The Official E2140/E2160 Overclocking Thread

gvers · 15 Jun 2007 at 10:08

Got my 2160 up to 2.4 last night with 1 hour Orthos blend. Load temps just under 60. Will push it further when my new ram arrives

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Camalot · 15 Jun 2007 at 10:42

gvers said:
Got my 2160 up to 2.4 last night with 1 hour Orthos blend. Load temps just under 60. Will push it further when my new ram arrives

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Stock cooler?

Ive got mine at 2.4 10hr Orth stable, temps mostly under 60, couple of times went to 63.

Bernie_Li · 15 Jun 2007 at 12:35

Camalot said:
Have you tried any games for 30mins+ with your overclock?

I'm not a games player so can't help you out there!!

Got my ASRock up to 295 on the FSB and it seems stable, no system crashes though not ran any stress tests. I tried 300 FSB but it locked on the initial BIOS screen detailing "Press F2...." to get into the BIOS set-up.

gvers · 15 Jun 2007 at 12:51

Camalot said:
Stock cooler?

Ive got mine at 2.4 10hr Orth stable, temps mostly under 60, couple of times went to 63.

Not the stock cooler. It a gigabyte 3d rocket. So not the best either. Its a second PC and the case does not have the best airflow either.

Munky1080 · 15 Jun 2007 at 13:22

Bernie_Li said:
I'm not a games player so can't help you out there!!

Got my ASRock up to 295 on the FSB and it seems stable, no system crashes though not ran any stress tests. I tried 300 FSB but it locked on the initial BIOS screen detailing "Press F2...." to get into the BIOS set-up.

I got mine up to 300Mhz and it booted fine...when your screen locks up is there an error code at the bottom right corner of the screen?

Camalot · 15 Jun 2007 at 13:30

Munky1080 said:
I got mine up to 300Mhz and it booted fine...when your screen locks up is there an error code at the bottom right corner of the screen?

Mine also boots up at 300fsb (2.7ghz) 40c idle but im worried about temps going much higher than 63.

Whats the highest your temps go to? What cooler?

Bernie_Li · 15 Jun 2007 at 13:42

Munky1080 said:
I got mine up to 300Mhz and it booted fine...when your screen locks up is there an error code at the bottom right corner of the screen?

No error code from what I remember!!

It just displayed the first 3 or 4 lines of the Bios screen (detailing size of memory and pressing F2 or F11) and it didn't display the usual list of your hard drives etc.

I'll have another go at it later on.

Anyone else get above 300 on the FSB with the ASRock 4CoreDual?

Camalot · 15 Jun 2007 at 14:37

I tried it earlier, it booted into windows but crashed within minutes in orth, and wouldnt connect to my router after that so had to reset cmos :mad:

melbourne720 · 16 Jun 2007 at 11:32

e2160 ready to clock

I have my e2160 installed

It is idling at stock at the moment, any good voltages/speeds to jump in at?

Camalot · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:14

melbourne720 said:
I have my e2160 installed

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It is idling at stock at the moment, any good voltages/speeds to jump in at?

I dont know about voltage as i cant seem to change mine on my mobo.

But i say go straight to 2.4ghz at stock volts and start stability testing

267fsb - 2.4ghz - temp mostly under 60, hit 63 a few times. 10hrs orth stable

Supurb chips.

melbourne720 · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:27

Cheers for the reply Camalot

check it out:-

30 mins orthos stable at 1.2875 [BIOS]. These chips run cool (I did lap mine though

)

Now running at 2.7GHz, same voltage...

Will post back once got 30 mins on orthos.

Munky1080 · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:29

Camalot said:
Mine also boots up at 300fsb (2.7ghz) 40c idle but im worried about temps going much higher than 63.

Whats the highest your temps go to? What cooler?

I have the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (only about £17 from ocuk) and about 10 days ago when it was really hot, the chip maxed out at 68 degrees, which is cool enough considering the type of load the CPU was under. Gaming only really brought it up to about 60 or so.. I really recommend that cooler, I can't sing its praises enough, for the price.

Camalot · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:44

I just can not get past 2.4ghz....tried 2.5 was running fine in orth....but soon as you do anything else i get a lot of crashes.

Just tried to burn a dvb and crashed.

Dont know if its the mobo or memory :confused:

Weird because you have it at 2.7gig on same mobo

Maybe i got a crap chip? I can never get a chip past 2.5 :confused:

Back to 2.4ghz now and dvd is burning nicely. :confused:

Camalot · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:47

melbourne720 said:
Cheers for the reply Camalot
These chips run cool (I did lap mine though )
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What do you mean "lap" yours?

melbourne720 · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:57

Camalot said:
What do you mean "lap" yours?

You take your CPU,

then rub it with sandpaper (follow the lapping guide in the Overclocking section/ Advanced Overclocking), as as the IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) gets worn away, it looks like this:-

Then, once it is completely flat it looks like this:-

or

The idea being that now it will get a better contact with the HSF, heat will be transferred better, and it will run cooler (and hence overclock more).

melbourne720 · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:02

2.7GHz, 1.2875V, 30mins stable

Going for 3...

Sparky · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:25

Lapped mine and bought a Zerotherm BTF95 for it

It's a bit of a beast but it's silent and keeps the chip at 38c on 3ghz

ron3003 · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:34

Here's my 2160 @ 2611 ie 290fsb on an Asrock 4CoreDual/Vsta

Running 24/7 I'm on this setup right now.

melbourne720 · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:41

CS||Nuts, my wife would like that CPU HSF, it's shaped like a butterfly!

Nice OC ron3003.

my e2160 didn't like [email protected], 1.3 or 1.35V

Now trying at [email protected]...

Sparky · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:43

lol Melbourne my Mrs thought it was cute as well.Usually she's like "grrr more PC stuff"!

Not sure you can get them in the UK yet but it performs ona par with my 120 and is passive.

Competitor rules

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