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

Another way round is to manually configure Speedfan to include the +15 deg.

Open speed fan, click configure, click advanced, click the drop down box and choose Intel Core at *********

Now click the temp offset change the first to +15 and tick the rember it box and do the same for temp 2 and again tick remember it and apply.
 
The version of Everest Ultimate dated 2007-04-05 on the Lavalys page doesn't try to figure out the TjunctionMax on Conroe CPUs so those with 100c TjunctionMax it's 15c out. There are beta versions of Everest which do try to figure out the TjunctionMax so can be considered accurate.

CoreTemp 0.95.4 does appear to figure out the TjunctionMax so can also be considered accurate.
 
Firstly - what a great thread. A great one stop shop for OC n00bs like me, where you tips on things like lapping etc.

After finally building my new kit into a working state, I have had a chance to overclock my e2160.

CPU: e2160
Mobo: P35C-DS3R
Ram: 2Gb Geil 6400
Cooler: Stock Intel! Sheared off the head of one of the mounting screws on my new Tuniq :(

Max stable so far: 2.88 Ghz (320Mhz x 9).
vcore: 1.38v (registers in CPU-Z at about 1.35v). Default is 1.325v
vDimm +0.1v
Ram divider is 5:6
temps after 11 hours Orthos blend - 70C on both.

So where do I go now? I don't want to get hotter. Do I wait until I fix the Tuniq, or is there something else I could tweak?

My personal target before I started ocing was 3Ghz, but I've got the bit between my teeth ;)

Note for other n00bs. At first, I thought I had a duff CPU, as it wasn't moving past 2.25 Ghz. Then I started manually moving the memory divider to as close to 1:1 as possible, and that broke through the bottleneck.
 
With those temps i would have said wait till you get your other cooler sorted, as you dont want to knacker it if there is still headroom for more, even though it is tempting.

What thermal compound are you using? I got the MX-1 stuff by mistake and it is excellent, considering it is a good few £s cheaper than the Artcic Silver.
 
What is the consensus for a good mobo for these chips? There is far too much choice in mobos ;)

Have been looking at the P35 chipset, simply because it was mentioned in Toms. Don't need raid or SLI/ Crossfire.

In particular I'd like to avoid noisy chipset fans - my current Asus was louder than my GFX card fan, until I bought a Zalman passive cooler. But I almost destroyed the mobo in my impatience to fit it :p Best to just get one that's quiet from the word go :p
 
melbourne720 said:
I don't think you can go wrong with the Asus, Abit or GB P35 offerings.
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Looking at the GB boards, is there any advantage to the P35-C-s, which take DDR2 and DDR3? A quick scan of DDR3 prices shows they're still expensive, and I'm not sure which (if any) processors use DDR3 atm.

Looks like the P35(c) DS3 would be a good bet.
 
it seems a good board. Some of the msi ddr2 & ddr3 boards have some problems coping with both rams (latest issue of custom PC, so take a pinch of salt), but it doesn't to have affected the GB.
 
melbourne720 said:
it seems a good board. Some of the msi ddr2 & ddr3 boards have some problems coping with both rams (latest issue of custom PC, so take a pinch of salt), but it doesn't to have affected the GB.
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Would there be any advantage to pairing DDR3 with a C2D, over the standard DDR2? Would that even work?
 
melbourne720 said:
it seems a good board. Some of the msi ddr2 & ddr3 boards have some problems coping with both rams (latest issue of custom PC, so take a pinch of salt), but it doesn't to have affected the GB.
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Just to clarify - you can't have both types of RAM working at the same time in a GB P35C model.

Regarding the model itself - so far very happy with it. Doesn't seem to suffer from having the capacity for both types of RAM. BIOS is good for overclocking, my only issue is that it does not appear to have an automatic 1:1 divider option.
 
I don't think there is much point in DDR3 for a while yet. It is about 200x too expensive, the benchmarks are carp, DDR2 is fast and cheap.

The amount DDR3, or should it be DDR£ :D, has to come down in price to be competitive with DDR2 is more than the cost of DDR2 modules.

Therefore it makes sense to stay with DDR2.
 
Kirth Gersen said:
Just to clarify - you can't have both types of RAM working at the same time in a GB P35C model.
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Indeed. It is purely a feature to bridge the anticipated switch over from DDR2 to DDR3.

Kirth Gersen said:
Regarding the model itself - so far very happy with it. Doesn't seem to suffer from having the capacity for both types of RAM. BIOS is good for overclocking, my only issue is that it does not appear to have an automatic 1:1 divider option.
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Good stuff :)
 
Thanks for the advice ;) Unless the prices are similar, I guess there's no point in buying the combo board.

I mean, by the time DDR3 is widely used, Intel might be using a different socket than 775 anyway...
 
FoxEye said:
Thanks for the advice ;) Unless the prices are similar, I guess there's no point in buying the combo board.

I mean, by the time DDR3 is widely used, Intel might be using a different socket than 775 anyway...
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Normally, I would agree, but this combo (strangely) is the cheapest of the GB DS3R range on the OC site, so it was a no brainer.
 
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