New e6400 overclock

niteflite01 · 10 Feb 2007 at 21:33

Heya there,

I'm new at this really....and would value any comments tips or opinions on the following :

Running a new e6400, p5b deluxe, tuniq tower, 2 GB Geil RAM in a P180 case....

I'm concerned by the CPU temperature as read by Speedfan - 55 to 60 degrees. I realise this is taken from the diode behind the CPU socket - should I be worried about it being this high, when all of the other temps seem ok to me?

My RAM is running 1:1 at 12-4-4-4. Sadly I had to give it 1.4v in the BIOS - as ORTHOS and my whole system totally froze at 1.375v. CPU idles at 27 - 30 degrees - not bad for air!

Any help, tips or comments very greatly appreciated.

Thank you

vanandjuanunited · 10 Feb 2007 at 21:35

Nevermind just noticed TAT temps

niteflite01 · 10 Feb 2007 at 21:40

He he what were you going to say?

vanandjuanunited · 10 Feb 2007 at 21:43

niteflite01 said:
He he what were you going to say?

Chect TAT temps :rolleyes:

But no need really. Would trust TAT temps though.
My E6300 @3.1xx are similar with Arctic 7 cooling.

niteflite01 · 10 Feb 2007 at 21:47

Gotcha

I'm happy sticking at 3.2 really. I don't want to push it too far, too soon as I only built the system this morning

neil27 · 10 Feb 2007 at 22:06

Hi there

I benched my E6400 today at 3.4ghz with stock cooling but Orthos failed after hour n half....the pc just froze :rolleyes:

Probably get away with 3.2 will try that tonight before I hit the sack and see if its still going in the morning.

the temps very steady at 70c using core temp

The Running Man · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:30

Orthos isnt the real test ive found - on its own.

Run Dual core orthos and also run SuperPi 8m+ whilst playing winamp + RM Bench

^
Really shows me the difference between "stable" and "100% Stable"

i cant get my E6400 to run that @ 3.2Ghz for love nor money.

niteflite01 · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:34

What's RM Bench?

The Running Man · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:41

http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml

i just run the memory and or cpu one whilst dual core orthos + superpi and winamp.

if it can sruvive that for an hour or so your looking good.

niteflite01 · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:41

Nice one

I'm going to give that a go now.

niteflite01 · 9 Mar 2007 at 11:52

Yup, no problems there either. And running a little bit cooler too now that the AS5 has had it's bedding in cycles

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/niteflite01/untitled-2.jpg

The Running Man · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:04

was going to ask your volts but i can see that

good, fr me that says its a stable system. lucky old you"

niteflite01 · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:05

Yeah, the P5b droops badly voltage wise. I think it's something like 1.38v in BIOS

The Running Man · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:07

curiosity what voltages are you giving the mobo to do this?

tjanks

niteflite01 · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:15

Ummm lemme reboot and I'll tell you

niteflite01 · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:20

Okey dokey :

RAM (12:4:4:4) : 2.1v
Vcore : 1.375v
FSB : 1.4v
North bridge : 1.45v
South Bridge : 1.5v

simonnance · 10 Mar 2007 at 10:45

I'm testing my E6400 @ 3.3Ghz (413x8), 1.425V (BIOS).

Getting 42C idle, 52C load atm. Ultra-120 with Noctua 1200RPM.

niteflite01 · 10 Mar 2007 at 10:47

Nice

I don't really want or need to push mine past 3.2GHz as the difference will be negligible. And I don't want to suck myself into the whole benchmarking trap again

simonnance · 10 Mar 2007 at 17:00

with my old mobo, i could barley hit 2.4Ghz, and my ram had to run at DDR2-400. So i want to rationalize the amount of money i spent on a new one with a hefty overclock!

6hrs prime stable at 3.3Ghz, tamps are 52-53 under load, so there is still some room to push higher.