Overclocking Mad First Time

Abz · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:18

Hi All,

I just bought E4300 and gonna try to over clock it on Abit IN9 32X MAX 680i.

I was wondering do i need a new fan or stock fan can do the job ok. and will I damage my CPU life if i over clock.

I wanted to buy the E6600 but since am not gonna be gaming a lot and am just gonna use it for photo and video editing, I'll buy the E4300 as its cheap and once the Quad Core gets proper cheap will buy that.

What you think. Feedback is welcome.

Abz

Nymins · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:23

The stock cooler should be ok for up to about 2.7-2.8ghz, but i would recommend getting an aftermarket cooler if you want to go further. Overclocking will probably reduce the cpu's life if it over-heats too much though.

Abz · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:24

I just changed to the E6600 from the E4300, coz it has 4MB cache and 1066 FSB.

Dunno if its the right decision.

dun · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:24

Keep an eye on temps mate, theres no rule that you need a new hsf to overclock. As for damaging it then yes you will shorten the life of your cpu undoubtably but say from 20-10 years life span who cares?

Will_3rd · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:27

I wouldn't worry at best you will have replaced it before you wear it out through overclocking.

Prob take 5 years off its supposed 20 year life span.

Abz · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:35

cool with all the good feed back from you good people

I have asked the people to change my order to the E4300. What I will do is I will overclock to about 2.5 or 2.7 and see how it goes. Now need to do some research on how to do it

Egon · 26 Apr 2007 at 14:37

Abz said:
Now need to do some research on how to do it

Look here and here, just for some starters. Great threads !!

Abz · 1 May 2007 at 12:12

Thanks for information got a lot out

mmj_uk · 1 May 2007 at 13:44

Increased voltage is a far bigger killer than a high temperature.

Just take it as far as you can on default voltage imo.

Abz · 1 May 2007 at 13:57

but what is default voltage.

the default my mobo starts with is 1.325v i think

mmj_uk · 1 May 2007 at 14:12

Yeah that's it so take it as far as you can on 1.325v.

If you're lucky you'll get a massive overclock merely on default voltage, but the thing is once you start needing more voltage it could be a case of needing another 0.1v just to get another 50-100Mhz, not worth it at all really.

Abz · 1 May 2007 at 16:08

cool will try to OC at that speed, am trying to get to 3Ghz tbh,

Will try that once my cooler gets in.

how far shall I go in term of voltage?

I heard max for E4300 is 1.6V is that true?

queamin · 1 May 2007 at 17:22

If it is your first time i wouldnot up the volts at first see how it oc's without it and see,some people let it bed in a few days before really pushing it.

nbkpsycho · 1 May 2007 at 21:15

If i was you i wouldnt up the voltage that much on the stock cooler especially if your new to overclocking. My E4300 takes 1.5v to get 3.2ghz and it's temp is 63c and thats with a tuniq tower (also has a Noctua 120mm fan).

Abz · 2 May 2007 at 11:05

Thanx guys,

yesterday I tried to OC to 2.7 with about 1.4v, however after many playing around and stuff, I found that the cpu keeps crashing after 2.4Ghz, not sure what that is. Would that mean this is its limits.

I have bought a proper fan Asus Silent Knight to see if there is any difference.

Nymins · 2 May 2007 at 11:10

Hmm you should get past 2.4GHz pretty easily on stock cooler and voltage. Have you got the ram set to 1:1 with the fsb?

Abz · 2 May 2007 at 11:12

no I have set the Bios as unlinked with mem.

As mem run at 800 and when I OC the CPU sometimes it passes the 800 limit, am not looking to damage the ram or even OC.

IS that the correct approach?

Nymins · 2 May 2007 at 11:17

Well if you keep the ram linked to the fsb, then to get to 3GHz that would mean 333fsbx9 = 3GHz, so the ram will be clocked at 667mhz (PC5300/5400 speed, double the fsb because it is DDR2). It will mean that your ram is underclocked however.

You could try lowering the multiplier of the E4300 to something like 8x instead of 9x. It will not clock as high as the E4300 can do, but it means that your ram will be faster. e.g:

3GHz = 375fsb x 8

So your ram will run at 750mhz.

Abz · 2 May 2007 at 11:23

Thanx for this info

My ram although is 800Mhz, when looking at CPU-Z it shows it as 667 Mhz,

What I had to do is set the timing and FSB manually.

But I will try your method when I get my new cooler. Do i put it to 1.5V or less.

Edit: Will it matter for ram running at 667 or 800?

Nymins · 2 May 2007 at 11:26

I would keep the voltage of the cpu at stock for the mean time.

It wont really matter at this point if your ram is 667mhz even though it really is 800mhz, because you will be changing the speed of it anyway when you start overclocking.