My E5200

Ryan111 said:
3.75GHZ @1.28v?? :O Thats quite an achievement, Nice one!
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Thanks, sadly anything over that requires quite abit more volts, so thats why i use that clocking as my 24/7.

As my cpu requires 1.4 - 1.5v for over 4ghz, max iv been able to get it to is 4.1ghz, i think my cpu has a fsb wall @ 330 it won't boot above that sadly, well not with the current cooling i have, so gonna wait till i upgrade my water cooling to a better kit to see if its chipset heat issues or not.

These are not bad cpu's though iv seen some on water hitting 4.5ghz+ guess its all luck of the draw really some get really high clockable ones others dont, but can't complain it only cost £50 :D
 
Ryan111 said:
Is your e5200 water cooled then? :\
I wish i could hit 3.75 @ 1.28v
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Yeh i currently use this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-028-SW&groupid=701&catid=193&subcat=1038 did'nt use the tubing that came with it though, found it to thin for my liking so replaced it with some thicker walled stuff.

Its basicly like using a high end air cooler really.

Got it 2nd hand from a mate, so iv learnt about water cooling now without spending a fortune, so now im gathering better parts to improve my temps and the like, most will say over kill for this Cpu, but i will be going quadcore in abit so getting the cooling sorted for that..

Guess i was lucky with my cpu not needing a lot of volts for that, but i did have to increase my nb volts a couple of notches though.
 
ohhh right, how much of a difference did the water cooling kit make?

You increased your nb volts? I don't think I've changed mine :\ :P
 
Yeh after abit of testing i found that i could get it stable by just increasing the nb volts a notch think its at 1.4, not sure without checking, otherwise my vcore would be abit higher then it is.

Ermm this kit really is'nt the best, but as i got it for mates rates from a friend i thought heck lets give it a shot. Basicly idle temps are totally same as you would get on air, gaming temps from my previous cooler (freezer pro 7), are down by about 5c, and load temps down by about the same.

But as this kit only has a 120mm radiator thats not to bad, within a couple of months i'll be adding all new stuff, 360 rad, 240 rad, better cpu waterblock, nb and sb waterblocks too. Got most of it now, just need new res and the 360 rad and fans to match.

Then ofcourse abit more tinkering with my overclock, still learning myself really, then when im comfy, get myself a nice little E8400/E8500 as i'll have nice cooling to put that with.
 
My E5200 will only do 3.3ghz with 1.45v Its not good at all, very dissapointed with the chip, its the same M0 stepping, but is just a bad chip honestly, i got my old E4500 from 2.2ghz upto 3.3ghz for 1.45v, that was a proper overclock.
 
3.3 isn't a bad overclock, your chip just isn't the best by the looks of things.

Im not going to invest in water for a while, im looking to up to either a e7500 or e8500 (depends on budget) in the semi near future, but this little e5200 has done one hell of a job for me :) 140% overclock :)
 
Your overclocking is'nt 140% im affraid to say, if it was you would be over 5ghz.

But 3.5ghz is'nt bad either each chip is different, i have a mate that had his old E5200 upto 4.7ghz but that was on very good water cooling, his chip was a beast compared to my one.

@blaineoliver
My chip is the newer RO stepping, which are supposed to be better clockers then the MO's but as i said above, there are good and both in both revisions, its basicly pot luck really.
 
Yeh, its annoyed me enough to go to AMD for new setup, next month when i have the money. It worried me that the 720 wont have enough headroom to give me a noticible increase, im planning to get a second 4850, think a tri core or a quad core is a good idea?
 
I can probs get my chip to 3.7, but i dont want to increase the volts anymore, they are on 1.328 in cpuz atm :)
 
Ryan111 said:
140% of 2.5ghz = 3.5ghz???? :\
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Well if you where to say u have a 100% overclock that means, the original + 100%

As u can see from the below pic, it stats what your overclock is in % this is OCCT, its kinda like orthos and prime..

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And yeh probably best to stay under 1.4volts for day to day running unless ur on high end water, i only ever push mine over 1.4 volts when i do some benching and stuff.
 
blaineoliver said:
I have mine on 1.36v, and the temperatures are 30 idle and 50 ish load. Thats on a simple AC7 pro on a E5200.
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Thats not bad load temps, is that orthos/prime95 or Intel burn test. But yeh the AC7 pro is a very nice little cooler, i used to use one, and i have it as my back up cooler too.
 
Im upto my 24/7 clock of 4Ghz @ 1.425v, temperatures never hit 60' and due to the colder weather coming in a few months time will probably be able to go back to using 4.2Ghz @ 1.475v.
 
mine does 3.5ghz at 1.2v in my old p5k with stock hsf, 55c in p95. gonna put a akasa nero on it i think. case cooling is totally crap as well but its not my main pc.
pretty good all i changed was nb to 1.4v.
 
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