to 1.38 actual volts.

What suggestions do you have for overclocking, can I go even higher volts to try and get 3.8ghz? The reason I purchased this particular chip was because I believed 3.8ghz was supposed to be a easy overclock.

I was also considering selling this chip and buying another in the hope I got a lower VID?

gibb · 6 Oct 2009 at 17:50

Any suggestions on what I should do next?

Martini1991 · 6 Oct 2009 at 18:18

Tbh, you're at about the maximum I'd expect for a chip like that, my brothers E5200 could only get 3.45GHZ stable.

bifday2k · 6 Oct 2009 at 18:28

You could try more volts, but allways keep an eye on the temps though, not all cpu's are the same, some clock better then others, its all pot luck.

My old E5200 would do 3.5ghz stock volts, and 3.8ghz with 1.3, and 4.1ghz with 1.45v.

Your current overclock and temps are not bad at all. You can try for more, but main thing is to keep an eye on your temps.

PermaBanned · 6 Oct 2009 at 18:33

I've seen lots of E5200s at 4GHz easily. But it's probably the motherboard holding you back...

gibb · 7 Oct 2009 at 12:43

Thanks for the advice guys, some more reading suggests I have got an average chip. Might try it out in a buddies P35 board and see what I get.

Evil^ · 9 Oct 2009 at 13:05

Just out of interest what Temps do you got at stock and oc'd idle and loads etc?

pastymuncher · 9 Oct 2009 at 13:45

The E5000 series are very hit and miss when it comes to clocking. Most will do 3.6Ghz but some even struggle to get to 3.2Ghz. Mine did 3.6Ghz and no more, no matter what voltage it was given. Tried in 3 different motherboards too. Your board will not be holding it back as the P31 DS3L is a fantastic board for the money. I would say that you just have a poor chip. Have a look at my thread here, the settings i used for each overclock are at the begining.