Something wrong with my Overclocking? (6300)

Sime · 9 Jul 2007 at 13:18

Hey everyone before I get to the nitty gritty ill get my system specs

Intel 6300
Geil 2GB (512x4) 6400
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Gigabyte DS3 (on F7 btw)

Ok heres the situation. I overclocked my CPU quite a while back to 2.8Ghz and though was fairly stable, I was quite happy with that so ive just left it. Now ive just checked my CPU speed (Intel Thermal Analysis) after afew months and its says that its been knocked down to 1.8Ghz which is the stock speeds. Dont know how long ive been playing games without that extra 1Ghz!!

This is extremly wired as im looking at other peoples clocking speeds with identical spec PCs and there pumping out 3.2's and 3.4's. Am I doing something wrong? Also according to Intel Thermal, its says its runnig at 50oC which seems a little high to me for Idle speeds...

As far as I can tell it must be one or a combination of these

1 - Im doing something wrong in the BIOS department
2 - CPU Cooler isnt fitted properly
3 - RAM isnt good enough
4 - Mobo / BIOS is having a shocker
5 - CPU or MotherboardJust simply cant handle speeds that high
6 - Overheating in some other way (case cooling, conjestion etc)
7 - The ram being 4 sticks of 512mb RAM Geil 6400 instead of 2x1GB sticks is making it slower

Errmmm, thats all I can come up with atm...

Please Help!

Teaf · 9 Jul 2007 at 14:55

I'd check CPU-Z, and then check the multiplier that it shows when you're computer is idle. It just sounds like another case of Speedstep being left on, which is a setting in the BIOS (EIST/C1E) which reduces the multiplier of the CPU when the computer is idle (ie. not in games) to save power.

Sniper123 · 9 Jul 2007 at 15:52

I have same mobo and cpu as you, This happened to me a couple of times because i was running my 6300 at stock volts @ 3.4GHz.Basically you could get into windows and it would be fine 90% of the time but sometimes the PC would randomly restart itself resulting in the bios disabling your multiplier.

So if its not speedstep as Flibby said try upping the volts to cpu a bit.

Hope this helps.

Sime · 9 Jul 2007 at 15:55

Ye thats exactally what happens to me. What did you put your volts too then mate? Im on 2.8Ghz now...with volts on auto.

Im also Idling just below the 60oC mark, is that ok?

Sniper123 · 9 Jul 2007 at 16:01

Sime said:
Ye thats exactally what happens to me. What did you put your volts too then mate? Im on 2.8Ghz now...with volts on auto.

Im also Idling just below the 60oC mark, is that ok?

2.8GHz with my chip is stable at stock volts, Running mine 24/7 @ 3.25GHz at 1.3v stable.

6300 @ 3.25GHz 1.3v
Idle = 40C
100% cpu = 53C

60C idle is very high :eek:

What are you using to read the temps?

BlackDragon · 9 Jul 2007 at 17:27

2.8GHz = 311 x 9
1.8GHz = 311 x 6 (this is where speedstep lowers your multiplier)

So you haven't really lost any performance at all. Run something that is CPU intensive then measure it and you'll notice the frequency jumps back up to 2.8GHz

pegasus1 · 9 Jul 2007 at 20:16

BlackDragon said:
2.8GHz = 311 x 9
1.8GHz = 311 x 6 (this is where speedstep lowers your multiplier)

So you haven't really lost any performance at all. Run something that is CPU intensive then measure it and you'll notice the frequency jumps back up to 2.8GHz

But speedstep should be disabled if you want a stable overclock. Auto volts should be changed as well, your volts going up and down as well as your multi will cause havok with a decent overclock.

Sime · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:05

Sniper123 said:
2.8GHz with my chip is stable at stock volts, Running mine 24/7 @ 3.25GHz at 1.3v stable.

6300 @ 3.25GHz 1.3v
Idle = 40C
100% cpu = 53C

60C idle is very high What are you using to read the temps?

Im using TAT to read my temps...

Hold on, just ran SpeedFan and its differant. Screenshot below. Not sure which one I should be looking at like. Im hoping Temp 2 @ 40oC

naudiz · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:11

Got a very similar set up to yours, I generally trust TAT over speedfan, having said that though the latest speedfan picks up my core temps at about the same as TAT

Naud

Sime · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:21

Just downloaded the new Speedfan. On the temperatures, should I be looking at the Core 0 and Core 1 temperatures? because there both at 60oC...WTF!

Big.Wayne · 9 Jul 2007 at 23:29

I think maybe your heatsink isn't installed correctly?

Is this your first time using the LGA775 platform?

If it is installed correctly then maybe you have an 'uneven' surface on the chips IHS?

pegasus1 · 10 Jul 2007 at 07:48

Big.Wayne said:
I think maybe your heatsink isn't installed correctly?

Is this your first time using the LGA775 platform?

If it is installed correctly then maybe you have an 'uneven' surface on the chips IHS?

As in a concave IHS, if this is the case then get lapping

Garyj881 · 10 Jul 2007 at 08:10

Thats more than uneven, sure its mounted right?

All the thumb screws in?

Sime · 11 Jul 2007 at 02:43

OK ive just bought a new case the NZXT Hush and its phanominal. Insanly quiet, Also gave me and opertunity to check the old CPU Cooler. Didnt look if it was loose tbh, I just took it off to have a look under it. It all seemed fine, compound was all there, but just to make sure I removed the old and replaced it with some new Artic Compound Silver 5. Placed AC7 back on, made sure it was properly on and the plugs were fully down (there was no movement on the CPU or the plugs when wobbled). Booted up, after the intial excitement of the PC being silent I booted up TAT. Reads as *** following.

6300 @ 2.6Ghz - Idle 50oC

Still quiet high?

Garyj881 · 11 Jul 2007 at 07:56

So now youve applied the AS does that mean you removed the paste of the cooler first?

Ok if mountings not an issue, and you sure the base of the hsf and cpu are fairly flat then id return the cpu, it shouldnt get that hot unless youre putting a lot of volts throught it.

Also bfore you return it you might want to try the artic silver method of aplying the paste (theres a post around her somewhere).