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

Thanks mate. :D

The ballistix 8500C5 is on offer this weekend so I would have had that except I don't have any spare cash for a few weeks. :eek: :o
 
Owch str, thats an awsome chip you have there 100% overclock at stock voltages :o
Odly thats reading about the same load temps as mine though.despite mine running at ~1.425, guess i have better cooling ?
What idle temps you getting ?
 
The idle core temps were between 30c and 35c depending on ambient room temp.

It's switched off just now so I can't double check it as I'm about to clean the CPU and the Tuniq Tower with akasa tim-clean and refit the Tuniq Tower just in case I didn't do a good job of it the last time. :)

Also the stock VID for my CPU is 1.1625v but I know what you mean about 1.325v as many have that as the stock VID. Also this board I'm using vdroops a lot more than my last one so on a decent board I could probably get away with using ~1.3v.

What cooling setup have you got?
 
I've come to a dead halt with my e2160 overclocking adventure (2nd overclocking experience). I am very happy with it, but a little bemused why others can hit 3.1 or 3.2Ghz stable with lower voltages with kit similar to mine.

21603ghzmh7.jpg


Current MIT settings are:

VCore: 1.425 - drops to 1.392 in CPU-Z, and droops to 1.36 under load
DDR +1
MCH +1
FSB +1
Memory timings are as shown.
Memory multiplier is 2 (which I understand is a 1:1 divider)

I'm not keen to get too much higher on load temps (those shown are with all fans full on).
When shooting for 3.1Ghz (345 x 9) I've tried various combinations of:

* upping the vCore to 1.45 (not too keen on going higher)
* increasing DDR to +3
* increasing FSB and MCH to +2
* changing the memory multiplier to 2.4 (5:6 divider).

I read today someone with similar kit saying they made 3Ghz without changing voltages and 3.2 Ghz by tweaking vCore up a bit. Have I hit my particular wall? or have I missed something?

Any ideas?
 
I used Arctic Silver 5 instead of Arctic Ceramique this time and still the core temps are more than I was looking for especially as it's ~5c cooler in here today.

Idle core temps of 30c/32c:



Load core temps of ~60c:



I guess the E2140 is simply a hot running CPU whereas my E2180 at the same 3.2GHz needs 1.4125v and load core temps are pretty good for that voltage and it was warmer in the room during that test:

 
Kirth Gersen said:
I've come to a dead halt with my e2160 overclocking adventure (2nd overclocking experience). I am very happy with it, but a little bemused why others can hit 3.1 or 3.2Ghz stable with lower voltages with kit similar to mine.

21603ghzmh7.jpg


Current MIT settings are:

VCore: 1.425 - drops to 1.392 in CPU-Z, and droops to 1.36 under load
DDR +1
MCH +1
FSB +1
Memory timings are as shown.
Memory multiplier is 2 (which I understand is a 1:1 divider)

I'm not keen to get too much higher on load temps (those shown are with all fans full on).
When shooting for 3.1Ghz (345 x 9) I've tried various combinations of:

* upping the vCore to 1.45 (not too keen on going higher)
* increasing DDR to +3
* increasing FSB and MCH to +2
* changing the memory multiplier to 2.4 (5:6 divider).

I read today someone with similar kit saying they made 3Ghz without changing voltages and 3.2 Ghz by tweaking vCore up a bit. Have I hit my particular wall? or have I missed something?

Any ideas?
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Many of the easy to overclock E21xx CPUs are M0 stepping whereas yours is the older L2 stepping. Thing is you've got a nice overclock and the temps are pretty good so from the looks of it I doubt you have missed anything and while it may have hit a wall it's still a great result.
 
Everest puts it all there and it's the sensor info; vcore, chassis fan speed, cpu fan speed, hdd temp, gpu ambient temp, gpu temp, core 0 temp, core 1 temp, etc.
 
Tried my E2180 again at 3.33GHz and it's multi-core prime95 stable with 1.475v.

Idle core temps @ 31c:



Over 8 hours multi-core prime95 load temps @ 64c:

 
What do you guys reckon would be fastest:
E2160:
@ 3.0 Ghz - RAM at 800Mhz 4-4-4-12
or
@ 3.2 Ghz - RAM at 711Mhz 4-4-4-12

When I overclock the ram I get corruption warnings, should I up the voltage of the ram and try 5:6 @ 3.2Ghz?
 
Hi

I am having trouble getting my E2180 to 3.2Ghz. To get to 3Ghz was easy as all I had to do was up the vcore a tiny bit to 1.2725 but when I try to push it past 3Ghz to 3.2 it puts up a fight.

Until I upped the vcore to 1.3225 I could not even boot into windows. I continued to increase the vcore until I reached 1.3725 and even then it will just run Orthos until it either reboots or freezes. Should I just keep pushing the vcore up until I can get it Orthos stable or am I missing something else to-do?

Thanks in advanced. :)
 
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What are the Orthos core temps at 1.3725v and what memory speed at that overclock and also what memory voltage and have you got the PCI-E locked at 100?

My E2140 M0 did 3.2GHz at 1.325v and 3GHz with 1.225v but as we know all CPUs are different. Still I would expect your E2180 to be fine at 3.2GHz with 1.3725v so maybe it's something else causing the problem.
 
str said:
What are the Orthos core temps at 1.3725v and what memory speed at that overclock and also what memory voltage and have you got the PCI-E locked at 100?

My E2140 M0 did 3.2GHz at 1.325v and 3GHz with 1.225v but as we know all CPUs are different. Still I would expect your E2180 to be fine at 3.2GHz with 1.3725v so maybe it's something else causing the problem.
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For the brief time it ran Orthos it hit 50c.My memory is at 1:1 so it should not be a problem. I have the memory voltage at 2.2v and the PCI-E is locked at 100. Should I be increasing any other voltages as I have just kept everything else at stock?

EDIT - I just tried upping the voltage to 1.45v and it lasted 45secs in Orthos before it froze.
 
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At 1.45v you would expect it'd run a fair while so unless it's reached it's maximum overclock already it's unlikely to be CPU related.

You shouldn't need to touch the other voltages but maybe a post in the motherboard section asking for info on any quirks/settings needed for stability would help although with the P35 chipset.
 
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