Multiplier for E6400

JonM · 1 Apr 2007 at 21:37

Hi,

Got the follwing arriving tomorrow from OcUK:

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

and as the last time I updated my CPU was about 3 years ago I cannot remember what multipliers to use and expect it to be different for C2D CPUs?

Could some one let me kmow what multiplier to use to save me a bit of time? And any other settings I should apply.

Cheers

Minstadave · 1 Apr 2007 at 22:19

Think its x8 (I should remember, I have one).

So its running 266 x 8 =2.13ghz

hai · 1 Apr 2007 at 22:31

Yep its x8, thats its advantage over the E6300.

smsmasters · 2 Apr 2007 at 14:47

Get the e4300 instead (9x multiplier) and overclock it to 3ghz easily.

JonM said:
Hi,

Got the follwing arriving tomorrow from OcUK:

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

and as the last time I updated my CPU was about 3 years ago I cannot remember what multipliers to use and expect it to be different for C2D CPUs?

Could some one let me kmow what multiplier to use to save me a bit of time? And any other settings I should apply.

Cheers

easyrider · 2 Apr 2007 at 14:52

smsmasters said:
Get the e4300 instead (9x multiplier) and overclock it to 3ghz easily.

The E4300 is the inferior chip over the 6 series C2D.

Thats bad advice

smsmasters · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:24

easyrider said:
The E4300 is the inferior chip over the 6 series C2D.

Thats bad advice

And why is that? He will save money and it can be overclocked to 3ghz easily due to its 9x multiplier.

e4300 and e6400 both have 2 MB caches.

If he has a decent budget, he should get the e6600 and hope to overclock it to 3.6ghz, like I have done.

Anyway, doesn't matter, he already has the e6400 ordered.

easyrider · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:30

smsmasters said:
And why is that? He will save money and it can be overclocked to 3ghz easily due to its 9x multiplier.

It needs more vcore to scale and produces more heat.

C64 · 2 Apr 2007 at 19:11

Exactly how much more heat would that be?

smsmasters · 2 Apr 2007 at 19:16

easyrider said:
It needs more vcore to scale and produces more heat.

I wouldn't say all. I've seen some e4300s overclock to 3.6ghz on air.

easyrider · 2 Apr 2007 at 20:25

smsmasters said:
I wouldn't say all. I've seen some e4300s overclock to 3.6ghz on air.

Link?

smsmasters · 2 Apr 2007 at 20:49

easyrider said:
Link?

Check out http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/ just search for e4300

One person even oc'd his e4300 to 4ghz on air. Needs a lot of vcore though. However, all core 2 duos would need a lot of vcore to reach those speeds anyway.

easyrider · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:08

smsmasters said:
Check out http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/ just search for e4300

One person even oc'd his e4300 to 4ghz on air. Needs a lot of vcore though. However, all core 2 duos would need a lot of vcore to reach those speeds anyway.

There not prime stable shots of 24/7 use.

Hamoodii · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:17

smsmasters said:
Get the e4300 instead (9x multiplier) and overclock it to 3ghz easily.

sorry thats just really bad advice.....the e4300 require more volts to reach 3.0GHz+ and consequently produce more heat.

smsmasters · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:21

easyrider said:
There not prime stable shots of 24/7 use.

Oh well. Just oc an e4300 to 2.4ghz+ and you have roughly the speed of an e6600 at a fraction of the cost.

smsmasters · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:50

Hamoodii said:
sorry thats just really bad advice.....the e4300 require more volts to reach 3.0GHz+ and consequently produce more heat.

It only takes ~1.35V to reach 3.0ghz. :rolleyes:

smsmasters · 2 Apr 2007 at 22:07

Take a look at these screenshots:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=131504&highlight=4300

Hamoodii · 3 Apr 2007 at 11:42

smsmasters said:
It only takes ~1.35V to reach 3.0ghz.

3.0ghz+ mate (i.e. 3.4ghz)

easyrider · 3 Apr 2007 at 12:04

smsmasters said:
It only takes ~1.35V to reach 3.0ghz.

Have a read of my official E4300 thread I started.

I have tested the E4300 myself all the data is in that thread.

Goody_GTI · 3 Apr 2007 at 12:40

I agree sorry that is bad advice, the only reason to get an E4300 is if your on a budget. And -

JonM said:
Hi,

Got the follwing arriving tomorrow from OcUK:

Does that not kinda say he has already placed his order :confused:

Anyway, lets get the thread back on track instead of arguing over chips, the multi is 8x. I have exactly the same setup running at 3.2ghz (400 x 8), could probably push it further. People, like minstadave, have had 3.6 with 450 x 8.

So just experiment, there are plenty of guides on how to overclock the c2ds, I will post one later though if nobody else does.

Hope this helps