Overclocking reminder: E2160.

[slipd]

Hey guys,

I’ve been away from the overclocking scene for a while and I need a bit of a crash course to get me up to speed – no pun intended.

The last oc I did was on my trusty old Opteron 146 – that was about two years ago… I can’t even remember where I started?

I want to have a good play with this chip and really push it; I’ve had it burning-in since September, but because of work commitments I’ve needed my pc working 24/7, so I haven’t had the chance to fiddle - until now

I’ve been watching the Official E2140/E2160 Overclocking Thread but from what I’ve read on various pages, it’s more of a, ‘post your benchmarks’ thread (I know someone will prove me wrong now ) which is fine, but I need settings, voltages, memory timings etc to help get me going

My system: E2160, Gigabyte P35-DS3R, 2 GB Crucial Ballistix (5300), Tuniq Tower, 500w Enermax Liberty.

Thanks in advance!

SW.

 

[slipd]

Okay, had a chance to play tonight - I went straight in at 250x9, the only change I made. I saved, but my machine didn't like it

I started her from cold and went back into the bios - the setting (250) was saved, but greyed out? On booting into Windows the cpu was still reading 1.8GHz. I then went back into the bios and changed the "System Voltage Control" from Manual to Auto - I was prompted to do this originally, but didn't?

I'm now back in Windows, but with 1.392v going through the chip? Should I leave the SysVoltControl at Auto or should I be setting that value myself? I was hoping to keep the volts low in order to keep my temps down...

Reading back through the Official E2160 thread it appears some people have been able to hit 3/3.2GHz on stock volts

I was hoping for at least 3 on stock volts, but if I increase the fsb anymore with the SysVoltControl thingy set to Auto - won't my volts keep increasing too?

Cheers,

SW.