Overclocking E5200

AudiR8

AudiR8

AudiR8

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Hey people, i recently overclocked my E5200 to 3.25ghz, i am very new to overclocking. so i set the voltage to 1.35v, today i tried to take it to 3.4Ghz so i did it (also i returned the voltage to 1.325v) and ran Prime95

after about 1 Minute on Worker#2 i recieved FATAL ERROR rounding was 0.5, expected less then 0.4 but Worker#1 kept on going.

Is there anything i am doing wrong, Specs:

[email protected] (somewhat unstable??)

Nvidia 9600GT 512mb EVGA
4GB RAM
ASUS P5q-E
Win7 x64 Professional


If you need anymore information please ask, Thank you.
 
what do you have your memory running at? (download cpuz to check/ or check in the bios) and what is it rated for (what is it stock)
 
my Memory (DRAM?) is at 441.5mhz. I haven't touched anything other then the FSB and Vcore. I made it come down to 3.31Ghz (Fsb 265x12.5) 3.250v

Ran Prime95 for quite a while without any errors on both Workers
 
AudiR8 said:
my Memory (DRAM?) is at 441.5mhz. I haven't touched anything other then the FSB and Vcore. I made it come down to 3.31Ghz (Fsb 265x12.5) 3.250v

Ran Prime95 for quite a while without any errors on both Workers
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that means its running at 882mhz (i guess stock is 800) ethier try rasing your dram voltage or lower you fsb:dram ratio so that the ram runs below its 800mhz

*edit* read the bottom bit sound like its all good now then dont forget to keep an eye on the temps.
 
Thanks for the tip, i forgot to mention it went to 59 tops while doing Prime testing, is that too hot or good? Also thanks for the dram tip, how much shal i increase it by??
 
I got the same CPU :cool:

Apparently, its a good overclocker but my bad motherboard holds me back SO much! only ever managed to get it to 2.9 (without changing VCore I know) and at times, it decides that is not stable O.o I removed it anyway now.

Do you have a stock cooler or a third party cooler? 59 is good with prime 95.
 
Ok thank you, I think stock cooler is enough and also taking my E5200 to 2.9ghz on stock vcore does make mine unstable too :D
 
Thank you, (i was pretty lucky to find that this username wasn't used before)

The only reason i am overclocking my processor is so that i can play Flight Simulator X smoothly
 
Pohly said:
that means its running at 882mhz (i guess stock is 800) ethier try rasing your dram voltage or lower you fsb:dram ratio so that the ram runs below its 800mhz
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in the bios, use the ram multiplier to set your ram to near your default speed, even if its under 800mhz
it will display the ram speed in the bios.;)

AudiR8 said:
Thanks for the tip, i forgot to mention it went to 59 tops while doing Prime testing, is that too hot or good? Also thanks for the dram tip, how much shal i increase it by??
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afaik dont let it go higher than 70.C
also more vcore = higher temps, so increase the vcore in steps, then raise the fsb and stress test,
keep going until it fails then raise vcore a couple of levels again and retest
 
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