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P5N-E SLI + E6300 OverClocking Receipe Pls

Slinger

Slinger

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Could any of you experts please maybe give me your settings that you have for the above components, they must be COMPLETY SAFE settings to get my 6300 up to about 2.8Ghz.

Reason I say completely safe is that Im very new to this, I have read the guides to overclocking and had a quick look around the motherboard thread.

Soo, I dont want to risk my new pc, which if it blows up or something goes horribly wrong, I wont be getting another for a loong time.

Oh and the cooler im using is a Zalman 9500AT, temps right now are 42C Idle and get up to 47 to 49 at load with orthos stress cpu test.

Idle temps that I get I think I due to the warm room I am in, when I take case side off and open window I get 37C Idle, both cores.


Any help is much appreciated.

Thx

Slinger
 
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Thanks, Thats helped me on my way, Im at 2.3ghz already ! its so easy, :D

Giving it a stress test now.... and seems, that extra 500Mhz has added 2c at load, not bad I think, 50c on load now , hows is that ?

I think I will take it to 2.4Ghz and leave it at that for a bit, the system is only 2 days old, dont wanna go too far right away.


Cheers
 
Slinger said:
Thanks, Thats helped me on my way, Im at 2.3ghz already ! its so easy, :D

Giving it a stress test now.... and seems, that extra 500Mhz has added 2c at load, not bad I think, 50c on load now , hows is that ?

I think I will take it to 2.4Ghz and leave it at that for a bit, the system is only 2 days old, dont wanna go too far right away.


Cheers
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Depending if you have decent case cooling (as the NB gets warm) its dead easy to get this mobo and CPU to 3ghz.
If you watercool (CPU & NB) then 3.4 is a doddle.
Things i would do if i was you (above those mantioned in the Mobo OCing thread.
1 Lap the CPU as lots of e6300 have a concave IHS.
2 Do the pencil mod to stop VDroop.
3 Put a fan over the NB H/S and raise the Chipset Volts to 1.7.
4 Run you mem unlinked until you get your CPU oc sorted.
 
pegasus1 said:
Depending if you have decent case cooling (as the NB gets warm) its dead easy to get this mobo and CPU to 3ghz.
If you watercool (CPU & NB) then 3.4 is a doddle.
Things i would do if i was you (above those mantioned in the Mobo OCing thread.
1 Lap the CPU as lots of e6300 have a concave IHS.
2 Do the pencil mod to stop VDroop.
3 Put a fan over the NB H/S and raise the Chipset Volts to 1.7.
4 Run you mem unlinked until you get your CPU oc sorted.
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I don't really think steps 1 to 3 are really necessary unless you have a particular stability problem or temp issues.
 
andyh said:
I don't really think steps 1 to 3 are really necessary unless you have a particular stability problem or temp issues.
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He will get temp issues if he wants over 3ghz so step 1 would help if his IHS is concave, some people have shaved up to 10C with lapping.
If he intends to OC this Cpu/Mobo combination past 3ghz then chances are he will need to up the NB to 1.7V and if he does that he will need to actively cool the NB HS.
 
pegasus1 said:
He will get temp issues if he wants over 3ghz so step 1 would help if his IHS is concave, some people have shaved up to 10C with lapping.
If he intends to OC this Cpu/Mobo combination past 3ghz then chances are he will need to up the NB to 1.7V and if he does that he will need to actively cool the NB HS.
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Pegasus, dont get me wrong, the steps you listed are all valid if you are looking at getting the most from your overclock.
My comment was based on the fact that Slinger wanted to achieve about 2.8Ghz which is a relatively straight forward overclock which may not result in high temps or need the n/b voltage to be raised to 1.7.
 
also, the fact he is new to OCing means that pencil mods and lapping are probably not the safest things for him to do with £££ of kit.

I would try re-seating your cooler though, and checking you are getting good "imprint" on the thermal paste, some people have seen temp drops with applying more thermal paste to concave CPUs, however if your CPU isnt concave it'll raise them. Check flatness with something nice and straight, razor works, or by appling paste to the centre of the CPU and seeing how well the weight of the HSF spreads it out (less spreading = worse contact = concave IHS).
 
andyh said:
Pegasus, dont get me wrong, the steps you listed are all valid if you are looking at getting the most from your overclock.
My comment was based on the fact that Slinger wanted to achieve about 2.8Ghz which is a relatively straight forward overclock which may not result in high temps or need the n/b voltage to be raised to 1.7.
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Fair one, but if his temps continue to rise 2C degrees with every 500mhz then his 2.8ghz will be fairly toasty when summer arrives.
 
simonnance said:
also, the fact he is new to OCing means that pencil mods and lapping are probably not the safest things for him to do with £££ of kit.

I would try re-seating your cooler though, and checking you are getting good "imprint" on the thermal paste, some people have seen temp drops with applying more thermal paste to concave CPUs, however if your CPU isnt concave it'll raise them. Check flatness with something nice and straight, razor works, or by appling paste to the centre of the CPU and seeing how well the weight of the HSF spreads it out (less spreading = worse contact = concave IHS).
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I think I may not have seated my Tuniq 120 cooler correctly as I am getting temps of about 47c with a 3000mhz overclock when idle. Can you please explain the above most a bit more (i.e in more depth) as I am not understanding exactly what you are saying e.g concave IHS? etc.

Thanks
 
Bigmonty said:
I think I may not have seated my Tuniq 120 cooler correctly as I am getting temps of about 47c with a 3000mhz overclock when idle. Can you please explain the above most a bit more (i.e in more depth) as I am not understanding exactly what you are saying e.g concave IHS? etc.

Thanks
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Concave as in the sides of the IHS will be slightly higher than the center, this means that there may be a gap between your heatsink and the center of the Cpu IHS, this will cause higher temps.
People get round this by lapping the IHS so that the whole area of the IHS is level.
 
Bigmonty said:
I think I may not have seated my Tuniq 120 cooler correctly as I am getting temps of about 47c with a 3000mhz overclock when idle. Can you please explain the above most a bit more (i.e in more depth) as I am not understanding exactly what you are saying e.g concave IHS? etc.

Thanks
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Some of the heatspreaders (IHS) that form the top of the c2d,s are concave i.e they dip in the middle. This has the effect that any heatsink (HSF)you put on top will only make contact with the outer edges of the IHS. Less contact area between HSF and IHS= less transfer of heat from IHS to HSF = higher temps within the CPU.
By lapping the IHS you are aiming to flatten it so you have greater contact between the IHS and HSF.
 
Sorry for being dumb but what is 'lapping'. Is it sanding down the IHS or something similar?

I have an Asus P5E-sli board, should I need to do this with it?
 
Bigmonty said:
Sorry for being dumb but what is 'lapping'. Is it sanding down the IHS or something similar?

I have an Asus P5E-sli board, should I need to do this with it?
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Its the CPU thats the problem, not the Motherboard.
Lapping is making the surface of the IHS flat with the use of an abrasive material, normaly wet and dry paper.
 
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