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***The Official E2140/E2160 Overclocking Thread***

danouk said:
My question to all, This board will not post at anything over 300mhz, even 301mhz. Ideally I would like to set the FSB@333 and have the memory running @333 but at the moment, its 300 max... Anyone got any ideas?
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300 is as far as the VIA chipset will go, Asrock was never famous at overclocking.
 
I've also got my E2160 in the Asrock 4coreVSTA board. Very nice little board for the price.

Packaged with no crap you will never use, direct simple instructions. It just works.
Installed quickly, booted first time and was installing windows XP over raid in a matter of minutes.

Loving booting from Raid Raptors, so damn quick, not to mention how quick things install. I installed the original UT from an iso in under 2 minutes :eek:

Will do some overclocking later, not expecting miracles as I'm currently using DDR1 ram and the stock intel cooler. (will be watercooling soonish)
 
ots3go said:
Anyone got any solutions for me yet?

Won't post at anything over 390FSB, even with lowering the CPU's multi, loosening memory timings and over volting everything.

PCI-e frequency is stuck to 101mhz.

Temps are fine for the chip also.
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How are the Northbridge temps? This is for a DS3R on the P35C chipset if memory serves... What voltage is the Northbridge on?

edit: from Neoseeker.com

How did we reach 3.5GHz?

* we set the FSB to 500MHz
* we set the processor multiplier to 7
* memory timing was set to 1000-4-4-4-12
* Vcore was set at 1.50V for stability
* PCIe frequency was fixed at 100MHz
* memory voltage was set at 2.30V
* PCIe Overvoltage, FSB Overvoltage, MCH Overvoltage were all set at +0.20V
* We used an excellent Noctua 12 heatsink with two 12cm fans
* We tested with high end Corsair PC2-8888 4-4-4-12 memory
 
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Danouk, unfortunately I only have pc3200 ram (ddr1) so i'm not trying to run it at 300Mhz, 200Mhz would do fine. Thanks for the help though. I've found a thread on somewhere where they use volt mods to get the FSB of this board up to 338Mhz...if your brave enough i'll try to find it.
 
Thanks guys, I'm happy enough with the result at FSB300... Re Volt mod, don't think I want to crack out the soldering iron just yet :-)
 
melbourne720 said:
How are the Northbridge temps? This is for a DS3R on the P35C chipset if memory serves... What voltage is the Northbridge on?

edit: from Neoseeker.com

How did we reach 3.5GHz?

* we set the FSB to 500MHz
* we set the processor multiplier to 7
* memory timing was set to 1000-4-4-4-12
* Vcore was set at 1.50V for stability
* PCIe frequency was fixed at 100MHz
* memory voltage was set at 2.30V
* PCIe Overvoltage, FSB Overvoltage, MCH Overvoltage were all set at +0.20V
* We used an excellent Noctua 12 heatsink with two 12cm fans
* We tested with high end Corsair PC2-8888 4-4-4-12 memory
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Can't say i'm too sure with the northbridge temps. How hot should it be allowed to go?

And will try my luck with the above. Not tried to see what my GeIL memory can do yet.
 
OK i have the dreaded C2D bug.Happy with this chip in general but may go for a 6600 when the price cuts kick in.

Any issues with my RAM and Mobo and a 6600?
 
Mine will hit 3.2 but the temperatures are a little warm for my liking so run it at 3ghz. Ran Orthos at 2.8ghz for 8 hours going to run it at 3Ghz tonight.
 
Loving the look of these chips - I feel yet more pain coming for Mr Visa....

Anyway, my plan is to put together a new DTP/video editing rig as cheaply as possible... 2/4GB of Giel, e2140/60, dual X1950Pro's (Don't need to be crossfired) 3 x DVI widescreen monitors - (probably the 20.1" LG ones from OC) Ergomax adjustable 3 monitor desk mount. The monitors and Stand alone will run to about £700, so I'm keen to make some savings by using a stable OC'd cpu - I'll likely flog the PC at a later date and go 45nm quad core.

The question is, whats the cheapest board that has 2 x PCI-x 16/8x slots and will push a 2160 to 2.8/3ghz stable on the stock cooler with some artic silver?

Thinking hats on :P

#Wonderdog
 
Probably the DS3P, also look out for the OCUK clearance / b-grade section, there were top end mobos like P5W DH & P5B Deluxe went for real cheap.
 
OK guys just built my first core 2 duo system and came among this thread ;) .

Specs are

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
Asus ATI Radeon X1650 Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply

I havent run prime 95 / orthos yet as im worried about the temps.

Other thing ive got the voltages set to auto, as im not sure what they should be if anyone has a link to the settings?

EDIT:Ive manually set up the voltages from the DS3 Sticky (nice work) and its droppped my temps a abit although still got high temps with tat but ok every where else sems fine.

Everest

Idle 25/24 Load 52/51
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Speed fan

Idle 29/30 Load 55/56
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Easy Tune

Idle 23 Load 52 (only measures 1 core)
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TAT

Idle 46/45 Load 69/68


Pic

oc.jpg
 
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