O'cing 6300 and 2160 with following steppings:

schumi84

schumi84

schumi84

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Hi there, have posted previously about the above hardware in other threads but was hoping for a general idea of the overclocking headroom with the following steppings:

6300 - L632a675

and

2160 - Q710a457

The reason i ask is to see where i stand with my current setup.

My 6300 is in the spec in my sig and for the life of me i cant get about 450FSB stable, so was thinking it may just be a motherboard limitation.

The 2160 is in a rig which i have just built a friend and will not boot at higher than 270FSB and isnt stable above 240FSB (ie it doesnt restart).

When i tried the 2160 in my setup, i managed 3GHZ (roughly) with 9x and 8x multipliers.

After this testing i have come to the conclusion that my 6300 is limited by either motherboard or memory and the 2160 - i have no idea.

Any help would be very much appreciated, just as a guideline if nothing else.

Thanks very much
 
No ideas then?

Was asking mainly cos was thinkin of upgrading mobo to either p35 chipset or x38 (probably p35 though) in wait for the new CPUs that will be out soon.

Would like to try and push my processor a bit more (6300) and was wondering whether i might have more luck with a different chipset.
 
I have the same board and an E6300 (unsure of stepping) and mine wont go passed 3.15Ghz stable either, I have been blaming my ram but im not so sure.
 
Is a real pain, seeing that some of the chips ppl have been getting go on to 3.4 and upwards.

Will probably plan an upgrade in the next couple of months for me.

I'm more confused about the lack of overclockerbility of the 2160, seems strange that it wont go passed 3GHZ.

For anyone that has one that has gone over 3Gig, have you had to increase the vcore or is it at stock, cheers.
 
I used to have a 6300/DS3:)
6300 could suicide @ 3.7Ghz, I ran it at 3.2Ghz 24/7 @ 1.35 with the DS3.With my p35 board it took 1.4v to run my 6300 @ the same overclock:(
What bios settings are you using?

Try
450*7
1.4v vcore (Just to see if its stable then lower it ect)
2.1v ram
+1 mch
+1 FSB
Lock PCI at 101
Leave ram timings on auto till you get things stable

Let me know how it goes:)
 
I am running at 450*7 already on the 6300, with about 1.375 vcore. Mem is at 5-5-5-15.

Was hoping to go a bit higher with it. The settings that you have given, are they to be used on the 2160 or the 6300? If its the 6300 then i am already using those, runs stable too, just cant go 1mhz higher without it failing to boot.

Cheers for the help.
 
schumi84 said:
I am running at 450*7 already on the 6300, with about 1.375 vcore. Mem is at 5-5-5-15.

Was hoping to go a bit higher with it. The settings that you have given, are they to be used on the 2160 or the 6300? If its the 6300 then i am already using those, runs stable too, just cant go 1mhz higher without it failing to boot.

Cheers for the help.
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Thats with a 6300:(
So you have PCI locked at 101?

Seems strange:(My DS3 would post my 6300 @ 515 with ram being the limiting factor=/
 
i think the board plays a major part too

i picked up a cheap 6300 from the forums the other day

its sitting on a scythe mine on silent at 3.5GHz @ 1.425v
yes its prime stable, well at least 10mins, i cba going further tonight

i was running a p5k-e with a e2140 which was limiting around 385 fsb
but with the asus blitz i can easily break 400 fsb

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Sniper123 said:
Thats with a 6300:(
So you have PCI locked at 101?

Seems strange:(My DS3 would post my 6300 @ 515 with ram being the limiting factor=/
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I have locked the PCI-E to 100, will try 101 though. What RAM were you using, as i have the Geil ULL pc6400 so thought i was doin ok running it at 900.

Will have another go today and see where i go.

With regards to the 2160, i am thinking that it doesnt like Gigabyte boards, will have to see.
 
schumi84 said:
I have locked the PCI-E to 100, will try 101 though. What RAM were you using, as i have the Geil ULL pc6400 so thought i was doin ok running it at 900.

Will have another go today and see where i go.

With regards to the 2160, i am thinking that it doesnt like Gigabyte boards, will have to see.
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I had the same thoughts too (I have just installed an e2160 on a GB P35C), and, like you, felt I had hit an early wall at about 250 FSB. My solution was to keep the memory divider as close to 1:1 as possible (my board does not support auto 1:1 dividing, so you have to do it manually). Once I had figured that out, no issues. Currently on 320 FSB (2.88 Ghz) Orthos stable.
 
schumi84 said:
Excellent, thanks very much. Will have to give that a go (is a friend's pc) when i get the chance. I would have though the memory would be fine up to 850 - 900 mhz as it is the OCZ platinum revision stuff:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Would be nice to give it a boost, as that is why i went for that cpu for his pc, as he was on a budget and wanted an intro to overclocking.
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Hope it works for you. That amount of overclock makes the chip run very hot though. I am 70C at load on a stock cooler (45C idle). Suggest your friend invests in a decent cooler.
 
I bought him the OCZ Vindicator as it is basically the same as my Scythe Ninja and works pretty well, to go with it in the anticipation of overclocking.

Haven't had to test it fully but i reckon it will be up to the job.
 
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